James Schaller, Ph.D., is Director of the Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program; past Fellow in the Lee Hage Jamail Regents Chair in Education; past Departmental Graduate Advisor and Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee; past Chair of the Departmental Review Committee for the Use of Human Subjects, Animals, & DNA, Department of Special Education; and Coordinator of the Masters Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program.
Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology, The University of Wisconsin, Madison
Investigates issues in social justice and rehabilitation systems in relation to gender, race, and disability, and transition into employment from special education.
Youngoh, J., Schaller, J. & Bellini, J. (2010). Predictors of Employment Outcomes for State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers With HIV/AIDS. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 53(3), 175.
Parker, R., Hansmann, S. & Schaller, J. (2009). Vocational assessment and disability. Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement (3ed., pp. 203–243). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Schaller, J. & Yang, N. (2007). Gender, race, and depressive/mood disorders: An analysis of state-federal rehabilitation outcomes. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 38, 32–38.
Schaller, J., Yang, N. & Trainor, A. (2006). Transition-Age Adults with ADHD: Gender and Predictors of Successful Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 37, 3–12.
Patterson, G., De La Garza, D. & Schaller, J. (2005). Rehabilitation counseling considerations and interventions. Rehabilitation Counseling: Basics and beyond (4ed., pp. 155–186). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Schaller, J. & Yang, N. (2005). Competitive Employment for People with Autism: Correlates of Successful Closure in Competitive and Supported Employment. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 49, 4–16.