rudmanDebbie Rudman

MSc (Western); BSc(OT), PhD (Toronto)

Associate Professor
Faculty Scholar
School of Occupational Therapy

Office: Room 2537 - Elborn College
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 88965

drudman@uwo.ca


Research Interests

  • Shaping of occupation in later life, and interconnections between occupation, identity, participation, and well-being
  • Contemporary structuring and negotiation of retirement and later life work
  • Critical social theory and occupational science
  • Negotiation of chronic disability and other transitions (e.g. migration) in later life
  • Critical gerontology
  • Disparities in occupational possibilities

Research Affiliations

  • Affiliate member appointment, Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, University of Western Ontario
  • Associate member appointment, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
  • Associate Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario

Teaching Areas

  • Qualitative methodologies
  • Scholarly practice in occupational therapy
  • Occupational science

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Master's
  • PhD
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