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
Chih-Hung Chang, PhD	Psychometrics-Informatics Laboratory
Lisa Tabor Connor, PhD, MSOT, OTR/L	Community Reintegration After Stroke Laboratory
Erin Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L	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
Brian Johnson, PhD, OTR/L	Neurorehabilitation and Applied Physiology Laboratory
Jessica Kersey, PhD, OTR/L	Social Health and Participation Laboratory
Stephen Lau, PhD	Sleep, Mood and Cognition Laboratory
Kerri Morgan, PhD, OTR/L, ATP	Enabling Mobility in the Community Laboratory
Benjamin Philip, PhD	Lateralization, Movement and Plasticity Laboratory
Jaclyn Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA	Taking Meds Laboratory
Susy Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA	Participation, Environment and Performance Laboratory

Professional Education Division Mentors	Scholarly Experience
Peggy Barco, OTD, OTR/L, SCDCM, CDRS, FAOTA	Driving and Community Mobility Laboratory
Jessica Dashner, OTD, OTR/L	Disability and Community Participation Research
Kathy Kniepmann, OTD, MPH, EdM, OTR/L	Family Caregiving
Wanda Mahoney, PhD, OTR/L	Interpreting and Enriching Occupational Contexts
Sarah Cheatham Oberle, OTD, OTR/L	Train Your Brain
Grayson Owens, OTD, OTR/L	Weight-Loss Habit Development and Coaching Services
Duana Russell-Thomas, OTD, OTR/L	Social Exclusion
Steve Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA	Innovations in Education
Sue Tucker, OTD, OTR/L, ATP	Seating, Mobility and Exercise for Wheelchair Users
Quinn Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH	Community Independence Occupational Therapy Program
Carla Walker, OTD, OTR/L, ATP	SCI/D Health and Participation Program
Stacy West-Bruce, OTD, MSW, OTR/L	Aging and Community Practice

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

Clinical Practice Division Mentors	Scholarly Experience
Katie Bogan, OTD, OTR/L	Infant Toddler Autism Program

Mentors with a Joint Appointment	Scholarly Experience
Parul Bakhshi, PhD, DEA (M.Phil)	Social Exclusion
Allison King, MD, PhD	Child Health and Education Laboratory