Jenna Heffron
Jenna Heffron who earned a PhD in Disability Studies from DHD in 2016, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Department at Ithaca College in New York. Jenna is passionate about infusing the professional field of Occupational Therapy with a growing awareness that Occupational Therapists have disabilities, too. In an on-going participatory action research project, Jenna, her students, and two co-researchers from DHD work to support occupational therapy practitioners with disabilities while also challenging the profession to engage in critical discussions about its perceptions of and approaches to disability. Her service on Ithaca College’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee provides an opportunity to bring issues of disability identity, justice, culture, and community to the table.