Timothy Tansey
P.I.
Dr. Tansey received his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a professor in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Tansey has almost 30 years experience as a rehabilitation counselor, educator, or rehabilitation researcher. He has published over 110 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of applying novel technology in vocational rehabilitation and rehabilitation counselor education, evidence-based practices in vocational rehabilitation, self-regulation, and self-determination. Dr. Tansey has extensive experience in adapting technology and utilizing social media for knowledge translation and dissemination activities.
Dr. Tansey is the principal investigator on the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment, a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently the principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or co-investigator on several other federally-funded research or national technical assistance center grants from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Social Security Administration and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research). These current projects seek to ascertain evidence-based practices in the vocational rehabilitation of youth with disabilities, identify employer practices in the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion of persons with disabilities, and provide technical assistance to state vocational rehabilitation toward increasing competitive, integrated employment of persons with disabilities living in areas of extreme poverty.
Dr. Tansey has developed doctoral level training focused on online and hybrid pedagogy as well as established numerous online, hybrid, and technology-enhanced courses. He serves on the co-editor of the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin and on the editorial boards for numerous other journals.
Contact Information
tntansey@wisc.edu
Office: 405 Education
Current Projects
RRTC - Employment of Persons with IDDVocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE)
Wisconsin Career Advancement Initiative
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Advanced Rehabilitation Advanced Training (ARRT) Program – Employment (Main Account)
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Year 3) (Main Account)
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Year 3 Trainee Expenses)
Accelerated Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Training Program
Access to Advanced Technology Careers and Creating A 21st Century Workforce of Youth and/or Adults with Disabilities Leading to CIE
An integrated, technology-enhanced approach to building capacity for job retention among persons with disabilities in competitive integrated employment (Main Account)
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Rehab TP Funds) - Year 5 (Main Account)
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Demonstration and TP Funds) - Year 5
An integrated, technology-enhanced approach to building capacity for job retention among persons with disabilities in competitive integrated employment (Employment Resources subcontract account)
An integrated, technology-enhanced approach to building capacity for job retention among persons with disabilities in competitive integrated employment (Univ of Maryland subcontract account)
An integrated, technology-enhanced approach to building capacity for job retention among persons with disabilities in competitive integrated employment (Florida Atlantic Univ subcontract account)
Inspiring and Preparing Disempowered Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Pursue Technology Training and Careers: Scaling up the TECH-Prep Intervention (U of Washington subcontract account)
Completed Projects
RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with DisabilitiesIncreasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Rehab TP Funds) - Year 2
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Trainee Expenses)
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Rehab TP Funds) - Year 3
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Demonstration and TP Funds) - Year 3
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Year 2)
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Year 2 Trainee Expenses)
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Rehab TP Funds) - Year 4
Increasing state vocational rehabilitation agency capacity to place persons with disabilities in high quality employment settings (Demonstration and TP Funds) - Year 3
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects - Employment (Kessler Foundation subcontract account
RRTC on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities (Michigan St subcontract account)
