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Ellice Switzer

People/Outreach faculty
Workplace Disability Inclusion Associate
Yang-Tan Institute
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Contact

140 Garden Ave
203B Dolgen Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853
United States

Overview

Ellice Switzer is an Extension Associate with the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability (YTI). She provides content development, training and technical assistance on topics related to disability and employment, and U.S. disability policy. Her areas of focus include employer practices to support workforce disability inclusion, demand-side strategies to improve employer engagement among disability service providers and evidence-based practices to support post-school success for youth with disabilities. Ellice is the Principal Investigator of the New York State Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) state program evaluation, and Project Director of YTI’s New York State- funded efforts to increase competitive integrated employment of New Yorkers with disabilities.

Areas of Expertise

Accessibility
Adult learning
Affirmative action
Disability
Disability and rehabilitation
Disability law
Discrimination
Distance and Online Learning
Diversity and Inclusion
Education (organizations and systems)
Education and workforce preparedness
Employment law and policy
Equal employment opportunity
Human Rights and Workplace Practices
Inclusive organizations
Institutional structure and politics
Law and policies
Organizations
Policy and analysis
Practice and strategy
Public Sector
Supported employment
Training and Development

Other expertise

Policy Implementation