Sarah Parker Harris

Sarah Parker Harris is a Professor, Associate Head, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Disability and Human Development. Dr. Parker Harris received her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her interdisciplinary areas of scholarship include Disability Studies, Social Policy, and Sociology. She is experienced in program evaluation, mixed method systematic review, social policy analysis, and qualitative research design and analysis.

Dr. Parker Harris has published and presented widely in areas of disability policies and laws, entrepreneurship and employment, comparative welfare-to-work reforms, knowledge translation, and international human rights and social justice. She is co-author of "Disability Through the Lifecourse", and "Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies". She teaches courses in disability studies, disability policy, and research methodologies. Current projects focus on disability policy, knowledge translation, systematic reviews, employment and entrepreneurship, and theories of social justice, human rights and citizenship.