Directed Scholarship

A key component of our educational program is the opportunity to learn and grow under the guidance of a mentor.

Each student in the Program is matched to a mentor for academic advising and professional development; OTD students also complete the OTD Mentored Scholarship course series under the direction of their mentor. MSOT students who intend to pursue a PhD may enroll in the elective MSOT to PhD Mentored Scholarship course series to prepare for entry into a PhD program.

The OTD Mentored Scholarship sequence of courses begins in the summer semester of the first year in the Program. The three-course sequence is a self-directed learning experience in which students complete a scholarly project under the mentor’s guidance.

Please click on the links below to learn more about our mentors and the scholarly experiences they offer.

 

Research Division Mentors	Scholarly Experience
Lisa Tabor Connor, PhD, MSOT, OTR/L	Community Reintegration After Stroke Laboratory
Erin Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA	Cognitive and Occupational Performance Laboratory
Kelly Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP	Health Equity, Opportunity and Education Laboratory
Catherine Hoyt, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA	Growth and Occupational Well-being of Youth Laboratory
Jessica Kersey, PhD, OTR/L	Social Health and Participation Laboratory
Kerri Morgan, PhD, OTR/L, ATP	Enabling Mobility in the Community Laboratory

Professional Education Division Mentors	Scholarly Experience
Peggy Barco, OTD, OTR/L, CDRS, FAOTA	Driving and Community Mobility Laboratory
Jessica Dashner, OTD, OTR/L	Disability and Community Participation Research
Wanda Mahoney, PhD, OTR/L	Interpreting and Enriching Occupational Contexts
Sarah Cheatham Oberle, OTD, OTR/L	Train Your Brain
Steve Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA	Innovations in Education
Carla Walker, OTD, OTR/L, ATP	SCI/D Health and Participation Program

Collective Division Mentors	Scholarly Experience
Amanda Mack, OTD, OTR/L, CLC Salma Bachelani, OTD, OTR/L, PMH-C Marit Watson, OTD, OTR/L, PMH-C Maria Lopez Coxon, OTD, OTR/L	Maternal Health Collective