College of Health Professions


Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science

Current Students

Students earning Master's degrees conduct a final group research project under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Topics for the research projects typically relate to the faculty's research line. Below are listed the graduate research projects for the current year.

Graduate Projects- 2009

  •  Effects of Sensory-Based Activities on In-Seat Behaviors During Classroom Tabletop Learning Tasks for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (DOC) - Janet Delany, D.Ed., MSA, OTR/L, FAOTA

  • Community Living and mental Illness: A Study of Occupational Engagement and the Meaning of Work (DOC) - Mary Beth Merryman, Ph.D., OTR/L

  • The Investigation of the Education and Training Provided by OT/OTAs to Caregivers of Stroke Survivors (DOC) - Sonia Lawson, Ph.D., OTR/L 

  • Engagement with Life:  The Meaning of Long Standing Occupations Aging Well Through Engagement in Productive Occupations; Long-Standing Volunteerism and the Habits and the Habits and Routines Associated with Volunteerism (DOC) - Regena G. Stevens-Ratchford, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA

  • Dog Ownership and Well-Being: An Investigation among Community-Swelling Older Adults (DOC) - S. Maggie Reitz, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA

  •  Relaxation Intervention for Pregnant Women (DOC) - Jenna Yeager, Ph.D., OTR/L

  •  Parents Raising Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum; Perspectives on Advocacy and Occupational Balance (DOC) – Andrea Sherwin, Ph.D., OTR/L



Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science
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