Marcus Weathers Jr. is a Ph. D. candidate in the Rehabilitation Counselor Education program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His primary area of research is concerned with amplifying the voices of returning citizens with disabilities. More specifically, his dissertation is a qualitative exploration of the reentry experiences of African American returning citizens with disabilities post-incarceration, and his dissertation is a recipient of the Switzer Research Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation Research awards offered through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). In addition to his dissertation research, Marcus has seven publications in refereed journals and provided presented his work at local, regional, national and conferences.