Vicki Brooke

Bio:

Vicki Brooke has been a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and working in the field of employment for people with disabilities since 1979. She earned her M.Ed. from VCU in Special Education with an emphasis on employment. Vicki has served as principal investigator for many personnel training and technical assistance grants and contracts using innovative formats, to include distance education technologies. She is the Director of Training for VCU's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Social Security Administration's regional technical assistance center on Benefits Planning Assistance & Outreach. Most recently, Vicki served as the guest editor for a special issue of the Journal on Vocational Rehabilitation that is exclusively devoted to a business perspective regarding the employment of people with disabilities. Vicki Brooke is interested in all aspects of employment related issues and concerns which impacts the employment rate and advancement of people with disabilities. She is frequent speaker, consultant, and author of numerous book chapters, journal articles, newsletters, and fact sheets in all areas of employment.