Dr. Steege received his B.S. in Psychology from Iowa State University in 1978. He received his Ed.S. and Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1982 and 1986, respectively.

Following three years of post doctoral expereince as a Pediatric Psychologist in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa , Dr. Steege joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the School Psychology program at the University of Southern Maine in 1989.

Presntly, Dr. Steege holds the rank of Professor of School Psychology and Clinical Coordinator within the M.S. and Psy.D. programs in School Psychology at the University of Southern Maine . His professional credentials include: Licensed Psychologist, Nationally Certifed School Psychologist, and Certified School Psychological Service Provider.

Dr. Steege has nealry 30 years of experience in the field of developmental disabilites, serving as a house parent in a group home, program coordinator of group homes, and psychologist. Dr. Steege presently serves as Supervising Psychologist at the Margaret Murphy Center for Chidren and Senior Psychologist at the Merrymeeting Center for Child Development, school programs using applied behavior analysis mehtodologies to support children and adolescents with autism and related developmental disabilities.

Dr. Steege's scholarship includes forty-five research articles and book chapters focsuing on topics such as functional behvaioral assessment, single case experimental design, and systemtaic instruction procedures.

Dr Steege has recently co-authored two books:

Brown-Chidsey, R. & Steege, M. (2005). Response to Intervention: Principles and Strategies for Effective practice. New York : Guilford Press.

Watson, S. & Steege, M. (2003). Conducting School Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practioners Guide. New York : Guilfoprd Press.