Steve Park, MS, OTR/L
Associate Professor
Steve Park returns to Pacific University after a hiatus to teach and pursue his PhD in Occupational Therapy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a former associate professor from the School of Occupational Therapy at Pacific with a reputation for engaging teaching. Steve consults and regularly leads continuing professional development courses in the United Kingdom to promote client-centered assessment and intervention. His research follows his primary areas of interest in occupational therapy: evaluation of client-centred outcomes, quality of spending time day-to-day, leisure, and aging.
While living in Australia, Steve became an enthusiastic urban cyclist. Although he will miss cycling around Sydney Harbour, he looks forward to exploring the Portland environs on two wheels.
Education
- Candidate, Doctor of Philosphy, University Sydney, Sydney, USW, AU.
- 1993 Master of Science, Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Undergraduate
- 1984 B.S., Occupational Therapy, University of Puget Sound, Washington.
Recent Accomplishments/Awards
- Endeavor International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Mar 2010 - Aug 2010 Received Australian national government scholarship to pursue PhD studies for dissertation entitled "The Day-To-Day Qu.E.S.T. - Quality of Experience Spending Time - Developing a Self-Report Assessment for Use in Occupational Therapy Practice " University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Recent Publications