Paul Wehman, Ph.D.
Interim Director, Rehabilitation Research & Training Center
pwehman@vcu.org | 804-828-1852
Dr. Wehman received the 2018 Distinguished Scholarship Award.
Dr. Wehman speaks about the employment of people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Paul Wehman, Ph.D., has been a tenured faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1976. Initially with the VCU School of Education, he moved to a joint appointment with SOE and the School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He has now returned to an exclusive faculty appointment with SOE. His highly interdisciplinary background and pioneering work in the beginning of supported employment have facilitated millions of persons with neurodevelopmental disabilities, brain injury, and spinal cord injury all over the world to gain and retain competitive employment.
He has been the Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for 40 years (1983-2023) and currently serves as Interim Director. He has written extensively on issues related to transition from school to adulthood and special education as it relates to young adulthood and employment and is founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. Dr.Wehman has been the recipient of numerous awards, and he’s been the Principal Investigator on more than $90 million in federal and state grants since joining VCU.
Projects
Directs and oversees all projects of RRTC.
University Affiliations:
VCU Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (CERSE)
VCU College of Health Professions
VCU Department of Rehabilitation Counseling
Publication Resources:
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Editorial
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation- Editor-in-Chief