Michael Lee Wehmeyer (/ˈweɪmaɪ.ər/ WAY-mye-ər; born October 9, 1957)[1] is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in and former chairperson of the Department of Special Education[2] at the University of Kansas.
In 2013, he was an alumni inductee of Phi Beta Kappa Arts and Sciences Honor Society-Beta of Oklahoma chapter at the University of Tulsa.
In 2014, he received The University of Texas at Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award on behalf of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
In the early 20th century, the discipline of psychology applied its experimental approach to issues pertaining to self-determination, examining the degree to which a person's actions or behaviors are ‘caused’ (e.g., determined) by internal factors or forces (auto-determinism or self-determination) or forces or factors external to the person (hetero-determinism or other-determined).
In the same year, Dr. Wehmeyer received the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, Balfour S. Jefferey Award, given in recognition of research achievement in the humanities and social sciences to an individual who may be described as having had a major and substantial impact and who has been of national and/or international interest.