Dr. Diane Dirette receives distinguished alumni award

Dr. Diane Dirette has been named recipient of the fourth annual Jim Hinojosa Distinguished Alumni Award, an award initiated to recognize outstanding NYU Steinhardt Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) alumni who have made significant contributions to the profession.

Dr. Dirette is a two-time alum of NYU OT, having earned her M.A. in Advanced Occupational Therapy in 1993 and her Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy in 1997. She is a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Western Michigan University and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT), an open-access scholarly journal she founded in 2010. 

Dr. Dirette is also the new co-editor, with fellow NYU OT alum Dr. Sharon Gutman (M.A. ‘95 Ph.D. ’98), of the 8th edition of the textbook Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, formerly edited by Radomski and Trombly. She is also the co-editor (with Dr. Ben Atchison) of the 5th edition of Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance, with the 6th edition in process.

Read more about the award and an interview with Dr. Dirette on the NYU website.