Dr. Christy Stuart currently serves as Director for the Center for Transition and Career Innovation at the University of 浪花直播, College Park. In this role, Dr. Stuart promotes the development of transition-age youth with disabilities and their families. This position also supports national and state initiatives that lead to the continuous improvement of services and outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities. Dr. Stuart has over 28 years of experience in the fields of special education, school-to-work transition, and employment and training of persons with disabilities, especially those from underrepresented populations and high poverty areas. Her efforts to collaborate with local, state and federal partners on research, evaluation, training and technical assistance and partners with local, state and national stakeholder groups to translate research to practice and policy have yielded positive collaborative outcomes. She has publications and has developed numerous products and web-based training materials focusing on customized employment, access and equity with outcomes, secondary transition, inclusion, disability legislation, and job development.