M. POLLIE PRICE, PhD portrait
  • Program Director, Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Department Program, Occupational & Recreational Therapies
  • Associate Chair, Occupational & Recreational Therapies
  • Director of Graduate Studies , Occupational & Recreational Therapies
  • Associate Professor Emeritus, Occupational & Recreational Therapies
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Professional Service

  • The University of Minnesota, Center for Allied Health Programs (CAHP)/Occupational Therapy Program. Role: External reviewer. external review for applicant who wishes to be hired at current rank of associate professor with tenure. 02/27/2023 - 03/06/2023
  • Society for the Study of Occupation:USA. Role: member. conference committe. 10/26/2022 - present
  • Society for the Study of Occupation:USA. Role: member. membership committee. 10/26/2022 - present
  • University of Southern California Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Role: External Reviewer. External Reviewer for a faculty member being considered for promotion to full professor. 09/23/2022 - 09/26/2022
  • Monash University Department of Occupational Therapy, Brisbane, Australia. Role: Professional. RPT External Reviewer. 01/14/2021 - 01/16/2021
  • Society for the Study of Occupation-USA. Role: co-chair. SSO-USA Scientific Publications task force co-chair, appointed February 2020. 02/12/2020 - present
  • American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Role: Chair. Student Scholarship Committee . 07/15/2019 - 06/15/2020
  • American Occupational Therapy Association. Role: People Power Co-Chair. November 2017-April 2018 People Power Co-Chair for the local conference committee for the 2018 American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo, Salt Lake City, Utah. 11/17/2017 - 04/22/2018
  • American Occupational Therapy Foundation Student Scholarship Selection Committee. reviewed approximately 150 applications and ranked according to rubric. 01/05/2017 - 02/05/2017
  • OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. journal reviewer. 06/20/2016 - present
  • Society for the Study of Occupation:USA. conference planning committee member. 06/06/2016 - 10/01/2016
  • Society for the Study of Occupation: USA. conference proceedings chair. 06/06/2016 - 08/08/2016
  • Journal of Occupational Science. journal reviewer. 01/06/2016 - present
  • Society for the Study of Occupation: USA. Research Committee: publications subcommittee member. 01/04/2016 - present
  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy. journal reviewer. 01/01/2016 - present
  • American Occupational Therapy Foundation. student scholarship selection committee; . 12/15/2015 - 01/18/2016
  • American Occupational Therapy Association Student Scholarship Selection Committee. Role: member; chair. Student Scholarship Selection Committee. 12/17/2014 - 12/31/2018
  • American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Student Scholarship Selection Committee. 12/13/2014 - 01/17/2015
  • American Occupational Therapy Association. Utah Representative to the AOTA Representative Assembly. 07/15/2014 - 06/15/2016
  • Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. manuscript reviewer. 04/08/2014 - 02/17/2017
  • Qualitative Health Research Journal . manuscript reviewer. 03/26/2014 - 03/26/2014
  • American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Role: Chair. Student Scholarship Committee Chair July 2019-June 2020 Student Scholarship Committee Member-December 2014-June 2019. 02/05/2014 - 06/15/2020
  • University of Alabama-Birmingham. external reviewer for RPT. 09/30/2013 - 12/14/2013
  • American Occupational Therapy Association Representative Assembly. Utah Representative to the American Occupational Therapy Association Representative Assembly. Role: RA member. participate in the governing body of the professional association. Non-Scholarly Service. 07/2013 - 06/15/2016
  • Society for the Study of Occupation: USA abstract review coordinator. Society for the Study of Occupation: USA Research Committee Member. 01/15/2013 - 10/18/2014
  • Society for the Study of occupation: USA. Role: member. Society for the Study of Occupation: USA Research Committee member. 01/04/2013 - 01/04/2019
  • University of Utah. Role: member. Member of the Disability Studies Advisory Committee. 08/21/2009 - 01/04/2019
  • Qualitative Health Research Journal. Journal Reviewer. 07/05/2008 - present

Internal Service

  • Department RPT Advisory Committee- conducted two informal retention reviews. member, 09/20/2022 - 09/26/2022. Department service.
  • Chair, College of Health RPT Advisory Committee Chair. Chair, 11/04/2021 - present. College service.
  • Department of Occupational & Recreational Therapies Career Line Faculty Reviews. Chair, 09/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Spring 2018 to present: Director of Graduate Studies . Director of Graduate Studies, 01/10/2018 - present. University service.
  • University of Utah Interdisciplinary Panel on Stroke. panel member, 02/17/2016 - 02/17/2016. University service.
  • Faculty Appointment Advisory Committee Chair. Chair, 01/29/2015 - 02/21/2017. Department service.
  • Curriculum development ad hoc committee: Dual-entry post-professional OTD (approx. 1 hour per week). committee member, 09/17/2014 - 05/06/2021. Department service.
  • Dean’s College of Health Realignment Task Force. 09/16/2014 - 12/05/2014. College service.
  • Chair of committee to hear and deliberate a student academic appeal. Chair-Academic Appeals Committee, 12/23/2013 - 03/06/2014. College service.
  • Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Facilitation. 08/24/2013 - 05/02/2015. University service.
  • Interprofessional Education Facilitation. Faculty Facilitator, 08/2013 - 02/21/2017. University service.
  • Division Faculty Search Committee. Committee member, 08/2013 - 04/2014. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. Senator, 08/27/2012 - 05/04/2015. University service.
  • Chair - Department Advisory Committee RPT Committee: 3 hours dossier review, 1 hour meeting, 2 hours report generation. Chair, 12/04/2011 - 01/04/2019. Department service.
  • 2011 to present: University of Utah College of Health College Advisory RPT Committee. Review: 3 hours dossier review, 2 hour meeting (annual-spring). 08/24/2011 - present. College service.
  • 2011- present: Chair - Department Advisory RPT Committee: 4 hours dossier review and report preparation, 2-hour meeting (annual-fall). Chair, 08/17/2011 - present. Department service.
  • University of Utah College of Health College Advisory RPT Committee. member, 01/14/2011 - 01/04/2019. College service.
  • 2009 to present: Member of the Disability Studies Advisory Committee. 08/12/2009 - present. University service.
  • College: Qualitative Research Network. Member, 01/01/2009 - present. College service.
  • Division: Curriculum Committee. Member, 01/01/2004 - present. Other service.

Honors & Awards

  • Leadership Commendation Award for leadership on the AOTF Student Scholarship Committee. American Occupational Therapy Foundation, 04/26/2021
  • Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association. American Occupational Therapy Association, 10/15/2015
  • Spring 2011 Nominated for the University of Utah Teaching Committee Early Career teaching Award. 07/2011