Joanna Behm, EdD, MS, OTR/L, COMT, CDP

Joanna is a dedicated OT educator, researcher, and practitioner with expertise in inclusive excellence, interprofessional education, artificial intelligence, and chronic disease management. Her clinical background spans outpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and home health care, with advanced training in lifestyle redesign, LSVT-BIG, dementia care, and orthopedic manual therapy. Joanna finds it rewarding to see students’ clinical reasoning evolve throughout the program and into their professional practice. In addition to teaching, Joanna serves as Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Dysautonomia Support Network. Outside of work, you can find her brewing tea, reading, crafting, and hanging with her husband and free-range cat Julian.

EdD in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
MS in Occupational Therapy
BS in Health and Occupation
Certified in LSVT BIG
Certified in Manual Therapy Levels 1-4 Practitioner

• Evidence-Based Inquiry
• Research Methods & Design
• OT Process: Older Adult Practice
• Research Seminar
• Level I Fieldwork: Adult Practice

Adult Rehabilitation
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Parkinson’s Disease
Dysautonomia
Manual Therapy
Chronic Disease Management