member of New Mexico Occupational Therapy Association President 2013 - American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Member 2009 - American Occupational Therapy Association Volunteer 1997 -
selected publications academic article Comparisons of Agricultural Seating for Paraplegia.. Journal of agricultural safety and health. 23:23-37. 2017 Continuing education in physical rehabilitation and health issues of agricultural workers.. Journal of agromedicine. 19:325-332. 2014 article Comparison of agricultural seating interventions for a group of seated tractor operators with paraplegia. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. 23. 2017 Agricultural Seating Issues of Farmers and Ranchers with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Pilot Study Using Pressure Mapping on Seating Surface Interfaces to Determine High Risk Areas for Pressure. Journal of agromedicine. 19:247-248. 2014 Continuing Education in Physical Rehabilitation and Health Issues of Agricultural Workers. Journal of agromedicine. 19:325-332. 2014 conference poster A phenomenological study of farmers’ or ranchers’ quality of life perceptions who have conditions of aging, chronic health issues, or disability. . 2015 American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. 2015 Testing the Efficacy of Data Collection Using Pressure Mapping Technology on Tractor Seating With and Without Air Cushions. American Occupational Therapy Association. 2012
presentations invited talk Recommending Seating Supports for Agricultural Equipment, Speaker, University of Purdue-National AgrAbility Project-Virtual Workshop 2014 presentation Flipping the Classroom: Designing the 21st Century Classroom, Panelist, 2016 New Mexico Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference 2016 Futurescape Now: Incorporating Virtual Reality in the Contexts of Occupational Therapy Practice, Speaker, 2016 New Mexico Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference 2016 Rural Practice: Developing the Occupational Profile of the Farmer and Rancher: Occupational Identity, Assessment, and Intervention Design, Speaker, 2015 New Mexico Occupational Therapy Association Conference 2015 Research in Progress: Review of Tractor Seating Issues Related to Ergonomics of Difference, Speaker, International Society of Agricultural Safety and Health 2014
research overview Conducting research in agricultural machinery seat interface with operators who have ergonomics of difference.
other research activities Prevalence of Disability Among New Mexico Food Growers PI 2014 - Quality of Life Perceptions of Farmers and Ranchers with Disabilities PI 2012 - NIOSH-Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education PI 2013 - 2014
reviewer of International Journal of Rural and Remote Health (Journal) 2014 - Journal of agromedicine (Journal) 2010 -