Sara Park, PhD, CRC, LPC-IT

Sara is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation & Health Services at the University of North Texas. Her research and clinical interests center around the empowerment of transition-age youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of evidence-based interventions and vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with IDD. She examines how disability and career identities are shaped through community engagement and advocacy work. Sara is a 2024-2025 Merit Switzer Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow, a former Innovative Partnership for Advancing Rehabilitation Research (IPARRT) fellow, and a former Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) fellow.

Self-Determination, Self-Advocacy, and Advocacy Interventions, Vocational Rehabilitation, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Autism, Transition to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities