Tony Reyes

Tony Reyes, Ph.D., CRC, is an assistant professor of Human Service Studies at Elon University. His teaching and research focus on disability, employment, and the ways human service professionals can support individuals in building meaningful and productive lives.

At Elon, Dr. Reyes teaches courses on counseling practice, human services, and program design and evaluation. His courses emphasize experiential learning and community engagement, often connecting students with local organizations to address real-world social problems through needs assessments, program development, and evaluation.

Dr. Reyes’s research examines psychosocial factors related to disability and employment, including working alliance in vocational rehabilitation counseling, well-being among individuals with disabilities, and employment outcomes among people with chronic health conditions and veterans. His work has been published in journals such as Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Rehabilitation Psychology, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Quality of Life Research, and Frontiers in Education.

In addition to his academic work, Dr. Reyes serves as a vocational economic analyst, providing expert analyses related to earning capacity and work-life expectancy in disability and personal injury cases. He is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and holds degrees from Yale University, California State University–Los Angeles, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.