Dembo-Wright Award Lectures

The Dembo-Wright Award Lecture was founded in 2003 by the David and Minnie Meyerson Foundation to honor Dr. Tamara Dembo’s and Dr. Beatrice Wright’s landmark contributions to the psychosocial aspects of rehabilitation psychology. The Dembo-Wright lecture is presented annually at the mid-year Rehabilitation Psychology conference. The honorarium is funded by an annual grant from the Meyerson Foundation.


Kathleen Bogart


Kimberley Monden


Kara Ayers


Charles “Chuck” Bombardier, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp)

Why and How to Add Physical Activity Promotion to Your Treatment Toolbox


Timothy Elliott

Lessons learned on the line in between: A scientist-practitioner looks back


Erin Andrews, Psy.D., ABPP (Rp)

Nondisabled Adjustment to Disability: Rehabilitation Psychologists as Allies and Advocates


Dana Dunn, Ph.D.

Tribute to Dr. Beatrice Wright


Linda Mona, Ph.D.

Disability Culturally Competent Sexual Healthcare


Allen W. Heinemann, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp)


Fong Chan, Ph.D., CRC


Robert G. Frank, Ph.D., ABPP


Susanne M. Bruyére, Ph.D., CRC

An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Workplace Factors Impacting Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities


Paul Kennedy, D.Phil., M.Sc., FBPsS., C.Psychol.

Beyond Adversity: A Journey of a Scientist Practioner


David Patterson, Ph.D., ABPP

Every Theory Has a Range of Convenience


Michele Rusin, Ph.D., ABPP

Psychological Intervention in Rehabilitation: The Lay of the Land


Carol Ryff, Ph.D.

The Relevance of Psychological Well-being to Disability and Rehabilitation


Dana Dunn, Ph.D.

Social Psychology of Disability


Shari Wade, Ph.D.

Working and Families to Improve the Social Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go?


Alice Marie Stevens, MS and Treven Pickett, Psy.D.

Multi-trauma and TBI Rehabilitation: Injured Soldiers Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan


Margaret Brown, Ph.D.

Past and Present Meet in the RRTC on TBI Interventions


Martha Banks, Ph.D.

Full Attention to Whole Clients: Maximizing Success by Minimizing Assumptions


Rhoda Olkin, Ph.D.

Accessible Research with Parents with Disabilities and Their Teens


Franklin Shontz, Ph.D.

Rehabilitation Psychology: A Personological Approach