Jennifer L. Cmar

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Dr. Cmar is an Assistant Research Professor at the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision at Mississippi State University. She is also a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Her research focuses on improving employment outcomes for individuals who are blind or have low vision. She is particularly interested in improving post-school outcomes for youth who are transitioning from school to work.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Assistant Research Professor, National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of California, Los Angeles & California State University, Los Angeles, Ph.D. in Special Education
  • 2014 
    University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. in Education
  • 2006 
    Florida State University, M.S. in Visual Disabilities
  • 2005 
    Florida State University, B.S. in Visual Disabilities

Publications

  • 2019
    Employment outcomes and job quality of vocational rehabilitation consumers with deaf-blindness, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
  • 2019
    Professionals’ implicit attitudes about the competence of people who are blind, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2019
    Effective self-determination practices for students with disabilities: Implications for students with visual impairments, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2019
    Promoting self-determination for students with visual impairments: A review of the literature, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2019
    Services for consumers who are deaf-blind: Vocational rehabilitation agency service models utilized and their effectiveness, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2019
    Characteristics, services, and outcomes of vocational rehabilitation consumers who are deaf-blind, Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association
  • 2019
    Effectiveness of a job search training program for youth with visual impairments, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals
  • 2018
    Experiences of young adults with deaf-blindness after high school, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2018
    Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • 2018
    Drivers with low vision: Characteristics and transportation issues, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2018
    In-school predictors of post-school employment for youth who are deaf-blind, Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals
  • 2017
    Stress associated with transportation: A survey of persons with visual impairments, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
  • 2015
    Orientation and mobility skills and outcome expectations as predictors of employment for young adults with visual impairments, Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

Research Areas

  • Special Education And Disability (130312)

Contact Jennifer for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration