Sheila L. Fesko Ph.D. is the Assistant Dean for the School of Global Inclusion and Social Development and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Community Inclusion in the University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Fesko has 35 years of experience working on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the workplace. As the director of National Center on Workforce and Disability, Dr. Fesko worked with the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the US Department of Labor on policy recommendations to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Areas of her research include employment outcomes for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities, disclosure of HIV status in the workplace, the aging workforce and universal strategies to support inclusion of all employees in the workplace.
She has also worked at the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (the state vocational rehabilitation commission) and as a program manager for a community-based employment program, and is a certified rehabilitation counselor.