Doctoral Faculty:

Melissa Roberts, Ph.D., CPRP, Professor and Director of the Integrated Employment Institute, studies employment for people with psychiatric disabilities.  Her specific areas of research involve job acquisition, retention, and supports; peer provided employment supports; rehabilitation readiness assessment and development; and organizational change and organizational readiness for change.

Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, studies wellness and health promotion and peer delivered services for people with psychiatric disabilities.  Her specific areas of research involve peer delivered service models, wellness and health promotion strategies, medication adherence, and financial self-sufficiency models.

Carlos W. Pratt, Ph.D., CPRP, Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Psychiatric Rehabilitation studies staffing, intervention and measurement issues in psychiatric rehabilitation. His current areas of research include peer provided services and organizational culture with respect to wellness and recovery.

Kenneth J. Gill, Ph.D., CPRP, Professor and Chair of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions studies the transformation of services to psychiatric rehabilitation approaches. He is currently principal investigator on a multi-site controlled study of supported education, wellness coaches curriculum project, and the integration of general health care and health promotion services with psychiatric rehabilitation services. Other interests include the study of emerging promising practices and educational innovations to develop competent staff.

Ni Gao, Ph.D., LCSW, Assistant Professor, studies employment and career development among people with psychiatric disabilities, focusing on the effects of education and job training on job acquisition/retention and earnings.  She also researches on how to reduce disparities in mental health services and increase providers’ cultural competency in delivering services to Asian Americans consumers.