2020 AOTA Award Recipients

AOTA Award of Merit

Virginia C. Stoffel, PhD, OT, FAOTA

OTA Award of Excellence

No award this year.

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award

Sharon A. Gutman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTA Roster of Fellows

Luis de Leon Arabit, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, C/NDT, PAM

Karen Elizabeth Atler, PhD, OTR

Joanne M. Baird, PhD, OTR/L, CHSE

Megan C. Chang, PhD, OTR/L

Julie Dorsey, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS

Susan M. Higgins, OT, OTD, OTR

Jan Hollenbeck, OTD, OTR/L

Carole Kennedy Ivey, PhD, OTR/L

Katie Jordan, OTD, OTR/L

Sabrena McCarley, MBA-SL, OTR/L, CLIPP, RAC-CT, QCP

Robin Newman, OTD, OTR/L, CLT

Robyn Y. Otty, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, BCPR

Heather Panczykowski, DHSc, OTR/L

Elizabeth Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L, CDE

Joyce E. Rioux, EdD, OTR/L, SCSS

Juleen Rodakowski, OTD, MS, OTR/L

Sean Roush, OTD, OTR/L

Martha J. Sanders, PhD, MSOSH, OTR/L, CPE

Francine M. Seruya, PhD, OTR/L

Marjorie Vogeley, MGA, OTR/L

Steven Wheeler, PhD, OTR/L

Carla S. Wilhite, OTD, OTR/L

Donna M. Adam Wooster, PhD, OTR/L, BCP

AOTA Roster of Honor

Sarah Tranum, MS, COTA/L

Recognition of Achievement Award

Martha J. Sanders, PhD, MSOSH, OTR/L, CPE

Terry Brittell OTA/OT Partnership Award

No award this year.

Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader

Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L

Outstanding Mentor Award

Karen Jacobs, OT, EdD, OTR, CPE, FAOTA

Lindy Boggs Award

Mary Johanna McGuire, MS, OTR/L, OTPP, FAOTA

Health Advocate Award

No award this year.

Award for Excellence in the Advancement of OT

Michael Pizzi, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Emerging and Innovative Practice Award

Terri Cassidy, OTD, OTR/L, CDRS

Monique Chabot, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP, CAPS

Kelly Mahler, MS, OTR/L

Erin Muston-Firsch, MS, OTR/L

Outstanding Student Advocate Award

No award this year.

Distinguished Fieldwork Educator

No award this year.

Distinguished Educator Award

No award this year.

International Service Award

Said Nafai, OTD, OTR/L, CLT

Janet Njelesani, PhD, OTR/L

Janet Christhilf O'Flynn, OTD, OTR/L

Tracy Van Oss, DHSc, MPH, OTR/L, SCEM, FAOTA

Interprofessional Collaboration Award

Regina F. Doherty, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, FNAP

Kimberly Hartmann, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Patricia Jean Precin, PhD, PsyD, NCPsyA, LP, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTA/AOTF Presidents’ Commendation

Wendy Coster, PhD, OT, OTR, FAOTA

Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award

Wesam B. Darawsheh, PhD, MSc, BSc

Jeanette Bair Writer’s Award

Stephanie Tsai, OTD, OTR/L

Elyse Peterson, OTD, OTR/L, CCRP

Special Interest Section Quarterly Excellence in Writing Award

Lauren Little, PhD, OTR/L

Anna Wallisch, PhD, OTR/L

Choosing Wisely Champion Recognition Award

Amy Jennings, OTD, OTR/L

Cindy Kief, ND, COTA/L, ROH