Dr. Wood spent 31 years in public education teaching, coaching, and in administration prior to joining the faculty at Saint Louis University. Her teaching includes the areas of curriculum/instruction/assessment, professional learning and teacher evaluation, current issues in administraion, and Administration of Special Education as well as supervising interns in administration. She does research in all of these areas with publications representing these areas as well as providing service to schools by doing curriculum audits and providing professional learning to teachers.