Andy Markelz
Associate Professor
Muncie, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Markelz is an Associate Professor of Special Education with 13 years of experience blending classroom teaching, research, and practitioner-focused scholarship. Raised in Alaska and globally seasoned by study abroad and a multi-year Peace Corps service in Kiribati, he brings uncommon cross-cultural insight to inclusive education and teacher preparation. After six years as a special education teacher in Philadelphia and an M.Ed from Arcadia, he completed a PhD at Penn State and transitioned to faculty roles at Ball State, where he advances evidence-based supports for diverse learners. Complementing his academic work, Andy contributes front-end improvements to well-known open-source projects like ApostropheCMS, demonstrating hands-on technical fluency in user-facing interfaces. He also has entrepreneurial experience co-founding a social enterprise that funneled proceeds to charities, reflecting a sustained commitment to socially meaningful impact.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Special Education, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Special Education at Penn State UniversityVirginia TechM.Ed, Special Education, M.Ed, Special Education at Arcadia University
gilbertese (i-kiribati)
Github Skills (9)
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
lessc10
front-end-development10
page-builder9
cms9
html9
site-builder9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apostrophecms/apostrophe
May 2013 - Mar 2016
A full-featured, open-source content management framework built with Node.js that empowers organizations by combining in-context editing and headless architecture in a full-stack JS environment.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:207 commits, 2 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Andy's commits primarily focus on front-end development within the Apostrophe CMS framework. The user made changes to the editor.js file, adding features for improved Firefox compatibility, such as checking for Firefox before running an exec command and adjusting code to accommodate its behavior. Further commits showcase front-end development by adding features such as a "move" cursor to images in the media library and slideshows, and styling buttons and other UI elements.
cmscms-frameworkfull-featurednode-jsfull-stack
punkave/jquery-projector
Apr 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 year 7 months
jumpie8seo-friendlyjqueryenhancement
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