Part of the Graduate School of Education
Courtney Ward-Sutton, PhD, CRC (She/ Her/ Hers)
Assistant Professor
COUNSELING, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Specialty/Research Focus
Addictions; Access and Equity; Administration/Management; Cultural Studies; Child and Adolescent Development; Disability Studies; Cultural Competence; Educational technology; Multicultural Competence; STEM education; Higher Education; Medical Aspects of Disability; Race, Inequality, and Education; Mental Health; Qualitative Research Methods; Universal Design; Quantitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Research Design; Research Methods; Rehabilitation Counseling; Statistical Methods and Applications in Statistical Issues; Social and Emotional Development
Education and Training:
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Langston University, Rehabilitation Counseling (2021)
- Doctorate, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Rehabilitation Counseling and Counselor Education (2017)
- Masters, North Carolina Central University, Psychology (2014)
- Bachelors, Bennett College for Women, Psychology (2010)
Publications:
Journal Article:
- Johnson, J. E., Moore, C. L., Ward-Sutton, C., Washington, A. L., Sanders, P., & Starr, R. (2022). Emerging conceptual frameworks for co-serving veterans of color across the state-federal vocational rehabilitation program: SVRAs, AIVRPs, and VA-VR&E. Journal of Rehabilitation, 88(1).
- Kiossaba, B., McCray, S., Ward-Sutton, C., Starr, R. Moore, C., Manyibe, E., & Lewis, A. (2022). Barriers and translational solutions to improving community living outcomes among people of color with disabilities with opioid use disorder: A focus group perspective. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin.
- Manyibe, E. O., Moore, C.L., Washington, A.L., Ward-Sutton, C., Koissaba, B., Uhunoma, O., Webb, K. & Peterson, G.J. (2022). COVID-19 health and rehabilitation implications among multiply marginalized people of color with disabilities: A scoping review. Journal of Rehabilitation
- McCray, S. H., Uhunoma, O., Starr, R., Manyibe, E. O., Ole Koissaba, B. R., Ward-Sutton, C., ... & Moore, C. L. (2022). Factors in utilization of telehealth treatment by rural African Americans with opioid use disorder and disabilities. Journal of Rehabilitation, 88(1).
- McCray, S. H., Ward-Sutton, C., Moore, C. L., Ole Koissaba, B. R., Starr, R., & Manyibe, E. O. (2022). A scoping review of opioid use disorder treatment barriers and telehealth for African Americans with disabilities in rural communities. Journal of Rehabilitation, 88(1).
- Moore, C. L., Manyibe, E. O., Ward-Sutton, C., Webb, K., Wang, P., Washington, A. L., & Peterson, G. (2022). National benchmark study of employment equity among multiply marginalized persons of color with disabilities during the covid-19 pandemic: A bootstrap approach. Journal of Rehabilitation, 88(1).
- Ward-Sutton, C., Moore, C. L., Starr-Howard, R., Manyibe, E. O., & Uhunoma, O. (2022). The participation status of historically black colleges and universities and small African American-owned technology firms in the federal assistive technology-research and development enterprise through STEM pathways. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education
- Ward-Sutton, C., Moore, C., Manyibe, E., Kwan, N., Lewis, A., Wang, N., Lequerica, A., O’Neil, J., Fyffe, D. (2022). Assistive technology workplace accommodation and employment among diverse populations with disabilities: Does race/ethnicity matter? Journal of Rehabilitation
Presentations:
Conferences:
- Sutton, C.W. (2022, November). Minority Serving Institutions and African American-Owned Technology Firms Barriers in Assistive Technology Research and Development. Paper presented at the meeting of American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Conference, Chicago, IL.;
Activities:
Professional Service:
- National Rehabilitation Association (NRA) Social Media and Public Policy Committee Member
01/03/2022-12/29/2023 - National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concern (NAMRC) Board Member
01/01/2022-12/31/2023