Evelyn Andersson
Assistant Professor
Degrees: Certificate in Occupational Therapy, Munksjoskolan, Sweden, University Certificate in Nursing Education Uppsala University, Sweden, M.S in Occupational Therapy and Administration, Columbia University, Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy, Texas Woman’s University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Pediatrics: development of family focused assessments and outcome measures based on the theory of occupational adaptation, sensory integration, autism; Qualitative research methodology; Theories and frames of references guiding occupational therapy research and practice.

eandersson@twu.edu

Johnnie Aven
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Degrees: B.S., West Texas State University; MOT, Texas Woman's University; PhD, Child Development, Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Certified Online Instructor; Line of research on Family-centered Care; Feeding, eating and swallowing; At-risk children; Development and social environment; Hippotherapy; Horticulture.
JAven@twu.edu

Mary Frances Baxter
Associate Professor, Director of Center for assistive technology
Degrees: B.S., Colorado State University; M.A., Texas Woman's University. Ph.D., University of Houston.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Pediatrics,, Neuro-Rehabilitation, assistive and adaptive technology
MBaxter@twu.edu

O. Jayne Bowman
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.A., Mary-Hardin Baylor; B.S., M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Ph.D., Texas A & M University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Pediatrics, sensory integration, child development, measurement, hand strength and hand function, test/retest reliability of assessment instruments.
OBowman@twu.edu

Debbie Buckingham

Assistant Clinical Professor

Degrees: B.S. Texas Woman's University; M.S. University of North Texas.

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Ergonomics, vocational transition, industrial rehabilitation, injury prevention, assistive technology, and case management.

dbuckingham@mail.twu.edu

Regina Michael Campbell
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.S. in Education, University of Michigan.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Adult neurological disorders, motor learning and control, pain management, instructional media, patient education, community based rehabilitation, health promotion, policy-making, and leadership.
RCampbell@twu.edu

Catherine Candler
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Dallas
Degrees: B.S., University of Kansas; M.A., Texas Woman's University; Ph.D., Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Pediatrics, school-based therapy, dynamic systems, and deaf or hearing impaired pre-school.
CCandler@twu.edu

Josephine Chan
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.S., Hong Kong Polytechnic University; M.A., Texas Woman's University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Adult physical dysfunction; Hand Therapy; Ergonomics; Instructional Technology; Rehabilitation Technology.
SChan@twu.edu

Harriett Davidson
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.A., B.S., Texas Woman's University; M.A., University of Southern California.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Psychosocial function; Clinical reasoning; Effect of context and environment upon performance and upon dementia; Hope; Mental health processing; Process of becoming a therapist.
HDavidson@twu.edu

Cynthia Evetts

Associate Professor

Degrees:  B.S., Texas A&M University; M.O.T., Texas Woman's University; Ph.D., Texas Woman's University.

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Mental health; Supporting community participation; Occupational stress.

creid@twu.edu

Tina Fletcher

Assistant Clinical Professor

Degrees:  B.S. in Occupational Therapy, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; M.A. in Allied Health Education, University of Alabama, Birmingham; B.F.A. in Experimental Studies in Fine Arts, East Texas State University, Commerce; M.F.A. in Sculpture, Texas A & M University, Commerce; Doctoral Student in Curriculum Design and Instruction, Texas A & M University, Commerce.

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Certified school therapy specialist, international therapy and orphan relief, cancer survivor study, creativity and learning environments, rural health care.

TFetcher1@twu.edu

Sherrill Harnish
Associate Clinical Professor
Degrees: B.S., State University of New York-Buffalo; M.A., Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Clinical Education, Gerontology, Mental Retardation, Psychiatry; Effects of aging on developmentally delayed adult; Effects of learning styles of students and clinical educators on fieldwork performance; Sexuality issues for chronically ill or disabled individuals.
SHarnish@twu.edu

Gayle Hersch
Associate Professor
Degrees: B.S., Indiana University School of Medicine; M.S., Ph.D., Indiana University School of Education.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Gerontological issues; Activity analysis and therapeutic application; Continuity of functional outcomes for minority elders; Family care-giving of elder kin; Community relocation.
GHersch@twu.edu

Joanna Lipoma
Clinical Instructor
Degrees: B.A., University of Southern California; M.O.T., Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Psychosocial Dysfunction; AIDS, Women's Studies, Occupational Adaptation, Quality of life issues and research.
JLipoma@twu.edu

Melissa McClung
Clinical Instructor
Degrees: B.S., M.O.T., Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Community models of occupational therapy practice; Occupational Therapy in the treatment of indigent care; Music as a therapeutic modality; Occupational Adaptation, use of theory in practice.
MMcClung@twu.edu

Marsha Neville-Smith
Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.S., University of Texas, Dallas; Ph.D., University of Texas, Dallas.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Rehabilitation, clinical education, TBI, CVA, Falls in elderly, computerization of tasks.
MNevilleSmith@twu.edu

Noralyn Davel Pickens

Assistant Professor

Degrees: B.S. Occupational Therapy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.S. Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; PhD Kinesiology: Therapeutic Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Assessment and research, specializing in qualitative methodologies, aging-in-place and end-of-life care; active in Rebuilding Together, a non-profit organization with an aim of modifying existing homes to allow people with low income to age in their own environments

njacques@mail.twu.edu

Eleanor Raffen
Clinical Instructor
Degrees: B.S. in Occupational Therapy, Colorado state University; M.A. in Occupational Therapy, Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Psychiatry; hospice, home health, mental health; cumulative trauma disorders, pulmonary rehabilitation, role of Occupational Therapy within the health care team.
ERaffen@twu.edu

Kathlyn Reed
 Associate Professor
Degrees: B.S., Kansas University; M.A. Western Michigan University; M.L.I.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of Washington.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Analysis models and theories of occupational therapy practice; tracking the history of the profession, documenting sources of occupational therapy literature; reviewing the development and use of assessment instruments; improving the quality of occupational therapy education by writing textbooks.
KReed@twu.edu

Sophie Rydin
 Fieldwork Coordinator
Degrees: B.D.S., Chung Shen Medical & Dental Colldge, Taiwan; M.O.T., Texas Woman's University; Ph.D., Texas Woman's University.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Physical dysfunction, work injury management, wellness and community-based practice.
SRydin@twu.edu

Janette Schkade
Professor Emeritus
Degrees: B.S., Lamar University; M.O.T., Texas Woman's University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Basic and Applied research on Occupational Adaptation model.
JSchkade@twu.edu

Sally Schultz
Professor and Director
Degrees: B.S., M.Ed., Texas Tech University; M.O.T., Texas Woman's University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.
Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Psychosocial dysfunction, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, adults with severe chronic mental illness, forensic psychiatric rehabilitation, model for psychosocial intervention in the public schools; Occupational Adaptation, theory development and practice model testing.
SSchultz@twu.edu

Theresa Smith

Assistant Professor

Degrees: B.H.S.O.T., University of Florida; M.H.S.O.T., University of Indianapolis; Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy, Nova Southeastern University.

Specialty Areas & Research Interests: Certified Low Vision Therapist; Research interests: low vision, successful aging, wellness and engagement in occupation.

tsmith12@twu.edu

Virginia K. White
Professor Emeritus  
Degrees: B. S., Wayne State University; M. A., Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Specialty Areas & Research Interests: qualitative research; occupation, wellness & adaptation: persons with and without disabilities, across the lifespan; occupational wellness assessment of older veterans with strokes.
VWhite@twu.edu