I am an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Recreation Management and Policy.
I am a nationally certified and New Hampshire licensed recreation therapist (CTRS/L). Prior to my faculty appointment at University of New Hampshire (UNH), I was an RT clinician in a variety of settings, including a physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital, a specialty rehabilitation hospital in spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), and community-based healthcare settings that provide RT, health promotion, adapted sports, and life skills development for a variety of disability populations.
Extensive clinical training in Recreation Therapy (RT), adaptive sports, and recreation provide the foundation for my research, which broadly focuses on: 1) the impact of RT interventions on health and wellness outcomes for individuals with disabilities; and 2) ways in which service-learning and fieldwork pedagogy influence academic learning and cognitive growth among students in allied health professional preparation programs.
I teach courses and advise students within the undergraduate and graduate curricula.
