Ann Stuart

Dr. Stuart has been an occupational therapy practitioner for 44 years, serving in the roles of clinician, team leader, OT Director, adjunct and full-time academician. Her practice focus has included neurologic rehabilitation and dementia care within inpatient rehabilitation, assisted living, and home health practice settings. Dr. Stuart has been engaged as a teaching professional within Duquesne University’s occupational therapy program for nearly 10 years  where she has taught students from across the pre-professional, professional and advanced professional curricular phases, with specific emphasis on community engaged learning, group dynamics and community-based practice. Her scholarship agenda relates to the design, development, and evaluation of community engagement and programming. Dr. Stuart has been passionate about professional advocacy throughout her career, developing and maintaining strategies to optimize engagement of OT students and clinicians in legislative and grassroots efforts.

• OTD, Chatham University, 2010
• M.S., Occupational Therapy, Western Michigan University, 1980
• B.S. Psychology, St. Lawrence University, 1975

• Organizational participation and leadership
• Community-engaged learning
• Active student engagement
• Inter and intra-professional collaborations
• Leadership volunteering in professional organizations
• Multi-generational collaboration for professional development
• Telehealth in caregiver support for dementia
• Legislative advocacy by occupational therapists