Huefner has had a long and distinguished career as an expert in special-education
law. She worked as a full-time faculty member in the U’s Department of Special Education
from 1990 to 2007 and was a part-time clinical faculty member from 1978 to 1989. Prior
to joining the U faculty, she worked with organizations including the Salt Lake County
Welfare Department, the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Harvard University, and the Ford Foundation. In 2011, she received
the Distinguished Woman of the Year Award from the Salt Lake chapter of the American
Association of University Women. In 2013, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the U’s College of Education.
