Emeritus Faculty

Baxter, Mary Frances, PhD, OT, FAOTA
Professor Emerita
mbaxter@twu.edu

Education: BS, Colorado State University; MA, Texas Woman’s University; PhD, University of Houston

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Occupational Adaptation and Participation of cancer survivors; Neuroscience across the lifespan especially motor control and learning and postural control; Creativity in occupational therapy practice

Buckingham, Debbie
Associate Clinical Professor Emerita

Education: 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; case management

Campbell, Regina
Associate Professor Emerita

Education: 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; leadership

Candler, Catherine
Associate Professor and Director Emerita

Education: 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.

Davidson, Harriet
Associate Professor Emerita

Education: 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.

Evetts, Cynthia, PhD, OTR
Professor and Director Emerita
cevetts@twu.edu

Education: BS, Texas A&M University; MOT, Texas Woman’s University; PhD, Texas Woman’s University

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Mental health; supporting community participation; occupational stress

Fletcher, Tina, EdD, MFA, OTR
Professor Emerita
Dallas Center
tfletcher1@twu.edu

Education: BS, University of Texas Medical Branch; MA, University of Alabama-Birmingham; BFA, MFA, EdD, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Certified school therapy specialist; Creative Arts interventions; Cultural arts access programming; Creativity; International orphan relief

Gilkeson, Grace
Professor and Director Emerita

Education: PhD University of Southern California

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Professional practice, Post-professional education, Occupational Adaptation Theory development, Leadership.

Harnish, Sherrill
Associate Clinical Professor

Education: 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.

Hersch, Gayle
Professor Emerita

Education: 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.

Neville, Marsha, PhD, OT
Professor Emerita 
mnevillesmith@twu.edu

Education: BS, Eastern Michigan University; MS, University of Texas, Dallas; PhD, University of Texas, Dallas

Specialty Areas and Research Interests: Rehabilitation; clinical education; TBI; CVA; Falls in elderly; computerization of tasks

Raffen, Eleanor
Associate Clinical Professor Emerita

Education: 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.

Reed, Kathlyn
Associate Professor Emerita

Education: 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.

Schultz, Sally
Professor/Director

Education: 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.

White, Virginia
Professor Emerita

Education: 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.