Brian Phillips Ph.D.
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Associate Professor
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Contact Information
Office Location: EDUC 318Phone: 435-797-2381
Email: brian.phillips@usu.edu
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Educational Background
Biography
Brian N. Phillips, Ph.D., CRC, has been working in the field of rehabilitation counseling as a practitioner, supervisor, faculty, and researcher for over 20 years. He is experienced in applying both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to address the employment and participation needs of people with disabilities.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Phillips teaches a wide array of classes and enjoys teaching undergraduate, master's, and doctoral courses.
Research Interests
Dr. Phillips' research is focused on utilizing strength-based constructs to improve the employment and participation of people with disabilities, with a specialization in workplace social competence.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- McKnight-Lizotte, M., Levine, A., Landon, T., Phillips, B., Sametz, R., Gerald, M.E, Richardson, T., (2023). Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Dispositional Gatekeeping Behaviors Among Rehabilitation Counselor Educators. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 12:2, doi: https://doi.org/10.52017/001c.73806
- Landon, T., Phillips, B.N, Kesselmayer, R.F, Bezyak, J.L, Dunlap, P.N, (2022). Addressing the sticky issue of how to consolidate rehabilitation counseling professional associations. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:2
- Phillips, B.N, Walker, Q., Grenawalt, T.A, Dunlap, P., Bezyak, J.L, Anderson, C.A, Nerlich, A.P, Levine, A., (2022). Contemplating consolidation: Acting on a decades old call to survey professionals in the discipline. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:2
- Brehmer, C.E, Rumrill, P., Strauser, D.G, Phillips, B., Kosciulek, J.F, Shen, S., (2022). Development and validation of the Illinois brief functioning inventory. Journal of Vocational RehabilitationPreprint, 1--11.
- Brehmer, C.E, Strauser, D.R, Shen, S., Phillips, B.N, Kosciulek, J.F, Austin, B.S, (2022). Differential Effects of Functioning on the Career Development of Individuals with Disabilities. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
- Castruita Rios, Y., Umucu, E., Viramontes, R., Villegas, D., Phillips, B.N, Jung, J.A, Montuori, S.A, Zanskas, S.A, Tansey, T., (2022). Doctoral Dissertation Research in Rehabilitation Counseling: 2013. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
- O’Sullivan, D., Brehmer, C., Phillips, B.N, Hanna, J.L, Strauser, D.R, (2022). Measuring Parenting Practices Across Four Dimensions in Adults with Disabilities: Development of the Revised Affirmative to Problem Parenting Scale (R-APPS). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1--16.
- Phillips, B.N, Gerald, M.E, Soldner, J., Reyes, A., Anderson, C.A, Pitt-Parker, J.S, (2022). Predicting membership in a consolidated association: If we build it, will they come?. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:2
- Phillips, B.N, Boland, E.A, Edwards, Y.V, Zanskas, S.A, (2022). Prologue: The future of rehabilitation counseling professional associations. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:2
- McKnight, M., Scheef, A.R, Levine, A., Thomas, F., Phillips, B.N, (2022). Secondary Special Educators’ Perceptions of Transition Collaboration With Vocational Rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:3
- Nerlich, A.P, Levine, A., Smith, S.D, Anderson, C.A, Phillips, B.N, (2022). The pros and cons of consolidating rehabilitation counseling associations: A qualitative analysis of views from the field. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 11:2
- Umucu, E., Chan, F., Phillips, B.N, Tansey, T.N, Berven, N., Hoyt, W.T, (2022). Evaluating optimism, hope, resilience, coping flexibility, secure attachment, and PERMA as a well-being model for college life adjustment of student veterans: A hierarchical regression analysis. .
- Phillips, B.N, Fleming, A.R, Bean, B., Umucu, E., Lee, B., Roundtree, S., Grenawalt, T., (2022). Relations among gratitude, adaptation to disability, and flourishing among adults with disabilities: A longitudinal mediation model. . , 67:4, 546–555. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000448
- Phillips, B.N, Fleming, A.R, Langone, A., Baldwin, M., Thompson, A., Riesen, T., Transition readiness toolkit: A collaborative effort to improve the efficacy of Pre-ETS services.. Journal of Rehabilitation Administratoin
- Meulenbroek, P., O'Neil-Pirozzi, T.M, Sohlberg, M.M, Lemoncello, R., Byom, L., Ness, B., MacDonald, S., Phillips, B.N, (2022). Tutorial: The speech-language pathologist’s role in return to work for adults with traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Kesselmayer, R.F, Ochrach, C.M, Phillips, B.N, Mpofu, N., Chen, X., Lee, B., D., Tansey, T.N, Case study of an autism employment initiative in a global management consulting firm.. Human Resource Management Journal
- Currier-Kipping, K., Lizotte, M., Phillips, B.N, Landon, T., Whicker, J.J, (2021). Exploring the knowledge, perceptions and practice patterns of school counselors regarding vocational rehabilitation for transition age youth with disabilities. . Journal of Rehabilitation, 87:3, 38-47.
- Landon, T.J, Phillips, B., Nay, A., Connor, A., Reyes, A.R, Leavitt, J., (2021). Exploring the relationship between familiarity with the ICF and rehabilitation counselor confidence in facilitating workplace accommodations.. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 35:2, 130-143. doi: 10.1891/re-19-27
Professional Journal
- Landon, T.J, Phillips, B., McKnight, M., Sabella, S.A, Kline, K.M, The Impact of Organizational Factors and Professional Identity on Turn Over Intent in State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552231155215
- Riesen, T.J, Remund, C., Byers, R., Phillips, B.N, (2022). A Survey of State Division of Rehabilitation Training Requirements for Providing Employment Supports to People with Disabilities. The Journal of Rehabilitation, 88:3, 20-25.
- Strauser, R, Greco, C.E, Kosciulek, J.F, Shen, S., Strauser, D.G, Phillips, B.N, (2021). A tool to measure work adjustment in the post-pandemic economy: The Illinois work adjustment scale. . Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 54, 51-58.
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
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Publications | Other
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