Allison R Fleming Editor

Irmo Marini, PhD, DSc, CRC, CLCP, is professor in the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. He obtained his PhD in rehabilitation from Auburn University and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He is a 2009 recipient of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education's Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation education, and 2010 recipient of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's James F. Garrett Distinguished Career Award in rehabilitation research. In 2012, Dr. Marini was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from his alma mater Lakehead University and was the recipient of the 2013 National Council on Rehabilitation Education's Educator of the Year award. In 2015, he was the recipient of the Patricia McCollom Distinguished Career Award in life care planning research, and in 2022 the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award with the International Academy of Life Care Planners.

Allison R. Fleming, PhD, CRC, is associate professor in the Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education Department at The Pennsylvania State University. She obtained her PhD in Rehabilitation Counselor Education from Michigan State University, and her master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Springfield College in western Massachusetts. She worked as a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselor for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and for the Institute for Community Inclusion providing continuing education for community rehabilitation providers and VR counselors prior to studying at Michigan State.

Malachy Bishop, PhD, CRC, is the Norman L. and Barbara M. Berven Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology in the Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, he served as professor and doctoral program coordinator in the rehabilitation counseling program at the University of Kentucky and as Director of Research for the University of Kentucky's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute. He obtained his PhD in rehabilitation psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from Portland State University.