Debra Brucker
| Debra Brucker | |
| Nationality | American |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Researcher |
| Education | Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policy; Master of Public Administration |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University, New Brunswick; University of Delaware |
Debra Brucker is an American researcher affiliated with the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. Her work focuses on the economic and social circumstances of working-age adults with disabilities in the United States.[1]
Education
Brucker earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Delaware in 1995.[2] She received a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, in 2007.[3]
Career
Brucker has been affiliated with the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire since 2011.[4]
Research
According to Semantic Scholar, Brucker has authored 91 papers that have collectively been cited 1,219 times, giving her an h-index of 21.[5] Her published research has addressed topics including poverty and employment gaps among working-age people with disabilities, food insecurity among adults with disabilities, transportation barriers to community participation, and health outcomes for people with disabilities, as reflected in publications appearing in venues such as Social Science Quarterly, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Disability and Health Journal, Disability and Rehabilitation, and Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.[6]