Staff

John Kregel
Principal Investigator

Contact Info: jkregel@mail1.vcu.edu 804·828·1872

John Kregel, Ed.D. is a Professor of Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. He presently serves as Principal Investigator of the SSA funded State Partnership Initiative Evaluation Project, a five-year project to evaluate the outcomes of efforts in 18 states to promote employment of SSI, SSDI and TANF recipients. He is also the Principal Investigator of the VCU Benefits Assistance Resource Center, a national training and technical assistance project providing support to Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach projects in SSA regions III, IV, VI, and IX.

In addition to these projects focusing directly on SSA and other Federal work incentives, he is currently Director of Research and Associate Director of the VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports. He is also Co-Director of Evaluation for National Supported Employment Consortium, working with many outstanding professionals from across the country to identify exemplary employment practices for individuals with disabilities.

Dr. Kregel has authored over 100 books, monographs, chapters, project reports journal articles focusing on barriers to employment for SSA beneficiaries, supported employment, employer attitudes, transition from school to work and program evaluation. In 1997, he testified before the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee on the Ticket to Independence program. Kregel is presently editor of the journal Focus on Autism and Developmental Disabilities.