Human Occupation, Precarity, and Employment (HOPE)

Cluster: Work, Health, and Occupational Engagement ⟩ Cluster: Lifestyle Redesign® and Chronic Conditions ⟩

The Human Occupation, Precarity, and Employment (HOPE) Lab, directed by Dr. Rebecca Aldrich, aims to illuminate assumptions, practices, and policies that differently shape access to, and engagement in, occupation. The lab draws on dynamic theoretical foundations — such as the transactional perspective and critical social theories — and multiple methodologies — such as ethnography and time diaries — to enact critical inquiries that reflect the complexity of people’s daily lives. The overall goals of the HOPE Lab are to generate refined, inclusive understandings of occupation; to illuminate how an occupational perspective articulates with approaches to a range of social problems; and to equip occupational scientists and occupational therapists with concepts and findings that can support the pursuit of equity and justice.

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.