Jennifer Cmar
Title
- Associate Research Professor
Contact
jcmar@colled.msstate.edu
(662) 325-2001
Address
- P.O. Box 6189
- Mississippi State, MS 39762
- Campus Mailstop: 9741
Education
- B.S., Florida State University
- M.S., Florida State University
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles/California State University
Selected Publications
- Boydstun, J., McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2026). Equal opportunities? Post-school employment outcomes for young adults with and without visual impairment. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. Advance online publication.
- Cmar, J. L., & Antonelli, K. (2026). Randomized controlled trial of a job search intervention for adults who are blind or have low vision. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. Advance online publication.
- Antonelli, K., Cmar, J. L., & Dabbs, S. M. (2025). Resumes of job seekers with visual impairments: Characteristics and quality. The New RE:view, 3(2), 69-84.
- Steverson, A., Cmar, J. L., Humm, L., & Smith, M. J. (2025). Evaluating the Usability of Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth with Visual Impairments. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Advance online publication.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2024). Employment and retirement among workers who develop vision loss in midlife. WORK, 79(2), 819-830.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2024). Group-based trajectory analysis of longitudinal employment patterns and predictors for adults with visual impairments. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 61(2), 143-156.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2024). Underemployment among college graduates with blindness and low vision. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X241256377
- Cmar, J. L., & Antonelli, K. (2024). Systematic adaptation of the JOBS program for use with adults with visual impairments. The New RE:view. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.56733/TNR.23.0006
- Cmar, J. L., McDonnall, M. C., & Mitchell, G. L. (2024). Predictors of job retention after onset of visual impairment in late middle age. Journal of Aging and Health. Advance online publication.
- Cmar, J. L., & Antonelli, K. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of implementing a job search intervention for adults with visual impairments via videoconferencing. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. Advance online publication.
- Cmar, J. L., & Steverson, A. (2023). Confidence and expectations among parents of and students with visual impairments. The New RE:view, 1(2), 51-67.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J. L., & McKnight, Z. (2023). How degree major and demographic factors influence employment and earnings for college graduates with visual impairments. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. Advance Online Publication.
- Antonelli, K., Steverson, A., & Cmar, J.L. (2023). Usability of 4to24: A transition application for parents of students with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 117(1), 19-29.
- Steverson, A., Cmar, J. L., & Antonelli, K. (2022). The experiences of parents of and students with visual impairments with 4to24, a transition application. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. Advance online publication.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2022) Structural Relationships Among Predictors of Employer Attitudes Toward Blind Employees. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 57(1), 73-84.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J., & McKnight, Z. S. (2022). Beyond employment rates: Social Security disability benefit receipt and work among people with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 116(3), 396-403.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J., & McKnight, Z. S. (2022). Beyond employment rates: Continuity of employment for people with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 116(2), 275-280.
- McDonnall, M.,Cmar, J., & McKnight, Z. S. (2022). Beyond employment rates: Full-time vs. part-time employment for people with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 116(1), 7-13.
- McDonnall, M., Cmar, J., & McKnight, Z. (2021). What predicts job quality of vocational rehabilitation consumers who are blind or have low vision? Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 66(2), 100-111.
- Cmar, J. L., & Steverson, A. (2021). Job-search activities, job-seeking barriers, and work experiences of transition-age youths with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 115(6), 479-492.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2021). Long-term effects of a job search intervention for transition-age youth with visual impairments. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 55(1), 91-105.
- McDonnall, M. C. & Cmar, J. L. (2021). A Mixed-methods assessment of the impact of an agency-wide business development training for rehabilitation counselors. Journal of Rehabilitation, 87(2), 47-55.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2021). Short-term effectiveness of job search skills training: Comparisons by summer work experience participation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 64(2), 86-96.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J. L., & McKnight, Z. S. (2020) The effect of visual impairment on return to work for vocational rehabilitation consumers with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Rehabilitation, 86(2), 47-55.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J. L., & Tatch, A. J. (2020). Importance of agency context for long-term effectiveness of a business development training for rehabilitation counselors. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 53(1), 1-16
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J. L., & McKnight, Z. S. (2020). Service factors and personal characteristics associated with employment and job quality for vocational rehabilitation consumers with combined traumatic brain injury and visual impairment. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 52(3), 223-238.
- McDonnall, M. C., Cmar, J. L., & Lund, E. M. (2020). Comorbid traumatic brain injury and visual impairment: Vocational rehabilitation service provision and agency-level outcomes. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 114(1), 6–17.
- Lund, E. M., & Cmar, J. L. (2020). A systematic review of factors related to employment in transition-age youth with visual impairments. Rehabilitation Psychology, 65(2), 122–136.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2020). A curriculum for teaching job search skills to youth with visual impairments. Visual Impairment and Deafblind Education Quarterly, 65(2), 74-86.
- Cmar, J. L. (2019). Unintended consequences of repeated sponsored work experiences for youths with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 113(6), 566-568.
- Lund, E. M., & Cmar, J. L. (2019). Factors related to employment outcomes for vocational rehabilitation consumers with visual impairments: A systematic review. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 113(6), 518-537.
- Lund, E. M., & Cmar, J. L. (2019). A systematic review of factors related to employment outcomes for adults with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 113(6), 493-517.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2019). Effectiveness of a job search training program for youth with visual impairments. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individual, 42(4), 214-224.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. (2019). Employment outcomes and job quality of vocational rehabilitation consumers with deaf-blindness. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 63(1), 13-24.
- Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2019). Characteristics, services, and outcomes of vocational rehabilitation consumers who are deaf-blind. Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, 52(2), 12-24.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2019). Services for consumers who are deaf-blind: Vocational rehabilitation agency service models utilized and their effectiveness. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 113(1), 19-31.
- McDonnall, M.C., Cmar, J.L., Antonelli, K., & Markoski, K.M. (2019). Professionals’ implicit attitudes about the competence of people who are blind. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 113(4), 341-354
- Cmar, J. L., McDonnall, M. C., & Markoski, K. M. (2018). In-school predictors of post-school employment for youth who are deaf-blind. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 41(4), 223-233.
- McDonnall, M. C., & Cmar, J. L. (2018). Experiences of young adults with deaf-blindness after high school. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 112(4), 403-410.
- Cmar, J. L., McDonnall, M. C., & Crudden, A. (2018). Transportation self-efficacy and employment among individuals with visual impairments. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 48(2), 257-268.
- Crudden, A., Steverson, A. C., Cmar, J. L. (2018). Drivers with low vision: Characteristics and transportation issues. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 112(2), 131-142.
- Crudden, A., Cmar, J. L., & McDonnall, M. C. (2017). Stress associated with transportation: A survey of persons with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 111(3), 219-230.