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The UNC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, “Dr. Rhon” as our speaker for the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium. The Mitchell Symposium is an annual event dedicated to the late Marlys Mitchell, PhD, founder of the MS OT program at UNC, and her husband, Earl. The Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted Dr. Susan Coppola as the keynote presenter for its 2024 Ethics Continuing Education event. Dr. Coppola shared about the Intersection of Power, Advocacy, and Moral Courage in this interactive presentation. Project AIM (Autism Intervention Meta-analysis), led by Dr. Micheal Paige Sandbank, is a large-scale, ongoing meta-analysis that examines early interventions for young children on the autism spectrum. Unlike studies that focus on a single therapy or a single outcome, Project AIM reviews all non-pharmacological interventions for children under eight. The research evaluates interventions such as … Read more Sayoko Kawabata is an international scholar from Japan who recently defended her dissertation for the PhD program in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Prior to starting her PhD, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Doshisha University and later received her Master’s of Science in Health Science from Bunkyo Gakuin … Read more Back in August, faculty and students from UNC’s Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT) attended the biannual Occupational Science Europe Conference at the University of Essex in England. The event, which brings together scholars from around the world, highlights research in education and occupational science while encouraging participants to reimagine the role of … Read more The Division of Occupational Therapy is excited to welcome our newest full clinical assistant professor, Hillary Till. She started off as an adjunct professor in 2018 and became a full time time professor as of June 2025. Till is originally from Claremont, California, a town known as “the land of trees and PhDs.” She attended … Read more There are no upcoming events at this time.Featured
Featured Event: Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025
Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is the director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. She navigates the academy as a scholar-artist, where she merges her life as a musician and filmmaker with her interdisciplinary specializations in Religious Studies, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies, all with a focus on ethnographic methods. In addition to publishing several books, as the founder of media company ConjureGirlBlue Productions, Dr. Manigualt-Bryant investigates community practices, pop cultural development, and the impact of new technologies to critically explore how Black women through the diaspora engage religion and spirituality to navigate the contours of everyday life.
Featured Event: Ethics Event, Spring 2024
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