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Biography

Celestial Wills-Jackson Ph.D.

Dr. Celestial Wills-Jackson graduated from Old Westbury State University of New York majored in Public Health and Childhood Special Education and earning two bachelor’s degrees. She was awarded a scholarly fellowship at Queens College City University of New York, majored in Early Childhood Special Education receiving a master’s in education. Dr. Wills-Jackson also earned a second master’s degree and an advance certificate in applied behavior analysis from Hunter College City University of New York.

Dr. Wills-Jackson taught as a special educator for over 20 years. She attended the University of Central Florida (UCF) earning her Ph.D. in Exceptional Education. Her published research concentrates on evaluating social skills deficits of children exhibiting a lack of social-emotional reciprocity and poor non-vocal-verbal communication, the history of emotional and behavior disorders, and working with individuals on the autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Wills-Jackson was past Program Coordinator of the College and Career Readiness Program at UCF for young adults with autism and/or an intellectual disability.