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Faculty and Staff

	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.
	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
	Carla Chase, Ed.D., OTR, Assistant Professor B. S., Indiana University M. S., Ed.D., Ball State University Phone: (269) 387-7264 Email: Expertise:
	Julie Christensen, Office Associate Phone: (269) 387-7268 Email: Julie Christensen
	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, 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
	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, 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:
	Berit Miller, M.S., OTR, Master Faculty Specialist M.S., Western Michigan University Phone: (269) 387-7271 Email:
	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
	Shannon Penny Manager, Occupational Therapy & Physician Assistant Phone: (269) 387-7265 Email:
	Jackie West-Frasier, PhD., OTR, Master Faculty Specialist B. S., M. A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University Phone: (269) 387-7244 Email:

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