Noel A Ysasi Editor

Debra A. Harley, Ph.D., CRC, LPC is a Professor in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Mental Health program and co-coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counseling Education, Research, and Policy Doctoral Program at the University of Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Dr. Harley has over twenty-three years of experience in teaching and research. Dr. Harley holds the distinction of Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor. She has published over 85 journal articles and 47 book chapters. Dr. Harley is past editor of the Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling and the Journal of Rehabilitation Administration and guest editor of numerous special issues of rehabilitation journals. She is co-editor of several books, Contemporary Mental Health Issues Among African Americans and the Handbook of LGBT Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies. Dr. Harley is a facultyaffiliate with the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, the Center on Research on Violence Against Women, and the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky. She is recipient of the 2006 National Council on Rehabilitation Education Educator of the Year Award and a National Rehabilitation Association Switzer Scholar.

Noel A. Ysasi, Ph.D., CRC, is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Mental Health program at the University of Kentucky. He acquired his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Pan-American. Dr. Ysasi’s professional work experience involves over seven years of teaching in higher education; forensic rehabilitation; working with the veteran population. His research interests include the veteran population, people with spinal cord injuries, forensic rehabilitation, and perceptions of individuals with disabilities. Dr. Ysasi has been the recipient of multiple awards, including a LifetimeAchievement Award by the U.S. Veterans Affairs, and the 2015 national doctoral student awards by the national Council on Rehabilitation Education and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. 

Malachy L. Bishop,Ph.D., CRC, is a Professor in the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Mental Health program at the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Bishop is the coordinator of the Rehabilitation Counseling Education, Research, and Policy Doctoral Program. He also serves as Director of Development and Research for the University of Kentucky’s University Center for excellence in Developmental Disabilities in the Human Development Institute. Dr. Bishop’s clinical background includes rehabilitation counseling, rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology in physical medicine and rehabilitation and other health care settings, and vocational assessment. Dr. Bishop has authored over100 journal article and book chapters and two books in health care and rehabilitation counseling. He conducts research psychosocial and employment-related aspects of chronic neurological conditions, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and brain injury; quality of life and adaptation to disability; self-management; and developmental disabilities. Dr. Bishop is a five-time recipient of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association’s Research Award, and the 2015 recipient of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education Researcher of the Year Award.

Allison R. Fleming, Ph.D., CRC, is an Assistant Professor in the Human and Rehabilitation Services program at Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Dr. Fleming’s professional experience includes work as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, a staff trainer for RCEP, and faculty in rehabilitation counseling at the University of Kentucky. Her researchinterests include the application of the International Classification of Functioning to the conceptualization of quality of life among individuals with disability, professional identity in rehabilitation counseling, and post-secondary and employment outcomes for young adults with disabilities.