Sarah Parker Harris
Professor, Associate Head
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Disability and Human Development
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About
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.
Selected Grants
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, Rehabilitation and Research, Agency on Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR), ADA National Network Knowledge Translation Center, Co-Principal Investigator
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, Rehabilitation and Research, Agency on Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR), ADA National Network Regional Center-V, Co-Investigator
Selected Publications
Education
PhD, Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Majors: Sociology, Social Policy, and Psychology), Honors Class I, University of Sydney, Australia