Glenn Fujiura , PhD

Dr. Glenn Fujiura is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Fujiura's research has focused on the fiscal structure and demography of the disability service system, on family policy, evaluation of long-term care services, poverty and disability, ethnic and racial issues in disability, and on the statistical surveillance of disability. In addition, he has a long-standing interest in research methodology, statistical analysis, and philosophy of science. He teaches research methods, advanced research concepts, and statistics for the graduate program in Disability Studies at the UIC. He served as Chair of the U.S. Administration on Developmental Disabilities Commissioner's Multicultural Advisory Committee, was a 1999 recipient of the National Rehabilitation Association's Switzer Scholar award, a member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation during the Clinton administration, and recently completed an appointment to NIDRR's Long Range Plan Steering Committee.