Image
Headshot of Adam DePrimo

Adam DePrimo, Ph.D., OTR/L

he/him/his

Assistant Professor

Location

Proctor Hall 314
Portland Campus for the Health Sciences

I first found the world of occupational therapy and occupational science through my work with the IDD community as an anthropologist. Since then, my primary OT experience has been in pediatrics with a special interest working with adolescents and young adults with IDD to navigate their post-secondary transitions. My current research interests and work include critical analyses of societal and occupational understandings of life transitions, applied research related to challenging and abolishing ableist structures within clinical practice and community life, and pedagogical approaches to OT and OS curriculum design.

Credentials

Education

PhD, Occupational Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2020
MS, Occupational Therapy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2014
BA, Anthropology
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
2012

Expertise

  • Adult developmental disabilities
  • Curriculum design
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Occupational therapy
  • Pediatric occupational therapy

Board Certifications and Licenses

Registered with National Board Certification of Occupational Therapy
Licensed in State of Maine, Occupational Therapy

Post-Doctoral Training

LEND Fellow, Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities, 2015

Research

Research interests

Occupational Engagement Surrounding Life-Course Transitions; Occupational Therapy Pedagogy; Critical Discourse and Occupational Science Research; Post-Secondary Opportunity for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Research topics

Development
K-12 Education
Learning
Philosophy