Fabricio E. Balcazar, PhD
PhD in Human Development, University of Kansas
Areas of Interest: Consumer empowerment and self-advocacy, especially around work with Hispanic students with disabilities. Additional interests in transition from school to work for students with disabilities and implementation of the ADA in Hispanic communities.

Lennard J. Davis, PhD
PhD in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Relationship between culture and disability; problematizing normality; and politics of disability.

Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT(C), OTR/L
PhD, University of Manitoba
Areas of Interest: Patterns and predictors of health care use, particularly rehabilitation and long term care services, among two groups: people over the age of 85 and people with multiple sclerosis.

Glenn T. Fujiura, PhD
PhD in Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Interest: Developmental disabilities, public policy, demographics, economics, families, health promotion, research methods, and statistics.

Carol J. Gill, PhD
PhD in Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Areas of Interest: Disability identity development, health concerns and health service experiences of women with disabilities, disability bioethical issues and professional training.

Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
PhD in Educational Psychology, University of California at Berkeley
Areas of Interest: Assistive technology and universal design outcomes, occupation and life role development in adults and older adults, aging in place in the community.

Glenn Hedman, M.Eng.

Tamar Heller, PhD
PhD in Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Areas of Interest: Aging and long-term disabilities, family support policies and interventions.

Sarah Parker, PhD

James K. Rimmer, PhD
Areas of Interest:
· Health promotion interventions for people with disabilities
· Environmental factors associated with health disparities among people with disabilities
· Development of exercise technologies for people with disabilities
· Dose-response effects of exercise on reducing secondary conditions people with disabilities

Jennifer Rowland, PHD

Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, PhD
Ph.D., Developmental and Community Psychology, University of Kansas
Areas of Interest: The study of participatory and empowerment evaluation of community-health initiatives targeted to populations of color and people with disabilities. Related areas of research have focused on university/community partnerships, participatory needs assessments methodologies and issues of multicultural training and diversity.

Retired Faculty:
Gary L. Albrecht, PhD
PhD in Sociology, Social Psychology, Emory University
Areas of Interest: Sociology of disability: women and disability, and the daily lives of persons with disabilities.

Suzann K. Campbell, PhD, PT, FAPTA
PhD in Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Interest:
· High risk infants, Infant motor development, Cerebral palsy, Clinical decision making
· Developing a functional motor scale for high risk infants
· Dynamical systems analysis of infants' head turning responses to sound
· Efficacy of physical therapy in early infancy