Slippery Rock University Special Education
Department Members - Dennis Fair
Dr. Dennis Fair is the Chairman and Graduate Coordinator of the
Department of Special Education. He earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Special Education and Social Studies from Slippery
Rock University, a Master’s Degree in Special Education and
Rehabilitation from the University of Pittsburgh, and the Doctor
of Philosophy in Special Education and Rehabilitation from the
University of Pittsburgh. Before joining the Department of
Special Education in 1970, he taught students with physical and
multiple disabilities in West Mifflin, PA. He was a
visiting professor at the University of California at San
Francisco and served as a Due Process Hearing Officer for the
Pennsylvania Department of Education for 30 years.