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Fr. Philip Kanfush
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Education Department
Title(s):
Professor
Office: Prep Hall 100A
Phone: 724-805-2471
Email: [email protected]

Biography:  Dr. Philip M. Kanfush is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the Doctoral Level and a licensed Behavior Specialist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Dr. Kanfush is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. He holds current Instructional II teaching certifications in the Commonwealth in the 10 areas of Early Childhood Education (pre-K to 3), Elementary Education (K – 6), Middle Grade areas of English, Math, and Science (7 – 9), Comprehensive Social Studies (7 – 12), Business, Computer, Information & Technology Education (K – 12), Special Education (pre-K – 12), Reading Specialist (K – 12), and as a Program Specialist in English as a Second Language (K – 12).  Dr. Kanfush earned Bachelor of Arts degrees at both the University of Pittsburgh and Saint Vincent College, and the Master of Business Administration and Master of Education in Special Education degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally he completed post-graduate studies in Applied Behavior Analysis at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Kanfush completed the Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees at Saint Vincent Seminary and earned his Doctorate in Education in Special Education at the West Virginia University. Dr. Kanfush is the Executive Director of the Bearcat B.E.S.T. Program at Saint Vincent College, and holds the rank of associate professor. He currently teaches undergraduate courses in reading instruction, multiple and severe disabilities, behavior and autism, and statistics and research design, and graduate level courses in inclusionary education, the assessment and instruction of students with multiple and severe disabilities, the assessment and instruction of students with severe emotional disabilities, and statistics and research design. His research interests include literacy instruction for struggling readers and students with intellectual disabilities, life skills instruction for individuals with significant and multiple disabilities, and the treatment of behavioral disorders, as well as teacher development.


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2020  
M.S., Exercise Science & Health Promotion, Nutrition 
 California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
 
2018    
Post-Graduate Certificate, Children’s Literature, Pennsylvania State University, 
University Park, PA
 
2010                           
Ed.D., Special Education, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV
                                    
2005                             
Post-Graduate Certificate, Applied Behavior
Analysis, Pennsylvania State University, 
University Park, PA
 
2003                            
M.Ed. Special Education, University of Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh, PA
 
2000                            
M.Div.  Systematic Theology, Saint Vincent Seminary
Latrobe, PA
 
1999                            
M.A.  Scriptural Theology, Saint Vincent Seminary
Latrobe, PA
 
1996                            
B.A., Philosophy, Saint Vincent College  
Latrobe, PA
 
1991                            
M.B.A.  Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh, PA
 
1985                            
B.A., Secondary Education, Economics, Sports Medicine
University of Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh, PA
2021    
Licensed Behavior Analyst, State of Alabama
 
2018    
Authorized Continuing Education Provider (IP-18-2540). Behavior Analyst Certification Board
 
2017    
Certified Employment Support Specialist
 
2013    
PA Instructional II Certification: Middle School Math, 7-9
 
2013    
PA Instructional II Certification: Middle School Science, 7-9
 
2013    
PA Instructional II Certification: Middle School English & Language Arts, 7-9
 
2012    
Licensed Behavior Specialist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 
2012                            
Certified Brain Injury Specialist
Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists
 
2010                            
Doctoral Level Board Certified Behavior Analyst 
Behavior Analyst Certification Board
 
2008                            
PA Instructional II Certification:  Program Specialist in ESL
 
2006                            
Board Certified Behavior Analyst 
Behavior Analyst Certification Board
 
2006                             
PA Instructional II Certifications in: 
Business, Computers and Information Technology Education, K-12; 
Elementary Education, K-6; 
Early Childhood Education, N-3
 
2004    
PA Instructional II Certification as a Reading Specialist, K-12
 
2003    
PA Instructional II Certification in Special Education, Mental and Physical Disabilities, N-21
 
1985    
PA Instructional II Certification in Secondary Education, Social Studies, 7-12
Graduate:
GCED 605: Statistics and Research Design
GCED 675: Inclusionary Classroom
GCSE 637: Methods of Instruction & Assessment for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities
GCSE 647: Educating Students With Severe Emotional Impairment
 
Undergraduate:
ED 306: Teaching of Business, Computer & Information Technology
ED 320: Composition and Language Arts for Upper Elementary
ED 360: Strategies & Assessment for Students with Significant & Multiple Disabilities
ED 362: Behavior and Autism Spectrum Disorder
PY 201: Applied Statistics & Research
PY 203: Statistics



Kanfush, P. (2014). Dishing Direct Instruction: Teachers and Parents Tell All! The Qualitative Report, 19 (1) pp. 1-13.

Kanfush, P. (2013). Designing for Increased Teacher Self-Efficacy: Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Embedded Field Experiences. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 13 (1), pp. 33-46.

Floreanini, M., Heisey, D., & Kanfush, P. (2012). Enlightening the Faithful: Stained Glass Windows in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Westmoreland History, 17 (1) pp. 20 – 26.
 
Harty, K.R. & Kanfush, P.M. (February, 2009). Remediating the reading problems of young adolescents with emotional difficulties. Accepted Refereed Conference proceedings for Learning Disabilities Association of America, Salt Lake City, UT.

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