Andrew Houtenville appears on CSPAN

DURHAM, N.H. – On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, the Institute on Disability’s Research Director Andrew Houtenville participated in a discussion about disability and employment on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.

During the segment, called “Americans with Disabilities in the Workplace,” Dr. Houtenville discussed the results of the 2015 Kessler National Employment and Disability Survey.

The full story can be accessed on the CSPAN website.

Dr. Andrew Houtenville is an Associate Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. He is extensively involved disability statistics and employment policy research. He has published widely in the areas of disability statistics and the economic status of people with disabilities. Dr. Houtenville received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire in 1997 and was a National Institute on Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at Syracuse University in 1998/1999. He was also a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and New Editions Consulting in McLean, Virginia.

You can read more about the results of the Kessler National Employment Survey at www.researchondisability.org/KesslerSurvey.

The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire was established in 1987 to provide a university-based focus for the improvement of knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. Its mission is to promote full access, equal opportunities, and participation for all persons by strengthening communities and advancing policy and systems change, promising practices, education, and research.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.