Brittany Hott

Dr. Brittany Hott is an associate director of the Institute for Community and Society Transformation (ICAST), director of the RISE Research Group, and professor of special education at the University of Oklahoma. She is a board certified behavior analyst with doctoral distinction (BCBA-D). Her work focuses on instructional methods for students with learning and behavioral disabilities and research methods for developing and validating school-based interventions within rural contexts. Her recent work appears in the Journal of Special Education, Behavior Modification, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Learning Disability Quarterly. Along with colleagues, Dr. Hott has secured over 30 million dollars in external research and personnel preparation funding. She received an Elizabeth Farrel Presidential Citation from the Council for Exceptional Children in 2023 and received the American Council on Rural Special Education's Research and Evaluation Award in 2021. Dr. Hott is an active member of the special education community. She is the editor of Rural Special Education Quarterly and an associate editor of Intervention in School and Clinic.

Current Projects

• Willis, T., Hott, B. L., Gage, N., Kim, T., Randolph, K., & Dewhirst, C. (2024-2028, Awarded $3,945,003). Second Step to Enhance Rural Students’ Achievement and Wellbeing. US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. 
• Ebert, D., Smith, C., Hanak, J., Hott, B. L., & Connelly, S., (2024-2028, Awarded $5,999,975). ART: Intensifying Translation of Research in Oklahoma (InTRO). National Science Foundation. 
• Hott, B. L., Williams-Diehm, K., Brown, C., & Miller, C. (Awarded 2023-2027: $5,602,847, 2023-2027). Project Rural Innovation for Mental health Enhancement (PRIME). US Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
• Kwon, K., Dewhirst, C., Hott, B. L., Casey, E., Waggnor, R., & Horm, D. (Awarded $2,998,016, 2022-2025). Child Care Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS). US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. 
• Williamson, P., Hott, B. L., Hoppey, D., & Courtade, G. (Awarded 2021-2025: $3,536,402, OU subcontract, $1,195,732). School-university Partnerships Influencing, aDvocating, and Engaging Rural Special educators (SPIDERS). US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs

Representative Publications (*denotes student author)

Hott, B. L., Flores, M. M., Morano, S., Randolph, K. M., & Peltier, C. (2023). Reviewing manuscripts reporting findings from Single-Case Research Design studies. Learning Disability Quarterly, 46(1), 46-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/07319487221089616

Hott, B. L., *Heiniger, S., *Justus, J., Randolph, K., *Al Shabibi, A., *Beasley, B., *Frank, K, *Justus, J., *Mitchell, W., *Tennell, C., & *Webster, F. (2023). Single case research reporting quality in learning disabilities journals. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 38, 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12317

Hott, B. L., Jones, B. A., Randolph, K. M., Kuntz, E., McKenna, J. W., & Brigham, F. J. (2021). Lessons learned from a descriptive review of rural Individualized Education Programs. Journal of Special Education, 55(3), 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466920972670

Hott, B. L., Randolph, K. M., Josephson, J., & *Heiniger, S. (2021). Implementing electronic check in/check out to improve school bus behavior. Journal of Special Education Technology, 36(3), 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/01626434211004446

Hott, B. L. (Ed.). (2023). Inclusive instruction and intervention: Strategies for secondary educators. Landham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Hott, B. L., Brigham, F. J., & Peltier, C. (Eds.). (2021). Research methods in special
education. Thorofare, NJ: Routledge.