I am a clinical assistant professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Texas at El Paso. I research how educators situate their curricula in local cultures and contexts.

• Association of College and University Educators Course in Effective Teaching - The University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2021-06/30/2021)

• Ph D in Occupation and Rehabilitation Science, Colorado State University (2019)
• BS in Occupational Therapy, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2000)

• Localizing strategies for situating a new OT Master’s program in the local culture and context of the Caribbean American Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 Supplement 1 (in press), William L. Roberts, Barb Hooper.

• Preparing Occupational Therapy and Health Professions Students for Contextually Responsive Practice on the US-Mexico Border (2024), Volume Charlotte, NC, William L. Roberts, Priya Harindranathan, Kelli Fleming, Nivethitha Manohar.
• Cross-cultural occupational therapy education: The influence of a visiting educator on a South Asian occupational therapy program (2022), Volume Orlando, FL, William L. Roberts, Katherine Adams, Diane Chau, Ariana Gutierrez, Barbara Hooper.
• Preparing health professions students for culturally sensitive practice (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, William L. Roberts, Priya Harindranathan, Irene Alexandraki, Kelli Fleming, Nivethitha Manohar.
• Cross-cultural occupational therapy education: The influence of a visiting educator on a South Asian occupational therapy program (2022), Volume San Antonio, TX, William L. Roberts, Katherine Adams, Diane Chau, Ariana Gutierrez, Barbara Hooper.
• Preparing health professions students for culturally sensitive practice (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Kelli Fleming, Nivethitha Manohar, Irene Alexandraki, Priya Harindranathan, William L. Roberts.

• Preparing Health Professions Students for Culturally Sensitive Practice
• Neonatal Therapists’ Perceptions of Using Integrated Collaborative Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit