Sara Jozwik, Ed.D.

Sara L. Jozwik, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor and Multicategorical Special Education Program Coordinator at Governors State University. Her work centers on justice-oriented teacher preparation, inclusive literacy practices, and the education of multilingual learners with disabilities. 

Dr. Jozwik brings over 25 years of experience in education to her teaching, research, and service. Her scholarship examines equity in language and literacy instruction, the use of multimodal and metacognitive strategies in special education, and the application of single-case research design to support intervention development. As President-Elect of the Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL) within the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Dr. Jozwik is committed to advancing linguistically affirming, disability-just pedagogies that challenge exclusionary practices in schools and elevate the voices of students and families.

Jozwik, S., O’Quin, C. B., Steele, J. (2026). Developing Individualized Education Programs for bidialectal students with learning disabilities. Intervention in School and Clinic. https://doi.org/10.1177/10534512261446605

Jozwik, S. L., & O’Quin, C. B. (2025). Metacognitive monitoring and multimodal cueing to support reading comprehension for multilingual students with developmental disabilities. Journal of Special Education. DOI: 10.1177/00224669251393231