Dr. Kim Knackstedt kicks off the 2023 Disability Health Seminar Series, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center! She joins us to discuss her expertise in disability policy as a White House policymaker and as a researcher.
Kim Knackstedt is the Director of the Disability Economic Justice Team, Director of the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative, and Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation. Her work focuses on economic justice for people with disabilities and their families. She brings experience as a classroom teacher of students with disabilities and as a person with chronic illness to her policy perspectives. In January 2021, Kim was appointed as the first director of disability policy for the Domestic Policy Council for the Biden–Harris Administration. Kim received her Bachelor of Education in special education and elementary education from Gonzaga University, Master of Science in Education in special education from the University of Kansas, and PhD in special education and policy from the University of Kansas.
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