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Faculty and Staff

quake-rapp Cindee Quake-Rapp, Ph.D., OTR, Chair and Professor

B. S., M. A., Western Michigan University
Ph. D., Union Institute Graduate College

Phone: (269) 387-7263
Email:
Expertise: Children's handwriting, outcome studies, program evaluation.


atchinson Ben Atchison, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA, Professor

B. S., Western Michigan University
M. A., Georgia State University
Ph.D., Wayne State University

Phone: (269) 387-7270
Email:
Expertise: Child and family centered practice; instructional design and technology; critical incident research. Additional information at http://vms.cc.wmich.edu/~atchisonb/index.html


chase Carla Chase, Ed.D., OTR, Assistant Professor

B. S., Indiana University
M. S., Ed.D., Ball State University

Phone: (269) 387-7264
Email:
Expertise:


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Julie Christensen, Office Associate

 

Phone: (269) 387-7268
Email: Julie Christensen


cooper Richard G. Cooper, Ed.D., OTR, FAOTA, Professor

B. S., M.O. T., M. A., Ed. D., Western Michigan University

Phone: (269) 387-7276
Email:
Expertise: Community development, rural health, minority health, migrant health, community development, and at-risk children


Diane Dirette Diane Dirette, Ph.D., OT, Associate Professor

B. S., Eastern Michigan University
M. A., Ph.D., New York University

Phone: (269) 387-7243
Email:
Expertise: Cognition rehabilitation, alternative education, physical dysfunction


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Kieran Fogarty, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Fellowship - Center for Disease Control

Phone: (269) 387-3342
Email:
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~kfogarty/
Expertise: Development, implementation, and evaluation of population-based interventions for a wide-range of public health problems, particularly interdisciplinary health issues that act on social constructs and the U.S. health care policy environment.


Debra Lindstrom-Hazel Debra Lindstrom-Hazel, Ph.D., OTR, Associate Professor

B. S. Ed., Northern Illinois University
M. O. T., Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Phone: (269) 387-7239
Email:
Expertise: Wellness for seniors, social epidemiology, fall prevention, hip fracture recovery, injury prevention, work rehabilitation, evaluation norms


 

Holly Mathews , Office Associate

 

Phone: (269) 387-5313
Email:


  Maureen Mickus, Ph.D., MSG, Associate Professor

B. A., Kalamazoo College
M. S., University of Southern California
Ph.D., Northwestern University

Phone: (269) 387-7326
Email:
Expertise:  


miller Berit Miller, M.S., OTR, Master Faculty Specialist

M.S., Western Michigan University

Phone: (269) 387-7271
Email:



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David Orchanian, MPA, OTR, Master Faculty Specialist, Graduate Program Coordinator

B. S., Western Michigan University
M. P. A., Long Island University

Phone: (269) 387-7241
Email:
Expertise: Geriatric occupational therapy, board certification in geriatrics from the American Occupational Therapy Association


penny Shannon Penny
Manager, Occupational Therapy & Physician Assistant

Phone: (269) 387-7265
Email:


west-frasier Jackie West-Frasier, PhD., OTR, Master Faculty Specialist

B. S., M. A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Phone: (269) 387-7244
Email:


 

College of Health and Human Services
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 5333 USA
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