{"id":4290,"date":"2019-07-09T09:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?page_id=4290"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:35:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2\n\t         id=\"bookmark\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-bookmark\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\"><som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:5929,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;56087&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 10:51:17&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 15:51:17&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;OSOT Quicklinks&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;osot-quicklinks&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 10:53:34&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 15:53:34&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/cell\\\/osot-quicklinks\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;RepeatableBoxes&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[{\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Information Sessions\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/information-sessions\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;circle-info\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;user-graduate\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;PhD Program\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/phd-program-description\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;PhD Admissions &amp; Costs\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;laptop-file\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/phd-program-description\\\/phd-admissions\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;user-graduate\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;MS Program\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/programs\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;money-check-dollar\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;MSOT Program Costs\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/programs\\\/costsandaid\\\/\\&quot;}],\\&quot;boxCustomStyles\\&quot;:{\\&quot;backgroundColor\\&quot;:\\&quot;mediumBlue\\&quot;},\\&quot;boxType\\&quot;:\\&quot;iconLinks\\&quot;,\\&quot;boxStyleOption\\&quot;:\\&quot;icon-nav-bar\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"quote-left\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-quote-left\">Featured<\/h2>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ODG1N5dHvY?si=_ACrFepxs_mwk5zp\" title=\"Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 0=\"allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2>Featured Event: Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025<\/h2>\n<p>The 黑料网 Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/aaad.unc.edu\/faculty-staff\/lerhonda-manigault-bryant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant<\/a>, &#8220;Dr. Rhon&#8221; as our speaker for the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium.<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is the director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.unc.edu\/the_sonja_haynes_stone_center_for_black_culture_and_history\">Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/mitchell-symposium\/\">Mitchell Symposium<\/a> is an annual event dedicated to the late Marlys Mitchell, PhD, founder of the MS OT program at 黑料网, and her husband, Earl.<\/p>\n<hr class=\" rule-thick osc-rule\" \/>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"featured video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-SU975dSqeY?si=Cn4O0YSA3CHl-Erb\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2>Featured Event: Ethics Event, Spring 2024<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">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.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"newspaper\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-newspaper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/h2>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#F5F5F5;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n\n<div class=\"row heels-recent\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/three-students-participate-in-the-osot-divisions-first-ever-occupational-rural-health-committee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Three Students Participate in the OS\/OT Division&#8217;s First-Ever Occupational Rural Health Committee\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/03\/OTRHC-800x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/three-students-participate-in-the-osot-divisions-first-ever-occupational-rural-health-committee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Three Students Participate in the OS\/OT Division&#8217;s First-Ever Occupational Rural Health Committee<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>Before Danielle Chadwick was a first-year Master of Science in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (MSOT) student, she called Onslow County home.\u00a0 \u201cThough I am a former resident of the area, I hadn\u2019t had the opportunity to return to the community and view it through an OT lens,\u201d Chadwick said.\u00a0\u00a0 Although Onslow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/three-students-participate-in-the-osot-divisions-first-ever-occupational-rural-health-committee\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Three Students Participate in the OS\/OT Division&#8217;s First-Ever Occupational Rural Health Committee\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/mitchell-symposium-spring-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Mitchell Symposium Spring 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/03\/LaRhonda2-800x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/mitchell-symposium-spring-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mitchell Symposium Spring 2025<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>On Thursday evening 黑料网 Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium: &#8220;Embodied Testimony and Praxis: Reimagining Ways of Knowing in Occupational Science&#8221;.\u00a0 This hybrid event was attended by students, faculty and staff. After Dr. Manigault Bryant&#8217;s presentation, attendees enjoyed a reception in the OT apartment. If you were unable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/mitchell-symposium-spring-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mitchell Symposium Spring 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/division-of-os-ot-welcomes-dr-lauren-selingo-to-faculty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Division of OS\/OT Welcomes Dr. Lauren Selingo to Faculty\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2024\/07\/SelingoHeadshot.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2024\/07\/SelingoHeadshot.png 328w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2024\/07\/SelingoHeadshot-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2024\/07\/SelingoHeadshot-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/division-of-os-ot-welcomes-dr-lauren-selingo-to-faculty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Division of OS\/OT Welcomes Dr. Lauren Selingo to Faculty<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>Lauren Selingo, PhD, OTR\/L, has joined the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy as Assistant Professor. Selingo completed her Bachelor\u2019s in Occupational Studies at the University\u00a0of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) in 2016. After graduating, she moved to North Carolina to experience healthcare services in a different part of the country and completed her MSOT degree at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/division-of-os-ot-welcomes-dr-lauren-selingo-to-faculty\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Division of OS\/OT Welcomes Dr. Lauren Selingo to Faculty\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/celebrating-dr-susan-coppola-in-retirement-an-inspiring-career-and-impactful-legacy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Celebrating Dr. Susan Coppola in Retirement: An Inspiring Career and Impactful Legacy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2018\/07\/portrait-Coppola-Sept-2014-scraige-T-480x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/celebrating-dr-susan-coppola-in-retirement-an-inspiring-career-and-impactful-legacy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Celebrating Dr. Susan Coppola in Retirement: An Inspiring Career and Impactful Legacy<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>Susan (Sue) Coppola, MS, OT\/L, OTD, FAOTA, recently retired from her role as Professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy after more than 25 years at 黑料网. Though her roles in the classroom and clinical settings are primarily behind her, Coppola is committed to continuing to advance the field by supporting future &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/celebrating-dr-susan-coppola-in-retirement-an-inspiring-career-and-impactful-legacy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Celebrating Dr. Susan Coppola in Retirement: An Inspiring Career and Impactful Legacy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"highlight-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/news\/\">More News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"calendar\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-calendar\">Events<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"hfeed vcalendar ckhp-small ckhp-event-list\"><li class=\"media-listitem\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/event\/thats-the-way-we-do-it-ethical-tensions-in-occupational-therapy-practice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">That&#8217;s the way we do it: Ethical Tensions in Occupational Therapy Practice<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"duration venue\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">May 5 @ 7:00 pm<\/span> - <span class=\"tribe-event-time\">8:30 pm<\/span> <\/div><\/li><\/ul><!-- .hfeed --><p class=\"tribe-events-widget-link\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/events\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">View All Events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Event: Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025 The 黑料网 Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, &#8220;Dr. Rhon&#8221; as our speaker for the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium.Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is the director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. 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