nTIDE Lunch & Learn Webinar Series

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Online Only

United States


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On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center will be offering a live broadcast via Zoom Webinar to share the results of the latest nTIDE findings. In addition, we will provide news and updates from the field of Disability Employment, as well as host an invited panelist who will discuss current disability related findings and events.

Webinar Agenda:

  • 12:00 pm: Introduction & Welcome

  • 12:05 pm: Overview of National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Jobs Report Release – Andrew Houtenville, UNH-IOD, John O'Neill, Kessler Foundation

  • 12:15 pm - Announcements from the field of Disability Employment – Denise Rozell, AUCD

  • 12:30 pm - Guest Presenter

  • 12:45 pm - Open Question & Answer period for attendees

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Brought to you by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability and the Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) in partnership with Kessler Foundation and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

Registration Fee

Free

Presenter(s)
Andrew Houtenville, PhD

Dr. Houtenville is extensively involved in disability statistics and employment policy research. He has published widely in the areas of disability statistics and the economic status of people with disabilities. He is the Principle Investigator on the NIDILRR-funded Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation and Research Training Center. 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.

John O Neill, PhD, CRC

Dr. O'Neill is the Project Co- Director of two NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC), “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics” and “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Individual-Level Characteristics Related to Employment Among Individuals with Disabilities” He is a former principle investigator of the RRTC on the Community Integration of People with TBI, and worked for more than eight years on NIDRR-funded research to improve the quality of vocational rehabilitation services for persons with AIDS. For six years Dr. O’Neill sat on the NY Rehabilitation Council and was the Council’s representative working with the State vocational rehabilitation agency to create a comprehensive system of personnel development. Dr. O’Neill also directed the graduate program in rehabilitation counseling at Hunter College, CUNY for 25 years.  He is a guest editor for the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin for an upcoming special issue on Disability, Person-Environment Interaction and Employment (Spring 2013).  Dr. O’Neill is a national expert in the employment of individuals with disability.  He recently joined KF as Director of Vocational Research.  In this capacity, he will work with the NNJTBIS as a co-investigator focused on dissemination activities regarding employment issues in TBI.  Dr. O’Neill will additionally serve as a co-investigator on our site specific research project, assisting with the measurement of employment-related outcomes.

Denise Rozell

Denise M. Rozell is the Policy Strategist at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). Prior to joining AUCD, she spent fifteen years as Assistant Vice President for State Government Relations with Easter Seals. Denise was the primary resource to Easter Seals 75 affiliates in building capacity to increase awareness of and support for Easter Seals in state government.  Prior to that, Denise was the Executive Director of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, an international membership organization for the professionals serving individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Denise also was the Governmental Relations Representative for the American Foundation for the Blind and  the Director of Public Policy for the National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils, the membership organization representing the 55 state and territorial Developmental Disabilities Councils. Denise holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Occidental College in Los Angeles and a juris doctorate from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley.

Michael Murray

Michael Murray is the Deputy Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Michael’s passion and enthusiasm is powered by his experience as a person with a disability. Previously, Michael served as the Chief Operating Officer for the AAPD and the principal advisor to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), steering and designing the policies and programs of 56 Federal agencies throughout the country to implement the President’s Executive Order on Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities. By fostering teamwork and collaboration, Michael led the Federal government in hiring the largest percentage and number of people with disabilities into Federal service in history. He has also worked on a state level as a disability rights advocate and to develop the Beyond Academics program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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