Faith Newton

Faith Richards Newton, Ed.D., Professor of Education at Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, has a special interest in providing accommodations and modifications for students with chronic fatigue syndrome in the classroom.

Education
As per Delaware State University faculty page:


 * B.A. - 1980, Early Secondary Social Studies, State University of New York, Cortland, New York, US
 * M.A. - 1987, Educational Leadership, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, US
 * Ed.S. - 1991, Educational Administration, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, US
 * Ed.D. - 1994, Educational Administration, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, US

CFSAC Committee
In January 2018, Dr. Newton was appointed chairperson of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) which reports to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to this position, she served as a voting member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) for the term July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2018. She has also chaired the Pediatric Education Working Group.

Publications

 * 2015, Article for Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior - "Improving academic success for students with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome" - (Abstract)


 * 2017, Article for IACFSME newsletter - "Education: Children with Pediatric CFS/ME" - (Full Text)


 * 2019, Article for Frontiers in Pediatrics - "Meeting the educational needs of young, ME/CFS patients: Role of the treating physician" - (Full text)

Talks & interviews

 * Mar 20, 2014, Speaker at the 2014 International IACFS/ME Research and Clinical Conference - "Translating Science into the Classroom: A Workshop for Clinicians, Patients and Educators"

Online presence

 * Delaware State University faculty bio page
 * Facebook

Learn more

 * 31 May 2016, Transcript of May 2016 CFSAC meeting - presentation of Pediatric Education Working Group