Lisa A. Schur

Lisa A. Schur

  • Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations (LSER)
  • Director, Program for Disability Research
Labor Education Center, 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
Education

J.D., Northeastern University

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum Vitae - CV (PDF)

Expertise
  • Disability issues in employment and labor law
  • Contingent work, and the connections between workplace experiences and political participation

Focuses on disability issues in employment and labor law, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act and its relationship to other laws and social policies. She also studies alternative work arrangements such as contingent work, and the connections between workplace experiences and political participation. Her work has appeared in the Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewSocial Science QuarterlyPolitical Research QuarterlyIndustrial Relations and other journals.

Research Publications

Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, and Peter Blanck, “Corporate Culture and the Employment of People with Disabilities,” forthcoming in Behavioral Sciences and the Law.

Highlights

Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award for “Enabling Democracy: Disability and Voter Turnout,” awarded by the Western Political Science Association for the best article published in the journal in 2002.