Valerie Leiter
- Name
- Title
- Director, Society and Health Program; Associate Professor
- Phone
- 617-521-2217
- Fax
- 617-521-3090
- Office
- 300 The Fenway - C-205A , MA
- valerie.leiter@simmons.edu
Professor Leiter teaches courses on health inequalities, medical sociology, research methods, sociology of childhood and youth, and disability.
Her research focuses on children and youth with disabilities, their families, and public programs that provide services to them. She received the Irving K. Zola award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies in 2004 for her work on "Parental Activism, Professional Dominance, and Early Childhood Disability." Professor Leiter is currently a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar, working on a five-year project examining the transition to adulthood among youth with disabilities.
Affiliations
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Sociological Association
- Massachusetts Consortium for Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Society for Disability Studies
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
Awards & Honors
- Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies, Society for Disability
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Brandeis University
A.M.
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts
State University of New York at Albany