Faculty

The following list reflects the 2012/2013 faculty because of early publication deadlines for the Bulletin. For more information on faculty, please visit our website.

• Sudha Arunachalam
  Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of Southern California; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Linda Bandini
  Clinical Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, University of Massachusetts; MS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Helen Barbas
  Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, Kean College; MS, Kansas State University; PhD, McGill University (Canada)
• Susan Berger
  Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, University of Wisconsin; MS, University of New Hampshire; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Kevin Berner
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BS, MSOT, Boston University
• Jason Bohland
  Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, University of Cincinnati; PhD, Boston University
• Lisa Brown
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, University of Vermont; DPT, CAGS in Neurology, MGH-Institute of Health Professions
• Sara Brown
  Director, Athletic Training Programs; Clinical Associate Professor of Athletic Training.
  BS, Miami University, Oxford; MS, University of Arizona
• Shelley Brown
  Clinical Instructor, Health Sciences.
  BA, Emory University; MA (MPH), Boston University School of Public Health
• Glenn Bunting
  Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of Maine; MS, Boston University
• David Caplan
  Adjunct Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MD, McGill University (Canada)
• Anne Carney
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Brown University; MS, Boston University
• Jennifer Chadburn
  Lecturer in Athletic Training.
  BS, Northeastern University; MEd, Boston University
• Kee Chan
  Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, University of California, San Diego; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
• Chad Clements
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Athletic Training.
  BSEd, State University of New York College at Cortland; MS, East Stroudsburg University
• Ellen S. Cohn
  Director, MS in Occupational Therapy Program; Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, Boston University; EdM, Harvard University; ScD, Boston University
• Diane Parris Constantino
  Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Wesleyan University; MS, Boston University
• John Costello
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Boston College; MA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Wendy Coster
  Chair of Occupational Therapy; Professor of Occupational Therapy; Director, Programs in Occupational Therapy, Therapeutic Studies, Behavior and Health.
  BA, Antioch College; MSOT, Boston University; PhD, Harvard University
• L. Clarke Cox
  Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, MS, Utah State University; PhD, Bowling Green State University
• Diane Dalton
  Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BA, Assumption College; MSPT, Columbia University; DPT, MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Tamara Rork DeAngelis
  Lecturer in Physical Therapy.
  BA, Lafayette College; MSPT, Boston University
• Michele A. DeBiasse
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, University of Denver; BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MS, Rush University
• Lorraine Delhorne
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Ashland College; MS, Washington University
• Adriana DiGrande
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, State University of New York College at New Paltz; MS, College of St. Rose
• Ann Dix
  Clinical Assistant Professor in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Colorado State University; MS, Northeastern University; AuD, University of Florida
• Nancy Doyle
  Part-time Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Yale University; MS, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; OTD, Boston University
• Roberta P. Durschlag
  Director, Programs in Nutrition; Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, Cornell University; PhD, University of Illinois
• Eileen Elias
  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, MEd, Temple University
• Theresa Ellis
  Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. Director, Center for Neurorehabilitation.
  BS, MSPT, Springfield College; PhD, Boston University School of Medicine
• Anne Escher
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Skidmore College; MSOT, Boston University
• Marianne Farkas
  Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy; Director of Training, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
  BA, University of Toronto (Canada); MS, University of Waterloo (Canada); ScD, Boston University
• Elizabeth A. Gavett
  Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of Connecticut; MA, University of Pittsburgh
• Simone V. Gill
  Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, Carnegie Mellon University; MS, Tufts University; MA, PhD, New York University
• Mahasweta Girgenrath
  Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, Delhi University; PhD, Northeastern University
• Jennifer Gottlieb
  Research Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, American University; MA, PhD, The University of Montana
• Frank Guenther
  Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, University of Missouri; MSE, Princeton University; PhD, Boston University
• Diane M. Heislein
  Director, Physical Therapy Programs; Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, University of Lowell; MS, DPT, MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Christine Helfrich
  Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, BS, Cleveland State University; MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Claus Christian Hilgetag
  Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, Humboldt University (Germany); PhD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
• Robert Hillman
  Adjunct Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, MS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Purdue University
• Kenneth G. Holt
  Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BEd, Nottingham University (England); MS, Pennsylvania State University; MSPT, Boston University; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Elizabeth Hoover
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MS, California State University, Hayward
• Brooke Howard
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Oberlin College; MSOT, Boston University
• Natalie Howard
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; MS, Emerson College
• Karole A. Howland
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of Massachusetts; MS, Emerson College; PhD, Boston University
• Norman C. Hursh
  Research Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, EdM, ScD, Boston University
• Dorothy J. Hutchinson
  Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy; Director of Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
  BA, Bowdoin College; MS, ScD, Boston University
• Karen J. Hutchinson
  Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, University of Lowell; MS, PhD, Ohio State University; DPT, Northeastern University
• Robert Jackman
  Research Associate Professor.
  BS, University of Washington; PhD, University of Minnesota
• Karen Jacobs
  Director, Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program; Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Washington University; MS, Boston University; EdD, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Jennifer M. Kaldenberg
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
  BSOT, University of New Hampshire; MSA, Central Michigan University
  
• Susan Kandarian
  Professor of Health Sciences; Assistant Research Professor, Boston University School of Medicine.
  BA, Albion College; MS, PhD, University of Michigan
• Peter M. Kang
  Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, University of California, Berkeley; MD, George Washington University
• Julie J. Keysor
  Associate Professor of Physical Therapy; Director, Center for Enhancing Activity & Participation Among Persons with Arthritis.
  BS, University of Vermont; MS, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Gerald Kidd, Jr.
  Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, MS, University of Oklahoma; PhD, Purdue University
• Swathi Kiran
  Associate Professor in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing; MS, PhD, Northwestern University
• Jessica M. Kramer
  Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, University of Florida; MSOT, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Susan Langmore
  Clinical Professor in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MS, Stanford University; PhD, Northwestern University
• Kara Larson
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, Syracuse University; MS, Columbia University
• Mark Laursen
  Clinical Associate Professor of Athletic Training, Director of Athletic Training Services.
  BS, Appalachian State University; MS, Canisius College
• Paul Leavis
  Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, University of Notre Dame; PhD, Tufts University
• Iris G. Leigh
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
  BSOT, University of Florida; MS, CAGS, Boston University
• Lisa Leon
  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, MS, PhD, University of Michigan
• Cara L. Lewis
  Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, University of Notre Dame; MS, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
• Seton Lindsay
  Lecturer in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Wesleyan University; MS, Emerson College
• Nancy A. Lowenstein
  Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Washington University; MA, University of Louisville; MSOT, Boston University
• Carlo J. De Luca
  Professor, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training and Biomedical Engineering; Director, BU NeuroMuscular Research Center.
  BS, University of British Columbia; MS, University of New Brunswick; PhD, Queens University
• Lee N. Marinko
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, Northeastern University; ScD, Boston University
• Christine Mason
  Senior Research Scientist of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Boston College; MS, Purdue University
• Melanie L. Matthies
  Associate Dean of Sargent College; Associate Professor and Chair of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences; Interim Chair of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training.
  BA, SUNY Buffalo; MS, Purdue University; PhD, University of Illinois
• Jessica Maxwell
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BA, MSPT, Boston University; DPT, MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Susan McGurk
  Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
• Michelle Mentis
  Director, MS in Speech-Language Pathology Program; Clinical Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa); MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Donald R. Miller
  Lecturer in Health Sciences.
  BA, Reed College; MS, ScD, Harvard University
• Kathleen G. Morgan
  Interim Dean of Sargent College; Professor and Chair of the Health Sciences Department.
  BS, College of Mount St. Joseph; PhD, University of Cincinnati
• Kim T. Mueser
  Professor of Occupational Therapy; Executive Director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
  BA, Columbia College; MA, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Linda Niemeyer
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BA, California State University; Certificate in Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California; PhD, University of California, Riverside
• J. Peter Oettgen
  Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences.
  BA, Bowdoin College; MD, University of Connecticut
• Eileen B. O’Keefe
  Director, Program in Health Science; Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  MB, BCh, MD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; MPH, University of Massachusetts
• Barbara Oppenheimer
  Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Indiana University; MA, Northwestern University
• Gael I. Orsmond
  Director, ScD in Rehabilitation Sciences Program; Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BA, Carleton College; MA, University of Illinois at Chicago; PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Mary Palaima
  Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BA, Boston College; MSPT, MBA, EdD, Boston University
• Joseph Perkell
  Senior Research Scientist of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; DMD, Harvard University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Tyler Perrachione
  Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, MA Northwestern University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jean Peteet
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, Wheaton College, Illinois; PT Certification, Columbia University; MPH, Boston University; PhD, Walden University
• Paula Quatromoni
  Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, University of Maine, Orono; DSc, Boston University
• Adele S. Raade
  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, Western Michigan University; MS, Northwestern University; PhD, University of Florida
• Erna Sally Rogers
  Research Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy; Director of Research, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
  BA, Temple University; MA, Seton Hall University; ScD, Boston University
• Serge H. Roy
  Research Professor of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
  BS, New York University: MS, ScD, Boston University
  
• Zlatka Russinova
  Research Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy; Senior Research Specialist, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
• Joan SalgeBlake
  Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, Montclair State College; MS, Boston University
• Elliot Saltzman
  Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  AB, Harvard College; PhD, University of Minnesota
• Robert Sanders
  Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, University of North Carolina; MS, Boston University
• Judith L. Schotland
  Director, Programs in Human Physiology; Clinical Associate Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, Oklahoma State University; PhD, Northwestern University
• Trace Sears
  Lecturer in Physical Therapy.
  BS, MSPT, DPT, Boston University
• Sheridan Sharkey
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BSOT, MS, University of New Hampshire; OTD, Boston University
• Mary Slavin
  Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BSPT, Northeastern University; MS, Boston University; PhD, Clark University
• Anne Sullivan Soydan
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, University of Vermont; MS, ScD, Boston University
• Julie Ann Starr
  Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy.
  BS, Northeastern University; MS, Boston University; DPT, University of New England
• Cara Stepp
  Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  SB, Smith College; SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kristine Strand
  Director, BS in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Program; Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, MA, Northwestern University; EdD, Boston University
• Jason Tourville
  Research Assistant Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Oberlin College; PhD, Boston University
• Larry Venis
  Lecturer in Athletic Training.
  BS, University of Massachusetts, Boston; MEd, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Brian Vesci
  Lecturer in Athletic Training.
  BS, Duquesne University; MAT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Susanne Vetterkind
  Research Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, University of Gottingen (Germany); PhD, University of Bonn (Germany)
• Gloria Waters
  Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, McGill University (Canada); MA, PhD, Concordia University
• Kathryn Webster
  Clinical Assistant Professor of Athletic Training.
  BS, Dickinson College; MS, Indiana State University; PhD, University of Toledo
• Daniel White
  Research Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training.
  BS, MS, ScD, Boston University
• Rina Yamin
  Research Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
• Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon
  Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.
  BSOT, MS, ScD, Boston University
• Stacey Zawacki
  Clinical Assistant Professor in Nutrition.
  BS, Nichols College; MS, Boston University; Director, BU Nutrition & Fitness Center
• Vasileios (Basilis) Zikopoulos
  Research Assistant Professor of Health Sciences.
  BS, MS, PhD, University of Crete (Greece)

Emeriti

• William Anthony
  Professor Emeritus of Occupational Therapy.
  AB, Grove City College; PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
• Beverly A. Bullen
  Professor Emerita of Health Sciences.
  BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MS, Wellesley College; MS, ScD, Harvard University
• Arthur E. Dell Orto
  Professor Emeritus of Rehabilitation Counseling.
  AB, MA, Seton Hall University; PhD, Michigan State 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, Queen’s 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 & Hearing Sciences.
  BS, MA, New York University; EdD, Boston University
• Gary S. Skrinar
  Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences.
  BA, Oklahoma City University; MS, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Pittsburgh
• Nancy H. Talbot
  Dean Emerita of Sargent College; Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, MEd, University of New Hampshire
• Catherine A. Trombly Latham
  Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, University of New Hampshire; MA, University of Southern California; ScD, Boston University
• Elsie R. Vergara
  Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy.
  BS, MPH, University of Puerto Rico; ScD, Boston University
• Elisabeth H. Wiig
  Professor Emerita of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.
  BA, Statsseminariet Erndrupborg (Denmark); MA, PhD, Case Western Reserve University