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OS Symposia

Occupational Science Symposium XXI, 2009:
The Intersection of Self and Context: The Changing Face of Rehabilitation Science

Presented in association with The Karolinska Institutet

Jin-Shen Lai, Ph.D., OTR/L (Keynote Speaker)
Lena Borrell, Ph.D., OT (reg) (Wilma West Lecturer)
Denise Tate, Ph.D., ABPP, FACRM
Joy Hammel, Ph.D. OTR/L, FAOTA
Staffan Josephsson, Ph.D., OT (reg)


Occupational Science Symposium XX, 2008:
Autism in Everyday Life: An Interdisciplinary Venture

Sally Rogers, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Grace Baranek, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Pauline A. Filipek, M.D.
Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D.
Elinor Ochs, Ph.D.
Olga Solomon, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium XIX, 2007:
Health and Wellness: Interdisciplinary and Global Connections

Carol Ryff, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Hans Jonsson, Ph.D., Reg. OT (Wilma West Lecturer)
Shane Lopez, Ph.D.
C. Anderson Johnson, Ph.D.
Catherine Lysack, Ph.D., OT(c)
Rachel Thibeault, Ph.D., OT(c)


Occupational Science Symposium XVIII, 2006:
Intersecting Interests in Health Care: Occupational Science and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Linda Tickle-Degnen, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Michael Goran, Ph.D.
Mary Lawlor, Sc.D., OTR, FAOTA
Cheryl Mattingly, Ph.D.
Albert (Skip) Rizzo, Ph.D.
Carolee Winstein, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA


Occupational Science Symposium XVII, 2005:
The Brain, Emotion, and Occupation

Antonio Damasio, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D. (Wilma West Lecturer)
Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D.
Caleb Finch, Ph.D.
Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium XVI, 2004:
Creating an Academic Discipline that Supports Practice

Andrew Abbott, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Zoe Mailloux, M.A., OTR/L, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecture)
Laura Gitlin, Ph.D.
Elana Gordis, Ph.D.
Kenneth Ottenbacher, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Diane Parham, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA


Occupational Science Symposium XV, 2003:
The Spheres of Rehabilitation: Body, Mind, and Social Structures

Margaret G. Stineman, M.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Betty R. Hasselkus, Ph.D., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Janice P. Burke, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Florence Clark, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Mary C. Lawlor, Sc.D. OTR, FAOTA
Jeanne Jackson, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Ann Neville-Jan, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA


Occupational Science Symposium XIV, 2002:
Occupational Science and the Making of Community

Mary Law, Ph.D., OT(C) (Wilma West Lecturer)
Rev. Elizabeth Davenport
Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Ph.D.
Suzanne Peloquin, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Elizabeth Townsend, Ph.D., OT(C)


Occupational Science Symposium XIII, 2001:
The Biological Basis of Occupation

Lela Llorens, Ph.D., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Erna Blanche, Ph.D., OTR
Florence Clark, Ph.D., OTR
Julie McLaughlin-Gray, M.A., OTR
Ann Neville-Jan, Ph.D., OTR
Candace Pert, Ph.D.
Adrian Raine, D.Phil.
John Searle, Ph.D.
Lionel Tiger, Ph.D.
Wendy Wood, Ph.D., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium XII, 1999:
The Engaged Self

David Nelson, Ph.D., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Lynne Bond, Ph.D.
Tove Borg, Ph.D.
Carole Browner, Ph.D., MPH
Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.
Ole Dreier, Ph.D.
Carol Feldman, Ph.D.
Uffe Jensen, Ph.D.
Jean Lave, Ph.D.
Mary Lawlor, Sc.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Elliot Mishler, Ph.D.
Stephen Toulmin, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium XI, 1998:
Play: Occupations for a Lifetime

Brian Sutton-Smith, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Anita Bundy, Ph.D., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Janice Burke, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Brian R. Little, Ph.D.
Diane Parham, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA


Occupational Science Symposium X, 1997:
Mothers and Children: Narrative and Identity

Jerome Bruner (Keynote Speaker)
James Papai (Wilma West Lecturer)
Lynn Bond, Ph.D.
Janice Burke, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Elise Holloway, MPH, OTR
Cheryl Mattingly, Ph.D.
Donald Polkinghorne, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium IX, 1996:
Occupation in the Everyday Lives of Children

Elizabeth J. Yerxa, Ed.D., LHD (hon), DSc (HON), OTR, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Wendy Coster, Ph.D., OTR/L
Winnie Dunn, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Ulla Kroksmark, M.A., OTR
Mary C. Lawlor, Sc.D., OTR/L
Doris Pierce, M.A., OTR
G. Gordon Williamson, Ph.D., PTR, FAOTA


Occupational Science Symposium VIII, 1995:
Toward a Philosophy of Occupation

Stephen E. Toulmin, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Ann A. Wilcock, Ph.D. (Wilma West Lecturer)
Arlene K. Daniels, Ph.D.
G. Alexander Moore, Ph.D.
Sara Ruddick, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium VII, 1994:
Promoting Childrens' Well-Being: Occupational Science and Health Care Policy

Thomas Weisner, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Mary Foto, OTR, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Janice Burke, M.A., OTR
Gelya Frank, Ph.D
Chana Hiranaka, M.Ed., OTR
Elizabeth Larson, M.S., OTR
Diane Parham, Ph.D., OTR
Loree Primeau, M.A., OTR
Ramon Salcido, Ph.D.
Marvin Tan, M.D.
Thomas Weisner, Ph.D.
Barbara Yoshioka-Wheeler, R.N., Ph.D.
Jean Whitaker, Nurse Consultant
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium VI, 1993:
Narrative and Action

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Lela Llorens, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Elizabeth Blesedell Crepeau, M.A., OTR, FAOTA
R. Ruth Linden, Ph.D.
Irving K. Zola, Ph.D.


Occupational Science Symposium V, 1992:
The Links Between Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Charles Christiansen, Ed.D. (Wilma West Lecturer)
Florence A. Clark, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Cynthia Hedricks, Ph.D.
Jeanne Jackson, MA, OTR
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium IV, 1991:
The Human as an Occupational Being: The Link Between Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Mary Catherine Bateson (Keynote Speaker)
Linda Florey, M.A., OTR, FAOTA (Wilma West Lecturer)
Janice P. Burke, M.A., OTR, FAOTA
Michael Carlson, Ph.D., OTR
Florence A. Clark, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Gelya Frank, Ph.D.
Cynthia Hedricks, Ph.D.
Jeanne Jackson, M.A., OTR
Jerry Johnson, Ed.D., OTR, FAOTA
Susan Knox, M.A., OTR, FAOTA
Sheama Krishnagiri, M.A., OTR
Kenneth Ottenbacher, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Diane Parham, Ph.D., OTR
Doris Pierce, M.A., OTR
Loree Primeau, M.A., OTR
John White, OTR
Wendy Wood, M.A., OTR
JoAnne Wright, M.A., OTR
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium III, 1990:
Ecology and Occupation

Stephen Hawking, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Ann Henderson, Ph.D., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Arnold Chamove, Ph.D.
Florence A. Clark, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Michael Dear, Ph.D.
Joshua Goldstein, Ph.D.
Cynthia Hedricks, Ph.D.
J. Seward Johnson, Jr.
Loree Primeau, M.A., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium II, 1989:
Co-Occupations of Infants and Mothers

Jane Goodall, Ph.D. (Keynote Speaker)
Janice Burke, M.A., OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Ann Dunlea, Ph.D.
Doreen Fraits-Hunt, M.A., OTR
Martin Krieger, Ph.D., OTR
Zoe Mailloux, M.A., OTR
Cheryl Mattingly, Ph.D.
Alexander Moore, Ph.D.
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR


Occupational Science Symposium I, 1988:
Perspectives on Early Intervention and Adolescent Transitions

Nedra P. Gillette, M.Ed, OTR (Wilma West Lecturer)
Florence Clark, Ph.D., OTR
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.
Christine Herrman, B.S., OTR
Jo Hyland, M.A., OTR
Jeanne Jackson, M.A., OTR
Patricia Kearly, Ph.D.
Joy Marmon-Guillory, M.A., OTR
James Papai, MPH
James F. Quilty, Jr., M.D.
Ruth Zemke, Ph.D., OTR