Gerald Schneck currently serves as tenured Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he has served since Fall 1982. He has been a rehabilitation educator for over 25 years, having previously served on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin-Stout and the University of Minnesota.
Gerry received his Ph.D. in Vocational Special Needs Education from the University of Minnesota in 1980. Prior education includes a Master's degree in Vocational Rehabilitation/Vocational Evaluation from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology /Manufacturing Engineering from Stout State University.
Dr. Schneck has also worked in various capacities within industry, rehabilitation and educational settings, including serving as an industrial engineer, a consultant to industry and rehabilitation agencies, as staff trainer, and as vocational evaluator and counselor supervisor.
He continues to provide consultation services in ergonomic and assistive technology assessment, chemical dependency counseling, forensic expert testimony, and grant writing.
Dr. Schneck is an active member in the National Rehabilitation Association the Minnesota Rehabilitation Association (MRA), and the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA).
He is a Past-President of the Minnesota Rehabilitation Association and member of the MRA Board of Directors, as well as Past-President of the Wisconsin Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association (WVEWAA) and a member of the Wisconsin Rehabilitation Association (WRA).
Dr. Schneck has been a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)(CRCC-Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification) since 1978. In the years since, he has also earned national certification as a National Certified Counselor (NCC)(NBCC-National Board of Counselor Certification), as a Certified Earnings Analyst (CEA) and as a Forensic Vocational Expert (FVE)(AREA-American Rehabilitation Economics Association).
Dr. Schneck currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, a publication of The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd., as well as serving on various Editorial Boards and as a reviewer for various publishers including Aspen, Allyn and Bacon, SAGE, and Jones-Bartlett. He also has served as a Test Reviewer for The Mental Measurements Yearbook, which is an internationally recognized reference that is published by the Buros' Institute of Mental Measurement, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He was selected as a Prime Study Group member for the Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education) which addressed school-to-work and community transition of students with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities.
Dr. Schneck has authored or co-authored an extensive number of articles, training manuals, book chapters, and research reports, as well as provided training workshops and presentations for professional organizations, agencies and programs at various locations throughout the United States.
