Project Director  Dr. Phillip Rumrill

Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr., Ph.D., CRC, is a Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling and Director of the Center for Disabilities Studies at KSU. Dr. Rumrill has extensive experience developing, administering, and evaluating services for students with disabilities in higher education. He has directed KSU's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) project since its inception in 2002.

Dr. Rumrill has authored or co-authored more than 140 professional journal articles in the fields of rehabilitation, counseling, and education; 40 book chapters; numerous measurement instruments and training manuals; and seven major books.  He has also guest-edited 15 special issues of professional journals, five of which focused on the experiences and outcomes of postsecondary students with disabilities. His work in the area of higher education and disability has garnered numerous invitations to speak at national and international conferences, and he has held Distinguished Visiting Scholar appointments at Arla Institute of Finland and the University of Leeds Medical School in England. He is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences in education, rehabilitation, and health care. Dr. Rumrill has received numerous awards, most recently the 2005 Rehabilitation Researcher of the Year Award from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. Dr. Rumrill has secured and administered 24 federal and private foundation grants whose total budgets exceed $12 million.

In addition to his professional contributions to the fields of education and rehabilitation, Dr. Rumrill’s personal experience with a significant disability (blindness) will enable him to bring consumer credibility and authenticity to project activities. As a former special education student, vocational rehabilitation consumer, and college student with a disabiity--Dr. Rumrill knows firsthand how important the support and guidance of faculty members and administrators can be to one’s academic and professional development. Accordingly, the ideals of equal opportunity and inclusion that have brought him success are imbued in all proposed project activities (see Appendix C for project personnel resumes).

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