William Downey - Adjunct Assistant Professor


Ph.D. University of Arizona

Bill Downey is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and School Psychology, College of Education, University of Arizona. Dr. Downey began work in counseling and vocational rehabilitation in 1967, and has worked for the state VR agency, Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, and in private rehabilitation as a counselor, evaluator, administrator, and as a consultant in forensic vocational rehabilitation. He recently developed and implemented a rehabilitation counseling program at Highlands University in Northern New Mexico, and has also been a rehabilitation counselor educator at the University of North Texas. He has served as a commissioner and examination and research chair for two national credentialing bodies, and currently teaches Medical Aspects of Disability in the Rehabilitation Counseling program, as well as other subjects in the CORE curriculum. He was recently elected for a five-year term on the Foundation for Rehabilitation Education and Research.