Frank J. Lane

Dr. Frank Lane joined Illinois Tech in 2006 and is currently an associate professor and core faculty member of the Division of Counseling and Rehabilitation Science. He served as past Head of the Division of Counseling and Rehabilitation Science, Associate Chair, and Chair of the Department of Psychology.  

Dr. Lane earned his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science with an emphasis on behavioral and emotional integration at the University of Florida. His doctoral training prepared him for interdisciplinary research; an emphasis that resonates throughout his teaching and research. Dr. Lane has 15 years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in rehabilitation and psychology. He has experience teaching in traditional and distance education venues utilizing Blackboard platform.

Dr. Lane is trained as a psychotherapist. He is a Certified as a Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and Licensed as a Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois. He has over 19 years of clinical and administrative experience directing programs in state-federal vocational rehabilitation, vocational work evaluation, and private-sector rehabilitation.

TEACHING

Dr. Lane teaches Introduction in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (PSYC 410) and Psychopathology (PSYC 588). He also teaches specialized courses in Rehabilitation Engineering Technology (RET) that consist of Survey of Interdisciplinary Applications of Rehabilitation Engineering Technology (PSYC 583); Access to Independence through Assistive Technology (PSYC 584); Fieldwork in Applications of Assistive Technology (PSYC 585); and Inter-professional Project: Assistive technology for persons with disabilities (IPRO 310). Dr. Lane also supervises students who are engaged in clinical counselor practicum and internship.

SERVICE

Dr. Lane currently serves as an editorial board member for the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin and the Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counseling.

Dr. Lane formerly served as the President of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) (2010), the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Council on Rehabilitation Education (2011-2017), and the head of the Council on Public Relations and Awareness, and Public Policy and Legislation (2006-2008) for the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA).

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida (2006)

Research Interests

Rehabilitation engineering technology

Awards

research grants

National Institutes of Health, National Institute Of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Early Feasibility Study clinical trial of an intracortical visual prosthesis (ICVP), Award Number UG3NS0955. Five-year project from July 2016-June 2021, total award $11,800,000, Co-Principal Investigator. individual award $1,000,000.

U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center Preparation for Implantation of an Intracortical Visual Prosthesis in a Human Two-year project from September 2012 to August 2014. $999,087.Co-Principal Investigator

training grants

U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Long-term Training Grant,CFDA 84.129B Long-term training in Rehabilitation Counseling Program. Five-year project funded from 2014-2019. $1,000,000, Principal Investigator, Program Director

U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Long-term Training Grant,CFDA 84.129B Long-term training in Rehabilitation Counseling Program. Five-year project funded from 2010-2015. $750,000, Principal Investigator, Program Director

U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Long-term Training Grant,CFDA 84.129B Part-Time Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and Full-Time Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program. Five-year project funded from 2009-2014. $750,000, Principal Investigator, Program Director

U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Long-term Training Grant,CFDA H1 129E Rehabilitation Engineering Technology. Five-year project funded from 2008-2013. $499,750, Principal Investigator, Program Director

U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Long-term Training Grant,CFDA H1 129L Undergraduate Education. Five-year project funded from 2007-2012. $375,000, Principal Investigator, Program Director

Publications

Lane, F. J. (2015). Participant perspectives from a cortical vision implant study: Ethical and psychological implications. Proceeds from the7thInternational IEEE EMBS conference on Neural Engineering.

Lane, F. J., Nitsch, K., Huyck, M. Troyk, P., and Schug, K. (2014). Perspectives of optic nerve prostheses. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-9. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2014.961178.

Lane, F. J.,Shaw, L. R., Young, M.E., & Bourgeois, P. J. (2012). Rehabilitation Counselor’s perceptions of workplace culture and the influence on ethical behavior. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 55, 219-231.

Lane, F. J., Huyck, M. H, Troyk, P. R. & Schug, K. (2012) Responses of potential users to the intracortical visual prosthesis: Final themes from the analysis of focus group data. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 7, 304-313.

Lane, F. J, Huyck, M. H., & Troyk, P. R. (2011) Planning for the first human intracortical visual prosthesis by using pilot data from focus groups of potential users, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology,6,139-147.