Paul Wehman

Paul Wehman, Ph.D., has been a tenured faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1976. He is Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (Director 1983-2023; Interim Director 2024-present).

He holds a B.B.A. from Western Illinois University (1970), an M.S. in psychology from Illinois State University (1974), and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Disabilities/Rehabilitation Psychology from University of Wisconsin–Madison (1976).

Originally affiliated with the VCU School of Education, he later held a joint appointment with the School of Education and the School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He currently serves as Interim Director of the VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (VCU-RRTC). His work has focused on supported employment and services for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities, brain injury, and spinal cord injury.

He has written extensively on issues related to transition from school to adulthood and special education as it relates to young adulthood and employment and is founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. Dr. Wehman has received numerous awards and has been the Principal Investigator on more than $90 million in federal and state grants since joining VCU. Dr. Wehman's work is represented in 254 journal publications, 46 books, and 143 book chapters and manuals.

His areas of interest include employment of people with disabilities, autism, special education and educational policy for at-risk youth, disability policy, assistive technology, supported employment, and related fields. Provided by Wikipedia