Robert L. Osgood is a currently retired Professor of Education who has taught at Colgate University, IUPUI, Muskingum University, and St. Norbert College. He has also taught at universities in Japan and Malaysia. Dr. Osgood earned his Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Oregon, his M.Ed. in Foundations from the University of Vermont, and his Ph.D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on the history of special education in the United States, examining issues of student identification and selection; curriculum development; teacher education; professional status; inclusion; and the etiology of disability. He has published three books as well as numerous articles in History of Education Quarterly, Teachers College Record, and the Indiana Magazine of History, among others. His current book project explores how special education and general education became separate entities over time through changes in teacher education, research funding, school organization, and student stratification.

Dr. Osgood has served as the President of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, a Faculty Fellow for Indiana Campus Compact, a member of the Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, and was awarded the Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service Learning from Indiana University. In recognition of his international work, Dr. Osgood has been named an Ambassador’s Distinguished Scholar to Ethiopia, and he will serve as a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Latvia in the spring of 2022.