Dr. Zach Rossetti is an associate professor of special education in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University. A former elementary school special education teacher and inclusion facilitator from New Hampshire, Rossetti’s research focuses on social interactions and friendships between students with and without intellectual and/or developmental dis/abilities, specifically the contexts and dynamics of such relationships and how educators and families may facilitate social opportunities. His research also examines the experiences of families with children with I/DD by centering on participation and language access in IEP meetings, community participation, family-professional partnerships of culturally and linguistically distinguished families, and sibling roles and relationships.

Rossetti is co-author of Affirming Disability: Strengths-based portraits of culturally diverse families (2020, Teachers College Press) and Seeing the Charade: What We Need to Do and Undo to Make Friendships Happen (2006, Inclusive Solutions: Nottingham, UK). He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Education, the oldest U.S. educational publication, and an associate editor for Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities and Remedial and Special Education. Additionally, Rossetti serves on the editorial board of the journals Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, and Inclusive Practices.