Service
Summer Gibson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department
- Lead Faculty, Special Education Program — course lead for SPED 5301, 5304, 5312, 5313, and 5315 (Spring 2026–present)
- Coordinator for Special Education Textbook Adoption and Oversight (2025–present)
- Coordinator of Course Copy Preparation and Syllabus Management (2025–present))
Member, doctoral dissertation committees
College
- Developer, TEA-required Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicide Prevention training materials adopted for college-wide implementation (2026)
- Member, College of Education and Human Development Faculty Awards Committee (2026–present)
University
- Special Education Representative and Planning Coordinator, 2026 East Texas ABOTA Teachers Law School Conference (2025–2026)
Professional
- Editorial Board Member, British Journal of Visual Impairment (Sage), 2026–2028
- Peer Reviewer, Journal of Innovations in Education & Human Development: Research and Practice (2026–present)
- District Mentor — structured mentorship of a district educational diagnostician (2025–present)
- Academic consultant (2025–present)
TSBVI Mentor (2024–present)
Community
- Parent advocate for families navigating special education services in Texas and Tennessee (2025–present)
- Presenter, National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation parent programming (2026)
- NOAH Task Force Member (2025–present)
- Volunteer, Night to Shine, Tim Tebow Foundation (2014–present)
- Volunteer, Runnin' WJ Ranch (2013–present)