Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD)

Mentor: Catherine Hoyt, PhD, OTD, OTR/L

JEDI Literature Review

Additional tasks completed

• Case Study Library

  • Contacted 28 potential authors, formatted email templates and timelines to streamline the recruitment process, collected 6 completed case studies, and wrote a case study myself.

• Attended a COTAD national executive board meeting and the AOTA diversity task force meeting to better understand current leadership organizations.

• Assisted DEI research team review 2,000 titles and abstracts.

• Attended 3 COTAD+ club events, the African American Conference on Disabilities, and the COTAD 3-part Ignite series on OT and disability inclusion to increase my knowledge on diverse lived experiences.