Faculty and Staff
Jane Clifford O'Brien
Associate Professor and Department Director
Proctor Hall 309
Phone: 207-221-4107
Email: jobrien@une.edu
Expertise
Pediatric occupational therapy; motor control; developmental coordination disorder; after-school programs for children; prevention of childhood obesity; reaction time.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Visual, auditory and vibrotactile reaction time across the lifespan; issues of parents and children with motor control deficits; after-school programs; motor control and motor learning as applied to occupational therapy practice
Jan Froehlich
Associate Professor
Proctor Hall 311
Phone: 207-221-4105
Email: jfroehlich@une.edu
Expertise
Communication skills, diversity and feminism in occupational therapy, mental health occupational therapy, group leadership.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Occupation of breastfeeding; feminism and diversity issues in occupational therapy; mental health occupational therapy;
Judith Giencke Kimball
Founding Director, Professor, Post Professional Graduate Coordinator
Proctor Hall 316
Phone: 207-221-4108
Fax: 207-523-1920
Email: jkimball@une.edu
Expertise
Sensory Integrative OT
School Based OT
Manual Therapies, especially craniosacral
Dance Medicine
Research
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Efficacy of practice
Kathryn Marie Loukas
Associate Clinical Professor
Proctor Hall 314
Phone: 207-221-4103
Fax: 207-523-1920
Email: kloukas@une.edu
Expertise
Community based practice; occupational therapy with adolescent youth; school-based occupational therapy practice; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); development of hand function and handwriting skills with children; Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) with adolescents; The Intentional Relationship in occupational therapy; neuro-occupation.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Occupational therapy with adolescent youth (current doctoral research); children's handwriting in school-based practice; the use of inclusive techniques in occupational therapy practice.
Nancy MacRae
Associate Professor
Proctor Hall 315
Phone: 207-221-4106
Fax: 207-523-1920
Email: nmacrae@une.edu
Expertise
Older adults, interprofessional team work, death and dying, sexuality, documentation, health management and delivery, OT foundations, women and work, teaching, supervision.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Older adults, interprofessional practice, administration and management, documentation, sexuality, and death and dying
Elizabeth A. Moyer
Assistant Clinical Professor
Phone: 207-602-4104
Email: emoyer@une.edu
Expertise
Cultural differences relevant to health care delivery - most recent work is on the Franco-American culture;
neurorehabilitation, especially areas of cerebral vascular injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease; violence prevention.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Factors affecting delivery of OT services, ie, cross-cultural issues, violence, reimbursement;
development of effective OT intervention for neurological population; development of assessments of safety in functional tasks.
Regula H. Robnett
Associate Professor and Associate Department Director
Proctor Hall 318
Phone: 207-221-4102
Fax: 207-523-1920
Email: rrobnett@une.edu
Expertise
Cognition and aging, occupation-based cognitive rehabilitation, gerontology, functional assessments, psychometrics, aging well.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Functional cognitive screenings for rehabilitation: The Safe at Home and the ManageMed Screenings; longitudinal correlates of cognition and metacognition in late life; occupational performance in late life.
John Tumiel
Senior Advisor to the President and UNE Chief Compliance Officer
Decary Hall
Phone: 207- 602-2130
Fax: 207 602-5973
Email: jtumiel@une.edu
Expertise
Developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, and OT treatment approaches. Foundations of Occupational Therapy, transdisciplinary practice, general OT practice, occupational therapy research.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Neuro-psychological, neo-cortical and evolutionary basis of human behavior. Also enjoy working with undergraduate and graduate students in research efforts.
Jessica J. Bolduc
OT Adjunct Faculty
750 Stevens Avenue
Phone: 207-221-4101
Expertise
Physical Dysfunction: Neurologic Population; Standardized Assessments, Leadership
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Neuromuscular electrical stimuation, constraint induced movement
therapy,standardized assessments
Ann Altavilla
Phone: 207-283-1954
Email: aaltavilla@une.edu
Caryn Birstler
Occupational Therapist
Off-Campus
Phone: 207-283-1954
Email: cbirstler@une.edu
Nancy Blair
Phone: 283-1954
Email: nblair@une.edu
Sheilalee Fraser
Off-Campus
Phone: 207-283-1954
Email: sfraser@une.edu
Barbara Steva
Occupational Therapist
Off-Campus
Phone: 207-283-1954
Fax: 207-283-1954
Email: bsteva@une.edu
Expertise
Pediatrics ages birth-13
Molly Walrath
Coordinator of Community OT Clinic
Off-Campus
Phone: 207-283-1954
Fax: 207-523-1920
Email: mwalrath@une.edu
Expertise
Pediatrics, Adult Developmental Disabilities, Sensory Integration
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Participatory research for evidence based practice in pediatrics.