Lauren Gates
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Dr. Lauren Gates has taught Vocational Issues in AGPP Practice and Research Methods at the Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW) since 1997. She holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Masters of Science in Environmental Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

As Research Director of The Workplace Center and a Columbia University Research Scholar, she conducts research and provides training, program development and consultation around workplace issues for people with physical and psychiatric disability and other at risk populations in settings ranging from provider agencies to universities to union health plans to large corporations. Her publications include Disability Management: A Complete System to Reduce Costs, Increase Productivity, Meet Employee Needs, and Ensure Legal Compliance co-authored with S. H. Akabas and D. Galvin and Planning for Disability Management: An Approach to Controlling Costs While Caring for Employees co-authored with S. H. Akabas as well as numerous articles on disability, labor force diversity and neighborhood planning.