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USC Chan Magazine

The magazine of the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is published twice yearly and is free to alumni and friends of the division. Please send all changes of address, letters and correspondence to:

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar St. CHP 133
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

or by using Chan Alumni Connect.

Latest Issue
Fall 2022 / Winter 2023

USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2022 / Winter 2023

Cover Story
Doing Diversity

This issue’s cover story showcases three ways — from the clinic to the curriculum to the classroom — that USC Chan faculty members are making a real difference for diversity.

Cover article
Daily Affirmations ⟩
by Mike McNulty ’06, MA ’09, OTD ’10
Occupational therapist Nora Dixon leads new Lifestyle Redesign® program for supporting transgender and gender expansive clients.

Cover article
Doing Decolonization ⟩
by Mike McNulty ’06, MA ’09, OTD ’10
Faculty members Tessa Milman, Janet Gunter and Jennifer Jones in conversation with USC Chan Magazine editor Mike McNulty about dismantling occupational therapy’s colonial ideologies and practices.

Cover article
USC OT/PT Summer Institute is Diversifying Tomorrow’s Workforce Today ⟩
by Mike McNulty ’06, MA ’09, OTD ’10
How a six-week undergraduate pathway program empowers future occupational, physical therapists from underrepresented minority backgrounds.

Featured article
More Than Just Fun and Games ⟩
by Esther Jahng MA ’20, OTD ’21
Staff Member

Netflix’s sensation Squid Game highlights real-world issues for further consideration by occupational therapists and occupational scientists.

Research Buzz
The Science of “Tuning in” ⟩
by Emily Campi MA ’20, PhD ’24
Occupational Science Doctoral Student

Building a Measure of Parent Responsiveness to Better Understand Its Effect on Infants’ Sensory Development.

Previous Issues

USC Chan Magazine, Spring / Summer 2021 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2020 / Winter 2021 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2019 USC Chan Magazine, Spring / Summer 2018 USC Chan Magazine, Winter 2018 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2017 USC Chan Magazine, Summer 2016 USC Chan Magazine, Winter 2015 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2015 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2014 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2014 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2013 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2013 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2012 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2012 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2011 USC Chan Magazine, Spring 2011 USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2010