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Cayte Anderson Ph.D., LPC, CRC

Catherine (Cayte) Anderson, Ph.D., LPC, CRC serves as a research professor with the Innovative Partnership for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Research & Training (IPARRT) housed within the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the process evaluation of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Worker Connection initiative in addition to actively contributing to the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE), the Wisconsin Career Advancement grant, and specific research studies focused on youth in transition.

Dr. Anderson received her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has provided leadership on numerous research, demonstration, and systems-change grants for over 25 years. She also recently served as President of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) Board of Directors from 2020-2022. Dr. Anderson regularly publishes in peer-reviewed professional journals, including open-source venues to promote knowledge translation in the field. Her research interests include understanding and improving employment, career, and financial outcomes for students and adults with disabilities, transition-age youth and families, interagency collaboration between education and vocational rehabilitation, cultural responsiveness with low-income and marginalized disability populations, and use of evidence-based practices within vocational rehabilitation.

Emily A. Brinck Ph.D., CRC

Associate Professor and Principal Investigator

Dr. Emily A. Brinck, LPC-IT, CRC, CVE is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) department serving on the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE) and the Wisconsin Career Advancement grant. She received her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counselor Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her Master's in Management from Indiana University, and a Bachelor of Education: Intervention Specialist from Miami University.

Dr. Brinck has had the opportunity to work on the Wisconsin Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) as well as the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employer Practices (RRTC) grants. She has published articles in the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, and Rehabilitation Psychology. Her research interest includes interagency collaboration between schools, vocational rehabilitation, and employers; transition services to post-secondary employment and education; and counselor supervision.

Timothy Tansey Ph.D., CRC

Dr. Tim Tansey a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has over 20 years of experience as a licensed psychologist, certified rehabilitation counselor, project evaluator, rehabilitation researcher and administrator. He has served as a principal or co- investigator on several long-term training grants and research grants. Dr. Tansey has over 60 publications in peer- reviewed journals, several book chapters, and have been invited to present my research at various local, state, and national conferences. 

His research interests include evidence-based practices in rehabilitation, youth with disabilities’ transition to adult life, and rehabilitation of individuals with cognitive impairments due to injury and mental illness. He experience in working with diverse populations, particularly in the areas of poverty and disability, cognitive assessment, and community/university partnership building. He is currently the Principal Investigator on the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center on Quality Employment and co-investigator on the RRTC on Employment of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, the RRTC on Employment of Transition-age Youth with Disabilities, and the Wisconsin Career Pathways Advancement projects. He recently concluded his investigation as a co-Principal Investigator on the Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance Technical Assistance Center and the Wisconsin Promoting Employment for Individuals.