Rebecca (becky) L. Neiduski PhD, OTR/L, CHT

Dr. Rebecca Neiduski, Ph.D., OTR/L, CHT received a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in Education from Saint Louis University. Becky started her career in St. Louis, including 15 years of clinical practice as a certified hand therapist and 10 years as a full-time faculty member at Maryville University. She then served as the Occupational Therapy Department Chair at Concordia University Wisconsin for 4 years prior to beginning her role as the Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Elon University in June of 2017. Professionally, she was elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Hand Surgery and has served as both the Research Division Director and Annual Meeting Program Chair for the American Society of Hand Therapists. She has educated therapists in Guatemala, Romania, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, and has contributed to medical missions in Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cambodia. Becky was honored with the ASHT Paul Brand Award of Professional Excellence in 2014 and the ASHT Nathalie Barr Lectureship Award in 2016.