Sarah joined the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, ILR School at Cornell University as a Research Associate in June 2009 and now serves as the Director of Research and Program Evaluation at the Yang-Tan Institute (YTI).
Sarah’s research focuses on employer practices that support disability inclusion, with recent projects on federal and federal contractor workplaces, disability disclosure, workplace flexibility, and reasonable accommodation. She has been the principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI of projects funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), U.S. Department of Labor, New York State Education Department, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Sarah received her doctorate in Education Measurement and Statistics from the University of Iowa in 2006 and bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Colorado College in 1994. Prior to coming to YTI, Sarah worked in the fields of health policy and management, educational testing, and evaluation.
Journal Articles
von Schrader, S., Shaw, L., & Colella, A. (2024). Perceptions of Federal Workplace Attributes: Interactions Among Disability, Sex, and Military Experience. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 34(4), 239-249.
Brooks, J. D., & von Schrader, S. (2023). An Accommodation for Whom? Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Landscape of Flexible and Remote Work for Workers with Disabilities? Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 1-23. *Winner 2023 NARRTC Best Paper Award*
Nazarov, Z., & von Schrader, S. (2020). A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Employer Characteristics and Age Discrimination Charge Filings. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-020-09346-y
von Schrader, S., & Nazarov, Z. E. (2016). Trends and Patterns in Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) Charges. Research on Aging, 38 (5). 580-601.
Nazarov, Z., Kang, D., von Schrader, S. (2015). Employment Quota System and Labor Market Outcomes of Individuals with Disabilities: Empirical Evidence from South Korea. Fiscal Studies, 36 (1), 99-126.
von Schrader, S., & Nazarov, Z. E. (2015). Employer characteristics associated with discrimination charges Under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, vol. 26, 3: pp. 153-163.
Nord, D., Barkoff, A., Butterworth, J., Carlson, D., Cimera, R., Fabian, E., Grossi, T., Hall, A., Lucus, J., Nye-Lengerman, K., Strobel-Gower, W., Tyree, M., von Schrader, S., Wohl, A. (2015). Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency: 2015 National Goals for Research, Policy, and Practice. Inclusion, 3 (4), 227-232.
von Schrader, S., Xu, X., Bruyere, S. M. (2014). Accommodation requests: Who is asking for what? Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 28 (4), 329-344.
Nazarov, Z., von Schrader, S. (2014). Comparison of Employer Factors in Disability and Other Employment Discrimination Charges. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 28 (4), 291-308.
Erickson, W., von Schrader, S., Bruyere, S. M., Van Looy, S., Matteson, D. (2014). Disability-Inclusive Employer Practices and Hiring of Individuals with Disabilities. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 28 (4), 309-328. *Winner of the 2014 NARRTC Best Paper Award*
von Schrader, S., Malzer, V., Bruyere, S. M. (2014). Perspectives on Disability Disclosure: The Importance of Employer Practices and Workplace Climate. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 26, 237-255.
Erickson, W., von Schrader, S., Bruyere, S. M., Van Looy, S. (2014). The Employment Environment: Employer perspectives, policies and practices regarding the employment of persons with disabilities. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 28 (4), 309-328. *Third place research award from American Rehabilitation Counseling Association*
Nazarov, Z., Golden, T. P., von Schrader, S. (2012). The Impact of Prevocational Services on Employment Wages. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 37(2), 119-129.
Bruyère, S., von Schrader, S., Bjelland, M., & Coduti, W. (2011). United States Employment Disability Discrimination charges: Implications for Disability Management Practice. International Journal of Disability Management, 5(2), 48-58.
Bjelland, M., Bruyère, S., von Schrader, S., Houtenville, A., Ruiz-Quintanilla, A., Webber, D. (2010). Age and disability employment discrimination: Occupational rehabilitation implications. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 20(4), 456-471. DOI 10.1007/s10926-009-9194-z.
Book Chapters
von Schrader, S., Enayati, H., Bruyere, S. M. (anticipated publication fall 2026). Using multiple data sources to understand disability in organizations: Lessons from the federal sector. In Matthew Saleh & Susanne Bruyere (Ed.), Elgar Research Handbook on Disability and Society. Elgar Publishing.
Brendli-Brown, K., von Schrader, S. Bruyere, S. (anticipated publication fall 2026). Practices to Support Inclusion Across the Employment Cycle: Learning from Disability Inclusion Efforts. In Matthew Saleh & Susanne Bruyere (Ed.), Elgar Research Handbook on Disability and Society. Elgar Publishing.
Saleh, M., Malzer, V. B., Erickson, W., von Schrader, S., Bruyere, S. M. (2023). Disability-Inclusive Online Outreach and Recruitment for Employers. In Joy Beatty, Sophie Hennekam, & Mukta Kulkarni (Ed.), DeGruyter Handbook of Disability and Management. Boston, MA: De Gruyter.
von Schrader, S., Cook, L., Strobel, W. (2019). Creating an Accommodating Workplace: Encouraging Disability Disclosure and Managing Reasonable Accommodation Requests. In Susanne Bruyere (Ed.), Employment and Disability: Issues, Innovations, and Opportunities (pp. 99-128). Champaign, IL: Labor and Employment Relations Association Series.
Cook, L., von Schrader, S., Malzer, V., Jennifer, M. (2019). Unwelcoming Workplaces: Bullying and Harassment Of Employees With Disabilities. In Susanne Bruyere (Ed.), Employment and Disability: Issues, Innovations, and Opportunities. Champaign, IL: Labor and Employment Relations Association Series.
Enayati, H., von Schrader, S., Erickson, W., Bruyere, S. M. (2019). Minimizing Discrimination and Maximizing Inclusion: Lessons from the Federal Workforce and Federal Subcontractors. In Susanne Bruyere (Ed.), Employment and Disability: Issues, Innovations, and Opportunities (vol. 2019, pp. 33-64). Labor Industrial Relations Research Association.
Bruyère, S.M., von Schrader, S. and Vanlooy, S. (under review). Chapter 16: Employment Strategies for Older Adults. Izabela Schultz and Robert Gatchel (Eds.). Handbook of Rehabilitation of Older Adults.
von Schrader, S., Cook, L. Disclosure and Self-Identification. In Tamar Heller, Sarah Parker Harris, Carol Gill, and Robert Gould (Ed.), Disability in American Life: an Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies. ABC-CLIO.
Erickson, W., VanLooy, S., von Schrader, S., Bruyere, S. M. (2018). Disability, income, and rural poverty. In D. Harley, N. Ysasi, M. Bishop, & A. Fleming (Ed.), Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation in Rural Settings: Challenges to Service Delivery. New York: Springer.
Enayati, H. & von Schrader, S. (2016). Using Administrative Data. In Bruyère, S. (Ed.) Employer practices to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities: Research across the disciplines. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
Erickson, W., von Schrader, S., VanLooy, S. (2016). Surveying employers and individuals with disabilities. In Susanne M. Bruyère (Ed.), Disability and Employer Practices: A Transdisciplinary Approach (pp. 97-125). Ithaca, NY, United States: ILR Press.
Bruyère, S. M., Switzer, E., von Schrader, S., VanLooy, S. A., & Barrington, L. (2016). Translating knowledge to practice and the way forward. In S. M. Bruyère (Ed.), Disability and employer practices: Research across the disciplines (pp. 149–166). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Bruyère, S. M., VanLooy, S. A., von Schrader, S., & Barrington, L. (2016). Disability and employment: Framing the problem and our transdisciplinary approach. In S. M. Bruyère (Ed.), Disability and employer practices: Research across the disciplines (pp. 1–26). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Erickson, W., von Schrader, S., Bruyere, S, Barrington, L. (2012). Annotated Data, Statistics and Tables and Graphs. In S. Bruyere and L. Barrington (Eds.) Employment and Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Golden, T. P., Swenson, S., von Schrader, S., & Bruyere, S. M. (2010). Meaningful Work: Obtaining and Maintaining Employment as Youth with Chronic Health Conditions. In Donald Lollar (Ed.), Launching into Adulthood: An Integrated Response to Support Transition of Youth with Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities. Baltimore MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co, Inc.
Research interests
- Workplace disability inclusion
- Disability disclosure in employment