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The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal with a mission to publish high quality articles that focus on applied research, practice, and education in the occupational therapy profession.Would you like to help support our mission?
As an open access journal, we would be grateful for any contribution amount. Please click here to donate today.OJOT announces a Call for Artists for the Occupation and the Artist feature!
Please click here for more information (PDF will download).Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 3 (2025) Summer 2025
Letter from the Editor
Applied Research
A Qualitative Study of Disabled Performance Art in Occupational Identity Formation and Empowerment
Lisa Mahaffey, Kristin Chrissos, and Kate Wettergren
Breastfeeding Interventions for Dyads with Medical Complexity: A Mixed Methods Study
Jairrah L. Godsil, Julia R. Farrell, Julia Shin, Cary C. Moore, Yongyue Qi, and Vanessa D. Jewell
Enhancing Occupational Therapy Practice through a Mentorship Program: A Qualitative Study
Natalie S. King, Bryan M. Gee, Sarah A. Schoen, and Mim Ochsenbein
Paving A Path From Occupational Therapy Clinician to Researcher: A Grounded Theory
Marissa J. Wuennemann and Barbara Nadeau
Becoming a Skater: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Supports and Barriers to Participation in Adaptive Skateboarding
Megan Sandwith, Susan MacDermott, and Amy Griswold
Environmental Advocacy as an Occupation: Perceived Self-Efficacy and Occupational Justice in Community Programming
Emma Sims and Laura H. VanPuymbrouck
Topics in Education
Use of Podcasts as Emerging Technology in Occupational Therapy Education
Abbigail Kubiak, Karen Jacobs, Varsha S. Kulkarni, and Maruška Vizek
Occupational Therapy Students’ Perceptions of Using ChatGPT for an Academic Course Assignment
Diane Tom, Robyn Wu, and Chi-Kwan Shea
Prevalence of Incivility and Bullying in Occupational Therapy Fieldwork
Edwin Myers and Kaitlyn Cremer
Best Practices for Managing Cultural Taxation
Elizabeth Ching
Benefits of Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training (SMART) in Occupational Therapy Graduate Students
Asha K. Vas, Lori G. Cook, Wanyi Wang, and Alisha Schaefer
Policy and Advocacy
The Urgent Need for Global Nuclear Disarmament: An Occupational Therapy Perspective
Ryan Thomure, Leon Kirschner, and Robert Croonquist
Opinions in the Profession
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Embedding Indigenous Knowledges in Occupational Therapy: ‘Nothing about us without us.’
Chontel Gibson, Isla Emery-Whittington, LaVonne Fox, Tirritpa Ritchie, Kaarina Valavaara, Angela Phenix, and Tara Pride
Occupation and the Artist
Following Painting's Quiet Call to Adventure
Kelly Allen

Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OT, FAOTA
- Managing Editor
- Nancy Hock, Ph.D., OTRL, CHT, FAOTA
- Associate Editor
- Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
- Assistant Editors
- Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, Ph.D, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, FMiOTA, FAOTA Beth Elenko, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA Bryan Gee, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA Shirley P. O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
- Copy Editor
- Cynthia J. Cunningham, PhD
- Art Editor
- Kelly Allen, MSOT, OTR/L MFA
- Assistant Copy Editors
- Aditi Tuell, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT Sharyn Coates, Dr. OT, OTRL You may at ot-ojot@wmich.edu
Occupation and the Artist
Would you like to learn about the art featured on the cover? The “Occupation and the Artist” section of OJOT highlights the use of art in the practice of OT and in the occupations of both consumers of OT services and its practitioners. Click here to explore this unique feature of OJOT.
Sponsor Profile
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