Faculty

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty because of early publication deadlines for the bulletin.

William A. Anthony

Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

AB, Grove City College; PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo. Dr. Anthony has worked in various roles in the psychiatric rehabilitation field and has been honored for his performance as a researcher, educator, and clinician. Dr. Anthony is on the editorial boards of several professional publications and is coeditor of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. His latest book is a second edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Other books are Lessons for Managed Care, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs: Putting Theory into Practice.

Linda Bandini

Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences

BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Bandini has been working in the area of energy expenditure and childhood obesity for the past 20 years. She was the principal investigator on a 10-year longitudinal study of growth and development in pre-adolescent girls at MIT from 1997–2002. Dr. Bandini is presently the Director of Nutrition for the LEND program (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopment and related Disabilities) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center in Waltham, MA, and is on the faculty at UMass Medical School. Her current research interests are in the area of health promotion for children with special needs. She is the Principal Investigator on a NIH-funded research study on nutrition and activity in children with autism. She is also a co-investigator on a family-based weight reduction study for children with Down syndrome and a research study on motor skills, physical fitness, and physical activity in children with and without motor coordination difficulties.

Helen Barbas

Professor of Health Sciences

BA, Kean College; PhD, McGill University (Canada). Dr. Barbas has researched the organization of the frontal cortex in primates, the evolution of the neocortex, and the interaction of cognitive and emotional processes in the nervous system. Her work has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She has published and lectured extensively on the cerebral cortex and its interactions with other neural structures. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the International Brain Research Organization, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Susan E. Berger

Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

BS, University of Wisconsin; MS, University of New Hampshire. Ms. Berger’s clinical experience has been primarily with adults and spans the health care continuum, including environments of acute care, rehabilitation, chronic and long-term care, and home care. Her current clinical and research focus is on functional abilities of older adults with low vision living in the community. She is a member of the Roster of Accreditation Evaluators for the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) and is a panel member of the AOTA Gerontology Specialty Certification Board.

Joan Salge Blake

Clinical Assistant Professor of Nutrition

BS, Montclair State University; MS, Boston University. Joan Salge Blake is a nutrition expert, lecturer, and writer who has been quoted in or written for the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, US World News, America Online, CBS Healthwatch, Oxygen.com, the Boston Herald, Newsday, Readers Digest, and Redbook, Health, Family Circle, Details, Fitness, Shape, Self, Weight Watchers, Parents, and Parade magazines. She is the author of Eat Right The E.A.S.Y. Way, Prentice Hall Press, and is currently working on a college textbook entitled Nutrition and You, to be published by Benjamin Cummings in 2007. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association (MDA).

Sara Brown

Clinical Associate Professor of Athletic Training; Director, Athletic Training Program

BS, Miami University; MS, University of Arizona. Ms. Brown develops and evaluates the undergraduate athletic training curriculum, coordinates the clinical placement of student athletic trainers, and advises athletic training students. She teaches courses in physical agents, the rehabilitation of athletic injuries, and topics in sports physical therapy. Ms. Brown is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and a Massachusetts-licensed athletic trainer.

Sharon A. Cermak

Professor of Occupational Therapy

BS, Ohio State University; MS, EdD, Boston University. Dr. Cermak is widely published and internationally known for her work in sensory integration, in dyspraxia, and in development and sensory processing with children from orphanages in Eastern Europe. Dr. Cermak is Director of OT Training at the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program at Children’s Hospital of Boston and at the Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Cermak is a charter member of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation’s Academy of Research, a recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award, and a Fulbright Scholar. She is the co-author of a multi-disciplinary book, Developmental Coordination Disorder.

Jeffry Coady

Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, PhD, University of Rochester. Dr. Coady’s primary research interests are speech perception, child-language development, and specific language impairment. He has done extensive work on phonological neighborhoods in the developing lexicon. Dr. Coady completed postdoctoral training at the Wisconsin Speech Perception Lab and at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin at Madison as a NRSA fellow. He is the director of the Speech and Word Learning Lab at Sargent College.

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Ellen S. Cohn

Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

BSOT, Boston University; EdM, Harvard University; ScD, Boston University. Dr. Cohn teaches courses related to clinical reasoning, occupational development, occupational therapy intervention, and critical analysis of theory and research in health, adaptation, and disability. Her research focuses on clinical reasoning and consumers’ perspectives on health, disability, communication with practitioners, and intervention. She has published in the areas of clinical reasoning, fieldwork education and supervision, and consumer perspectives. She is currently a member of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy Editorial Board, a coeditor of Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, and a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Wendy Coster

Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling; Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

BA, Antioch College; MSOT, Boston University; PhD, Harvard University. Dr. Coster’s interests are development of children and youth with disabilities and outcomes measurement. She coauthored Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI), and the School Function Assessment, two of the first standardized functional assessments designed specifically for children with disabilities. Dr. Coster is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association, a member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, a recipient of the A. Jean Ayres Research Award, the Sargent College Award of Merit, and the 2007 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship award from AOTA.

L. Clarke Cox

Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

BS, MS, Utah State University; PhD, Bowling Green State University. Dr. Cox’s specialties are the auditory brainstem response in pediatric and adult populations, and central auditory processing disorders. He is currently researching the developmental aspects of the human BAER and the audiological manifestations and long-term outcome in patients with large vestibular aqueduct. Dr. Cox is also chief of audiology at Boston University Medical Center.

David Creasey

Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, MD, Tufts University. Dr. Creasey is a board-certified psychiatrist with special interests in psychopharmacology, forensics, and addiction medicine. He was the medical editor for The Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation, which was awarded the Excellence in Media Award by the National Rehabilitation Association.

Diane Dalton

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, Assumption College; MSPT, Columbia University. Ms. Dalton’s interests are in the musculoskeletal area. Ms. Dalton is a board-certified orthopaedic specialist. She holds a certification in manual therapy and has clinical experience in rehabilitation, acute care, and outpatient practice physical therapy.

Arthur E. Dell Orto

Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Associate Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Director, Programs in Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, MA, Seton Hall University; PhD, Michigan State University. Dr. Dell Orto’s interest is the impact of illness and disability upon the family. He has coedited and coauthored the following books: The Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation, which won the 1996 National Rehabilitation Association Excellence in Media Award; Families Living with Chronic Illness and Disability; The Resilient Family; Brain Injury and the Family; Head Injury and the Family: A Life and Living Perspective; Family Interventions Throughout Chronic Illness and Disability; Group Counseling and Physical Disability; The Psychological and Social Impact of Disability, 4 editions; and The Role of the Family in the Rehabilitation of the Physically Disabled. Dr. Dell Orto is a certified rehabilitation counselor and a licensed psychologist.

Ann Dix

Clinical Assistant Professor in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, Colorado State University; MS, Northeastern University. Ms. Dix supervises graduate clinical training in audiology and aural rehabilitation for students in speech-language pathology. Her area of focus is hearing aid fittings and she is particularly interested in hearing loss resulting from exposure to amplified music. Ms. Dix is a licensed audiologist and a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Thomas M. Dodge

Clinical Assistant Professor of Athletic Training

BS, Merrimack College; MS, California University of Pennsylvania; PhD, University of South Carolina. Dr. Dodge teaches and serves as an approved clinical instructor in the undergraduate athletic training program. In addition to being a certified athletic trainer, Dr. Dodge is also certified as a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). His research focuses primarily on student retention in athletic training education programs. Dr. Dodge’s other research interests include clinical education of athletic training students and strength training and performance enhancement.

Linda W. Duncombe

Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

BS, University of Kansas; MS, EdD, Boston University. Dr. Duncombe is the Level II Fieldwork Coordinator in the Occupational Therapy Program. She authored a chapter on cognitive-behavioral treatment in OT mental health practice. Recent research interests include the attitudes of health care professionals toward persons with psychiatric disabilities and the effect of context on learning functional living skills. She is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (FAOTA).

Roberta P. Durschlag

Clinical Assistant Professor of Nutrition; Director, Programs in Nutrition

BS, Cornell University; PhD, University of Illinois. Dr. Durschlag is director of the undergraduate and graduate Nutrition Programs in the Department of Health Sciences. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses including Human Nutrition Science, Metabolic Regulation, and Research in Clinical Nutrition. Dr. Durschlag is a registered dietician and member of both the American and Massachusetts Dietetic Associations.

Terry Ellis

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, MS, Springfield College; PhD, Boston University. Ms. Ellis is a clinical specialist in the area of adult neurology. She received a PhD in behavioral neuroscience at the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine. She is currently studying movement disorders observed in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Her research focuses on the efficacy of physical therapy intervention in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Elizabeth A. Gavett

Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Director, MS Program in Speech-Language Pathology

BA, University of Connecticut; MA, University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Gavett is the coordinator of clinical education and the program director for the Master of Science Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology. Her areas of interest are clinical phonology and fluency and the process of clinical teaching and clinical supervision. She received the College’s Faculty Award of Merit in 1990 and 1998. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Courtenay M. Harding

Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, MA, PhD, University of Vermont. Professor Harding completed her clinical training at Yale and, while there, was also a Bush Fellow in Public Policy. She is Senior Director for the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and one of the founders of the Institute for the Study of Human Resilience. She is best known for two three-decade studies of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. In 2004, she won the Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator 2004–2005 Award from the American Psychological Foundation arm of the APA, “recognizing exceptional contributions to the study of schizophrenia and other serious mental illness and for mentoring a new generation of researchers.”

Diane M. Heislein

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, University of Lowell; MS, DPT, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Board certification in Orthopedic Physical Therapy. Dr. Heislein’s primary teaching responsibilities are in the musculoskeletal courses. She has over 20 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient clinical practice settings. Her primary clinical interests are in the management of patients with orthopedic and oncology diagnoses. Dr. Heislein’s professional associations include the American Physical Therapy Association.

Kenneth G. Holt

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BEd, Nottingham University (England); MS, Pennsylvania State University; MS, Boston University; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Holt’s main research interests include biomechanical and non-linear dynamic modeling of human gait with particular applications to gait disorders, including those associated with cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, and the elderly at risk for falls. The U.S. Department of Education, the Physical Therapy Foundation, and the National Institute of Aging have supported Dr. Holt’s research. He is the director of the College’s Barreca Motion Analysis Laboratory. He is a Fellow at the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, and at the U.S. Army Research Unit (USARIEM), Natick, Massachusetts. His professional affiliations include the International Society for Ecological Psychology and the American Physical Therapy Association.

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Elizabeth Hoover

Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, University of California at Los Angeles; MS, California State University, Hayward. Professor Hoover’s primary teaching and clinical practice responsibilities are in adult neurogenic disorders. She teaches courses in dysphagia and clinical methods and provides clinical supervision for clients with aphasia, cognition impairments, and Parkinson’s disease in the BU Academic Speech and Language Center. She is a member of the Cognitive Consortium and the Swallowing and Neurogenic Special Interest Divisions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Karole Howland

Clinical Assistant Professor in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, University of Massachusetts; MS, Emerson College. Ms. Howland’s specialty is in the area of child language disorders. She teaches courses in evaluation and diagnosis and supervises in the Boston University Academic Speech and Language Center. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Norman C. Hursh

Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, MEd, ScD, Boston University. Dr. Hursh’s primary areas of interest and research include employability of individuals with multiple and severe disabilities, industrial rehabilitation and disability management, and vocational evaluation technologies for people with severe disabilities. He is coauthor of Vocational Evaluation in Special Education and has published in the area of vocational assessment of individuals with severe disabilities. He is a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) and a certified vocational evaluator (CVE).

Karen Jacobs

Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy

BA, Washington University; MS, Boston University; EdD, University of Massachusetts. Dr. Jacobs is the founding editor of the interdisciplinary, international journal Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation. She has published and presented widely on the topics of ergonomics and marketing. She is the author of Ergonomics for Therapists; Occupational Therapy: Work-Related Programs and Assessments; and coeditor of Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy; Work Hardening: States of the Art; and Functions of a Manager in Occupational Therapy. Dr. Jacobs is the past-president and vice-president of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). She is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) and a 2005 recipient of The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship. Dr. Jacob’s research and scholarly pursuits examine the interface between the environment and human capabilities. In particular, she has examined the individual factors and environmental demands associated with increased risk of functional limitations among populations of university and middle school aged students, particularly in computing and backpack use.

Susan Kandarian

Professor of Health Sciences; Research Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

BA, Albion College; MA, PhD, University of Michigan. Dr. Kandarian is presently researching the regulation of skeletal muscle gene expression by alterations in physical activity patterns. She has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation. Dr. Kandarian is a member of the American Physiological Society, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and chairman of the ACSM Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms subgroup.

Julie Keysor

Acting Chair, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training; Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, University of Vermont; MS, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Keysor’s research focuses on the effects of late-life exercise on function and disability, and elders’ beliefs and attitudes regarding disability. Her research and teaching interests are in health promotion, behavioral aspects of disablement and rehabilitation, and self-management of chronic conditions. Dr. Keysor’s focus is to integrate the behavioral sciences with rehabilitation sciences.

Gerald D. Kidd Jr.

Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, MS, University of Oklahoma; PhD, Purdue University. Dr. Kidd specializes in the auditory perception of complex, nonspeech sounds; the effects of sensorineural hearing loss on the discrimination of complex sounds; and the consequences of peripheral hearing loss on auditory processing. He is currently researching the factors governing the perception of elements of auditory patterns and the psychophysical investigation of sound source detection, identification, and information reception. Dr. Kidd has been the principal investigator on several grants and is the editorial consultant to a number of professional journals.

JoAnn Kluzik

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

BA, College of St. Scholastica; MS, Boston University; PhD, Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Kluzik’s research interests include the control of postural orientation and balance during self-initiated movements, adaptive mechanisms that optimize postural control for specific task and environmental contexts, and the evaluation and treatment of impaired postural control in children who have developmental disorders, such as Cerebral Palsy. Dr. Kluzik is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Society for Neuroscience, and the International Society for Posture and Gait Research.

Steven F. Lewis

Associate Professor of Health Sciences

BS, Brooklyn College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Stanford University. Dr. Lewis’s main research interests are human muscle fatigue and physical performance. Dr. Lewis is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and a member of the American Physiological Society. He is also a member of the editorial board of ASCM’s journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and of the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain.

Nancy A. Lowenstein

Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

BA, Washington University; MA, University of Louisville; MSOT, Boston University. Ms. Lowenstein is actively involved with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New England Chapter, serving on two Advisory Boards and leading wellness training programs. In 2005, she was inducted into the National MS Society Volunteer Hall of Fame. She is the coauthor of Adult Case Studies Through the Health Care Continuum: A Workbook for the Occupational Therapy Student. Ms. Lowenstein has also co-written a chapter in The Successful Fieldwork Student, edited by Karen Sladyk. In addition, she is certified by AOTA as a Neurorehabilitation Specialist and is Chair of the Physical Rehabilitation Specialty Certification panel for AOTA. Recently she was involved in a study with the Center for Neurorehabilitation that was looking at the effectiveness of a self-management program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease.

Melanie L. Matthies

Acting Co-chair, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

BA, State University of New York, Buffalo; MS, Purdue University; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. Dr. Matthies’s research interest is the perception of speech by persons with normal hearing and with hearing loss. She also studies the relation between speech perception and speech production in subjects using cochlear implants. Dr. Matthies is also a research affiliate with the Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Naomi Moran

Clinical Instructor of Occupational Therapy

BS, Tufts University; Certificate in Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health. Ms. Moran’s major area of practice has been in the field of mental health in a variety of settings. Her interests include the development of clinical observation and documentation skills, and the expanding role of occupational therapy in community-based programming. She is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Massachusetts Occupational Therapy Association.

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Kathleen Morgan

Chair, Department of Health Sciences; Professor of Health Sciences

BS, College of Mt. St. Joseph, PhD, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Morgan’s research focuses on the differentiated smooth muscle cell and the interactions between signaling pathways and the cytoskeleton. Ongoing projects funded by NIH grants relate to the etiology of preterm labor, stroke, hypertension, and heart failure. She is a fellow of the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society and a member of the American Heart Association (Council on Basic Science), the American Society of Cell Biology, the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Biophysical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Patricia B. Nemec

Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, Syracuse University; PsyD, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Nemec has extensive experience in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and is the author of a number of articles, book chapters, and training materials on the subject. She currently teaches courses in psychiatric disability. Dr. Nemec is a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC), a licensed psychologist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a certified psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner (CPRP).

Eileen O’Keefe

Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences; Director, Program in Health Sciences

MB, BCh (MD), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; MPH, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. O’Keefe is a physician with experience in the health care systems of the US, Canada, and Ireland. Her interests focus on the areas of public health, health care delivery, and community health.

Gael I. Orsmond

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

BA, Carleton College; MA, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Orsmond has a doctoral degree in clinical and developmental psychology and has completed a post-doctoral fellowship in mental retardation research at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin — Madison. Her research focuses on developmental and family issues for individuals with developmental disabilities, specifically autism, across the life span. Recent grant-funded research has focused on sibling of individuals with autism. Dr. Orsmond is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Research on Child Development, and the American Association on Mental Retardation.

Mary Palaima

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BA, Boston College, MS, Boston University. Ms. Palaima’s primary responsibility is as an academic coordinator of clinical education, responsible for student placement, counseling, and affiliating site development. Previously she was the director of education and training at Prism Rehab Systems, Inc., in Boston.

Diane Parris

Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, Wesleyan University; MS, Boston University. Ms. Parris’s specialties are in the areas of fluency disorders, aphasia, and clinical education and training. She teaches courses in fluency disorders, is a co-director of the Joseph Germono Fluency Clinic, and coordinates external clinial training in medical settings. Ms. Parris is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and its Division of Fluency Disorders, the International Fluency Association, and the Insight Meditation Society. She supports the work of the Stuttering Foundation of America by hosting their New England Workshop for Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Who Stutter, held every other year at Boston University.

Jean Peteet

Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, Wheaton College; Certification in Physical Therapy, Columbia University; MPH, Boston University; PhD, Walden University. Dr. Peteet’s interests are the administration and management of health care and home care. She has written a chapter on reimbursement in Geriatric Physical Therapy and has held elected positions in the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Paula Quatromoni

Assistant Professor of Nutrition

BS, MS, University of Maine; ScD, Boston University. Dr. Quatromoni currently serves as a co-investigator on the Framingham Nutrition Study, an ancillary study to the world-renowned Framingham Heart Study. Her research interests include diet and chronic disease epidemiology with particular emphasis in the areas of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. She is the author/coauthor of numerous publications, including two book chapters on nutrition and health in the older population. Dr. Quatromoni has faculty appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is a Registered Dietitian and a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Dietetic Association, and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association.

Elliot Saltzman

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

AB, Harvard University; PhD, University of Minnesota. Dr. Saltzman has researched the dynamics of sensorimotor coordination in skilled activities of the limbs and speech articulators, focusing most recently on issues of temporal patterning of action units. His experimental and computational work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and he has published and lectured nationally and internationally on the dynamics underlying motor skills. Dr. Saltzman is a member of the International Neural Network Society, the Society for Ecological Psychology, and the Linguistic Society of America.

Judith L. Schotland

Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences; Director, Programs in Human Physiology and Applied Anatomy and Physiology

BS, Oklahoma State University; PhD, Northwestern University. Dr. Schotland is a neurophysiologist interested in the spinal coordination of movements. She teaches courses in human anatomy, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and health-care information systems. Dr. Schotland is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Women in Neuroscience.

Leher Singh

Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

AB, Bryn Mawr College; MA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Brown University. Dr. Singh’s research focuses on the earliest stages of word learning. Her focus is on how infants accomplish this task. In her research, she addresses the possibility that high variability may help rather than hinder the search for structure in language.

Julie Starr

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

BS, Northeastern University; MS, Boston University. Ms. Starr’s interest is pediatric and adult cardiopulmonary physical therapy. She is a board-certified specialist in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy. She has written many chapters for physical therapy texts on cardiovascular and pulmonary care. Ms. Starr continues to practice clinically as a PT at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Professional organization: APTA.

Kristine Strand

Acting Co-chair, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Clinical Associate Professor in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BS, MA, Northwestern University; EdD, Boston University. Dr. Strand is recognized nationally for her expertise in the area of developmental verbal dyspraxia and central auditory processing disorders. She supervises in the Boston University Academic Speech and Language Center and teaches courses in phonological disorders and child language disorders. She also serves as a senior speech-language pathology consultant at the Children’s Hospital in Boston. She is an elected Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Elsie R. Vergara

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

BS, MPH, University of Puerto Rico; ScD, Boston University. Dr. Vergara is both an occupational and physical therapist. She has spent many years developing training resources and conducting training programs to prepare personnel to provide individualized developmentally supportive/family-centered neonatal intervention services. Her current research focuses on the effectiveness and acceptability of this conceptual practice model in developing countries, particularly Mexico. Her most current book, Developmental and Therapeutic Interventions in the NICU, is being translated into Spanish and upon publication will be the first book on neonatal intervention in Spanish.

Robert C. Wagenaar

Professor of Physical Therapy

MSc, PhD, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Dr. Wagenaar’s research interests include the application of motor control and learning theories in movement disorders of neurologically disabled persons and persons with cardiopulmonary disorders. He has also conducted a number of intervention studies focused on the efficacy of rehabilitation strategies, and has published on the topics of human movement sciences and research methods. Dr. Wagenaar is director of the Center for Neurological Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Boston University. His professional affiliations include the Society for Posture and Gait and the International Society for Ecological Psychology.

Gloria S. Waters

Dean; Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

BA, McGill University (Canada); PhD, Concordia University (Canada). Dr. Waters’ research currently falls into two areas. One area is adult language and its breakdown subsequent to neuropathology. She is investigating the effects of aging and various neurological conditions such as stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease on our ability to understand language. She is also using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging to determine which areas of the brain are involved in syntactic processing. Her second area of interest is the acquisition of reading skills and literacy problems in middle schoolers. Dr. Waters’ research is funded by the NIH and the Department of Education. She is also affiliated with the Neuropsychology Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Affiliated Faculty

Christine Amorosino Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, MSPT, Boston University

Alison Books Lecturer in Nutrition, Nutrition and Fitness Center. BS, MS, Boston University

Glenn Bunting Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, University of Maine; MS, Boston University

David Caplan Adjunct Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MD, McGill University (Canada)

George Coggeshall Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BA, University of Rhode Island; MS, Boston University

John Costello Lecturer in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, Boston College; MA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Lenore Daniels-Miller Lecturer in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, MA, City University of New York; ScD, Boston University

Lorraine Delhorne Lecturer in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, Ashland College; MS, Washington University

Adriana DiGrande Lecturer in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, State University of New York, New Paltz; MS, College of St. Rose

Marianne Farkas Research Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Director of Training, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. BA, University of Toronto (Canada); MS, University of Waterloo (Canada); ScD, Boston University

Anne Gould Adjunct Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, Boston University

Stephen M. Haley Professor of Physical Therapy. BS, Ohio State University; MS, University of Kentucky; PhD, University of Washington

Everett Harman Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Sciences. BS, Brooklyn College; MS, Long Island University; PhD, University of Massachusetts

Christina Hein Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, MS, Simmons College

Natalie Howard Lecturer in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, University of Massachusetts; MS, Emerson College

Dorothy Hutchinson Adjunct Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling. BA, Bowdoin College; MS, ScD, Boston University

Maria Hutsick Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. BS, Ithaca College; MS, Indiana University

Robert Jackman Research Associate Professor of Health Sciences. PhD, University of Minnesota

Anne McCarthy Jacobson Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, Northeastern University

Alan M. Jette Professor of Physical Therapy. BS, State University of New York, Buffalo; MPH, PhD, University of Michigan

Cherie King Lecturer in Rehabilitation Counseling. BS, MEd, Springfield College

Matthew Kowalski Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, Stonehill College; DC, National College of Chiropracty

Christine Mason Research Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, Boston College; MS, Purdue University

Neil McDermott Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, Boston University

Daniel McGovern Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Debra McSweeney Lecturer in Physical Therapy. BS, University of Maine; MS, Simmons College

Nancy O’Hare Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Sciences. BS, MS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; ScD, Boston University

Barbara Oppenheimer Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, Indiana University; MS, Northwestern University

Adele S. Raade Adjunct Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BS, Western Michigan University; MA, Northwestern University; PhD, University of Florida

Erna Sally Rogers Research Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Director of Research, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. BA, Temple University; MA, Seton Hall University; ScD, Boston University

Serge H. Roy Research Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. BS, New York University; MS, ScD, Boston University

Zlatka Russinova Research Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Senior Research Specialist, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. BA, MA, PhD, Sofia University (Bulgaria)

Robert Richard Sanders Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, University of North Carolina; ThM, Harvard Divinity School

Mary Slavin Research Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. BSPT, Northeastern University; PhD, Clark University

Stacey Stimets Lecturer in Nutrition; Coordinator and Dietitian, Nutrition and Fitness Center. BS, Nichols College; MS, Boston University

Larry Venis Adjunct Lecturer in Athletic Training. BS, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Emeriti

Beverly A. Bullen Professor Emerita of Health Sciences. BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MS, Wellesley College; MS, ScD, Harvard University

Anne Henderson Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy. BS, University of Southern California; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Adelaide L. McGarrett Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy. BS, Boston University; PT Certification, Harvard University; EdM, Boston University

Whitney R. Powers Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences. BS, Springfield College; BS, University of Connecticut; MS, University of Iowa; PhD, Queens University (Canada)

Anna Deane Scott Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy. BS, University of Pennsylvania; MEd, University of Virginia

Eleanor Semel-Mintz Professor Emerita of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BS, MA, New York University; EdD, Boston University

Nancy H. Talbot Dean Emerita of the College; Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy. BS, MEd, University of New Hampshire

Catherine A. Trombly Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy. BS, University of New Hampshire; MA, University of Southern California; ScD, Boston University

Elizabeth H. Wiig Professor Emerita of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. BA, Statsseminariet Erndrupborg (Denmark); MA, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

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