Martha Mock

Biography

Martha Mock joined the Warner School in 2005 to coordinate and teach in the teacher preparation program. She teaches courses in action research, disability, adolescent transition, and inclusion. Mock also serves as director of the Warner School’s Center for Disability and Education, which conducts work on college options for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Under her leadership, the Center has secured grants and gifts totaling over $11 million from federal, state, and private foundation funders. Some funders include the U.S. Department of Education, the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, and the Golisano Foundation.

Mock has worked with and been an advocate for people with disabilities and their families for over 30 years in schools, colleges, and communities. She taught in the Virginia Public Schools in a variety of special education classrooms and home-based settings and worked in the area of teacher preparation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Mock’s areas of expertise include the following: early intervention, parent-professional relationships, systems of service delivery, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, transition, employment, inclusive higher education, person-centered planning, and systems change. She currently serves as co-leader of the New York State Inclusive Higher Education Coalition. She also serves on the New York State Education Advisory Council on Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities. In 2024, she received the Debra Hart Policy and Practice Leadership Award for her national work in program accreditation of college programs serving students with intellectual disability.