Recent Faculty Publications

Lisa Aziz-Zadeh

Liew, S.-L, Garrison, K. A., Werner, J., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. (2011). The mirror neuron system: Innovations and implications for occupational therapy. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, posted online December 19, 2011.

Liew, S.-L. & Aziz-Zadeh, L. (in press). The mirror neuron system, social control, and language. In D. Franks & J. R. Turner (Eds.), Handbook of neurosociology.

Liew, S.-L., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. (2011). The human mirror neuron system and social cognition. In R. P. Ebstein, S. Shamay-Tsoory, & S. H. Chew (Eds.), From DNA to social cognition (1st ed., pp. 63-80). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

Liew, S.-L., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. (2011). The neuroscience of language and action in occupations: A review of findings from brain and behavioral sciences. Journal of Occupational Science, 18(2), 97-114.

Aziz-Zadeh, L., Sheng, T., Liew, S.-L., & Damasio, H. (2011). Understanding otherness: The neural basis of action understanding and empathy in a congenital amputee. Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr139

Liew, S.-L., Ma, Y., Han, S., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. (2011). Who’s afraid of the boss: Cultural differences in social hierarchies modulate self-face recognition in Chinese and Americans. PLoS ONE, 6(2), e16901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016901.

Garrison, K. A., Winstein, C. J., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. S. (2010). The mirror neuron system: A neural substrate for methods in stroke rehabilitation. Neural Rehabilitation and Neural Repair. doi:10.1177/1545968309354536.

Sheng, T., Gheytanchi, A., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. S. (2010). Default network deactivations are correlated with psychopathic personality traits. PLoS ONE, 5(9), e1261. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012611.

Aziz-Zadeh, L. S., Sheng, T., & Gheytanchi, A. (2010). Common premotor regions for the perception and production of prosody and correlations with empathy and prosodic ability. PLoS ONE, 5(1), e8759. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008759.

Landau, A. N., Aziz-Zadeh, L. S., & Ivry, R. B. (2010). The influence of language on perception: Listening to sentences about faces affects the perception of faces. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(45), 15254-15261.

Liew, S.-L., Han, S., & Aziz-Zadeh, L. S. (2010). Familiarity modulates mirror neuron and mentalizing regions during intention understanding. Human Brain Mapping. doi: 10.1002/hbm.21164.

Erna Blanche

Schaaf, R., & Blanche, E. I. (2011). Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of challenging behavior. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1303-0.

Vaishampayan, A., Clark, F., Carlson, M., & Blanche, E. I. (2011). Preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury: Targeting risky life circumstances through community-based interventions. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 24(6), 275-284.

Mailloux, Z., Mulligan, S., Smith Roley, S., Blanche, E., et al. (2011). Verification and clarification of patterns of sensory integrative dysfunction. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(2), 143-151.

Schaaf, R. C., Benevides, T., Blanche, E. I., Brett-Green, B. A., et al. (2010). Parasympathetic functions in children with sensory processing disorder. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 4(4). doi: 10.3389/fnint.2010.00004

Michael Carlson

Clark, F., Jackson, J., Carlson, M., Chou, C., et al. (2011). Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: Results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech.2009.099754

Vaishampayan, A., Clark, F., Carlson, M., & Blanche, E. (2011). Preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury: Targeting risky life circumstances through a community-based interventions. Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 24(6), 275-284.

Carlson, M., Wilcox, R., Chou, C. P., Chang, M., et al. (2011). Psychometric properties of reverse-scored items on the CES-D in a sample of ethnically diverse older adults. Psychological Assessment, 23(2), 558-562.

Eakman, A. M., Carlson, M., & Clark, F. (2010). Factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity of the engagement in meaningful activities survey for older adults. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 30(3), 111-121.

Eakman, A. M., Carlson, M., & Clark, F. (2010). The meaningful activity participation assessment: A measure of engagement in personally valued activities. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 70, 339-357.

Jackson, J., Carlson, M., Rubayi, S., Scott, M., et al. (2010). Qualitative study of principles pertaining to lifestyle and pressure ulcer risk in adults with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(7), 567-578.

Sharon Cermak

Mailloux, Z., Mulligan, S., Smith Roley, S., Blanche, E., Cermak, S., Coleman, G. G., Bodison, S., & Lane, C. J. (2011). Verification and clarification of patterns of sensory integrative dysfunction. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(2), 143-151.

Stein, L. I., Polido, J. C., Mailloux, Z., Coleman, G. G., Cermak, S. A. (2011). Oral care and sensory sensitivities in children with autism spectrum disorders. Special Care Dentistry, 31(3), 102-110.

Tseng, M., Fu, C., Cermak, S. A., Lu, L., & Shieh, J. (2011). Emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children with autism: Relationship to sensory processing dysfunction. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(4), 1441-1450.

Stein, L. I., Foran, A. C., & Cermak, S. (2011). Occupational patterns of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Revisiting Matuska and Christiansen’s Model of Lifestyle Balance. Journal of Occupational Science, 18(2), 115-130.

Cermak, S. A. (2011). Twenty five years of research in developmental dyspraxia. In A. J. Ayers (Ed.), Ayres dyspraxia monograph (25th anniversary edition). Torrance, CA: Pediatric Therapy Network.

Daunhauer, L. A., Coster, W. J., Tickle-Degnen, L., & Cermak, S. A. (2010). Play and cognition among young children reared in an institution. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 30(2), 83-97.

Bandini, L., Anderson, S., Curtin, C., Cermak, S. A., et al. (2010). Food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing children. Journal of Pediatrics, 157(2), 259-264.

Cermak, S. A., Curtin, C., & Bandini, L. (2010). Food selectivity and sensory sensitivity in children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110(2), 238-246.

Florence Clark

Clark, F., Jackson, J., & Pyatak, E. (in press). Developing an integrated occupational science research program: The USC Well Elderly and Pressure Ulcer Prevention studies. In D. Pierce (Ed.), Occupational science for occupational therapy. Thorofare, NJ: Slack, Inc.

Clark, F., Jackson, J., Carlson, M., Chou, C., et al. (2011). Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: Results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech.2009.099754

Vaishampayan, A., Clark, F., Carlson, M., & Blanche, E. (2011). Preventing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury: Targeting risky life circumstances through a community-based interventions. Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 24(6), 275-284.

Carlson, M., Wilcox, R., Chou, C. P., Chang, M., Yang, F., Blanchard, J., Marterella, A., Kuo, A., & Clark, F. (2011). Psychometric properties of reverse-scored items on the CES-D in a sample of ethnically diverse older adults. Psychological Assessment, 23(2), 558-562.

Clark, F. A. (2010). Power and confidence in professions: Lessons for occupational therapy. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(5), 264-269.

Clark, F. (2010). High-definition occupational therapy: HD OT (Inaugural Presidential Address). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(6), 848-854.

Eakman, A. M., Carlson, M., & Clark, F. (2010). Factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity of the engagement in meaningful activities survey for older adults. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 30(3), 111-121.

Eakman, A. M., Carlson, M., & Clark, F. (2010). The meaningful activity participation assessment: A measure of engagement in personally valued activities. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 70, 339-357.

Jackson, J., Carlson, M., Rubayi, S., Scott, M., Atkins, M., Blanche, E., Saunders-Newton, C., Mielke, S., & Clark, F. (2010). Qualitative study of principles pertaining to lifestyle and pressure ulcer risk in adults with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(7), 567-578.

Linda Fazio

Parham, L. D., & Fazio, L. (Eds.) (2008). Play in occupational therapy for children (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Publishers.

Fazio, L. (2008). Storytelling, storymaking, and fantasy play. In L. D. Parham & L. Fazio (Eds.), Play in occupational therapy for children (2nd ed., pp. 427-443). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Publishers.

Fazio, L. (2008). Developing occupation-centered programs for the community (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Health.

Gelya Frank

Frank, G. (2011). The transactional relationship between occupation and place: Indigenous cultures in the American Southwest. Journal of Occupational Science, 18(1), 3-20.

Frank, G., & Carrier, C. (2011). Special theme issue: Occupations in space and time [guest editorial]. Journal of Occupational Science, 18(1), 1-2.

Frank, G., Baum, C., & Law, M. (2010). Chronic conditions, health, and well-being in global contexts: Occupational therapy in conversation with critical medical anthropology. In L. Manderson & C. Smith-Morris (Eds.), Chronic conditions, fluid states: Chronicity and the anthropology of illness (pp. 230-246). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Frank, G., & Goldberg, C. (2010). Defying the odds: The Tule River Tribe’s struggle for sovereignty in three centuries. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Mary Lawlor

Jacobs, L., Lawlor, M., & Mattingly, C. (2011). I/We narratives among African American families raising children with special needs. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 35(1), 3-25.

Lawlor, M. C. (2010). Autism and anthropology? Ethos, 38(1), 167-171.

Natalie Leland

Leland, N., Elliott, S., O’Malley, L., & Murphy, S. L. (2012). Occupational therapy in fall prevention: Current evidence and future directions. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 149-160.

Elliott, S. J., Ivanescu, A., Leland, N. E., Fogo, J., Painter, J. A., & Trujillo, L. G. (2012). Feasibility of interdisciplinary community-based fall risk screening. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 161-168.

Tyler, D., Leland, N., Lepore, M., & Miller, S. (2011). Effect of increased nursing home hospice use on nursing assistant staffing. The Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(11), 1-4.

Leland, N., Porell, F., & Murphy, S. L. (2011). Does fall history influence residential adjustments? The Gerontologist, 51(2), 190-200.

Steinman, B. A., Nguyen, A. Q. D., Pynoss, J., & Leland, N. (2011). Falls-prevention interventions for persons who are blind or visually impaired. INSIGHT: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness, 4(2), 83-91.

Trudy Mallinson

Fitzgerald, C. M., Neville, C. E., Mallinson, T., Badillo, S. A., et al. (2011). Pelvic floor muscle examination in female chronic pelvic pain. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 56(3-4), 117-122.

Mallinson, T. R., Bateman, J., Tseng, H. Y., Manheim, L., et al. (2011). A comparison of discharge functional status after rehabilitation in skilled nursing, home health, and medical rehabilitation settings for patients after lower-extremity joint replacement surgery. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92(5), 712-720.

Mallinson, T., Hammel, J. (2010). Measurement of participation: Intersecting person, task, and environment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(9 Suppl), S29-33.

Ehrlich-Jones, L., Mallinson, T., Fischer, H., Bateman, J., et al. (2010). Increasing physical activity in patients with arthritis: A tailored health promotion program. Chronic Illness, 6(4), 272-281.

Mallinson, T., & Fischer, H. (2010). Rehabilitation research. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(3), 506-514.

Dobrez, D., Heinemann, A., Deutsch, A., Manheim, L., & Mallinson, T. (2010). Impact of Medicare’s prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities on stroke patient outcomes. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(3), 198-204.

Cheryl Mattingly

Mattingly, C., Grøn, L., & Meinert, L. (2011). Chronic homework in emerging borderlands of healthcare. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 35(3), 347-375.

Jacobs, L., Lawlor, M., & Mattingly, C. (2011). I/We narratives among African American families raising children with special needs. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 35(1), 3-25.

Mattingly, C. F. (2010). Moral willing as narrative re-envisioning. In K. M. Murphy & C. J. Throop (Eds.), Toward an anthropology of the will (pp. 50-68). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Mattingly, C. (2010). The paradox of hope: Journeys through a clinical borderland. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Jaynee Taguchi Meyer

Stutz-Tanenbaum, P., Johnson, C., & Meyer, J. T. (2010, Dec. 20). The AOTA fieldwork educator certificate program. OT Practice, 15(22), 18-20.

William Morgan

Morgan, W. J. (2011). In praise of athletic and cultural mongrelization. Quest, 63(1), 152-157.

Morgan, W. J. (2010). Bullshitters, markets, and the privatization of public discourse about sports. American Behavioral Scientist, 53(11), 1574-1589.

Deborah Pitts

Krupa, T., Fossey, E., Anthony, W., Brown, C., & Pitts, D. B. (2009). Doing daily life: How occupational therapy can inform psychiatric rehabilitation practice. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32(3), 541-547.

Pitts, D. B. (2009). Introduction to special section on occupational therapy in psychiatric rehabilitation. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32(3), 537-540.

Rachel Proffitt

Proffitt, R. M., Alankus, G., Kelleher, C. L., & Engsberg, J. R. (2011). Use of computer games as an intervention for stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 18(4), 417-427.

Lange, B., Flynn, S., Proffitt, R., Chien-Yen, C., & Rizzo, A. (2010). Development of an interactive game-based rehabilitation tool for dynamic balance training. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 17(5), 345-352.

Beth Pyatak

Clark, F., Jackson, J., & Pyatak, E. (in press). Developing an integrated occupational science research program: The USC Well Elderly and Pressure Ulcer Prevention studies. In D. Pierce (Ed.), Occupational science for occupational therapy. Thorofare, NJ: Slack, Inc.

Pyatak, E. (2011). Participation in occupation and diabetes self-management in emerging adulthood. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(4), 462-469.

Pyatak, E. (2011). The role of occupational therapy in diabetes self-management interventions. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health, 31(2), 89-96.

Pyatak, E., & Muccitelli, L. (2011). Rap music as resistive occupation: Constructions of Black American identity and culture for performers and their audiences. Journal of Occupational Science, 18(1), 48-61.

Shawn Roll

Roll, S. C., Evans, K. D., Hutmire, C. D., & Baker, J. P. (In Press). An analysis of occupational factors related to shoulder discomfort in diagnostic medical sonographers and vascular technologists. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation.

Evans, K. D., Roll, S. C., Volz, K., & Freimer, M. (In Press). Relationship of spectral Doppler of intraneural vascular flow to electrodiagnostic studies in the median nerve. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Roll, S. C., Evans, K. D., Li, X., Sommerich, C. M., & Case-Smith, J. (In Press). Importance of tissue morphology relative to patient reports of symptoms and functional limitations due to median nerve pathology. American Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Evans, K. D., Roll, S. C., Volz, K. R., & Freimer, M. (2012). Relationship between intraneural vascular flow measured with ultrasound and carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis based on electro diagnostic testing. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 31, 729-736.

Evans, K. D., Volz, K. R., Hutmire, C., & Roll, S. C. (2012). Morphologic characterization of intraneural flow associated with median nerve pathology. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 28, 11-19.

Roll, S. C., Evans, K. D., Li, X., Freimer, M., & Sommerich, C. M. (2011). Screening for carpal tunnel syndrome using ultrasonography. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 30, 1657-1667.

Roll, S. C., Case-Smith, J., & Evans, K. D. (2011). Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography versus electromyography in carpal tunnel syndrome: A systematic review of literature. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 37, 1539-1553.

Roll, S. C., & Evans, K. D. (2011). Sonographic representation of bifid median nerve and persistent median artery. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 27(2), 89-94.

Evans, K. D., Roll, S. C., Hutmire, C. D., & Baker, J. P. (2010). Factors that contribute to wrist-hand-finger discomfort in diagnostic medical sonographers and vascular technologists. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 26, 121-129.

Evans, K. D., Roll, S. C., Li, X., & Sammet, S. (2010). A holistic evaluation of risk factors for work related musculoskeletal distress among asymptomatic sonographers performing neurosonology: A pilot study. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 26, 64-78.

Olga Solomon

Solomon, O. (in press). The uses of technology for and with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In L. L’Abate & D. A. Kaiser (Eds.), Handbook of technology in psychology, psychiatry, and neurology: Theory, research, and practice. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Solomon, O. (2011). Body in autism: A view from social interaction. In V. Ramanathan & P. McPherron (Eds.), Language, body, and health (pp. 105-142). New York, NY: Mouton de Gruyter.

Solomon, O. (2011). Rethinking baby talk. In B. Schieffelin, E. Ochs, & A. Duranti (Eds.), Handbook of language socialization (pp. 121-140). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.

Solomon, O. (2010). Sense and the senses: Anthropology and the study of autism. Annual Review of Anthropology, 39, 241-59.

Solomon, O. (2010). What a dog can do: Children with autism and therapy dogs in social interaction. Ethos, Special Issue: Autism: Rethinking the Possibilities, 38(1), 143-166.

Ochs, E., & Solomon, O. (2010). An anthropological approach to autistic sociality. Ethos, Special Issue: Autism: Rethinking the Possibilities, 38(1), 69-92.

Solomon, O., & Bagatell, N. (2010). Introduction. Autism: Rethinking the possibilities. Ethos, Special Issue: Autism: Rethinking the Possibilities, 38(1), 1-7.

Susan Spitzer

Kuhaneck, H. M., Spitzer, S. L., & Miller, E. (2010). Activity analysis, creativity, and playfulness in pediatric occupational therapy: Making play just right. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC.

Spitzer, S. L. (2010). Common and uncommon daily activities in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Challenges and opportunities for supporting occupation. In H. Miller Kuhaneck & R. Watling (Eds.), Autism: A comprehensive occupational therapy approach (3rd ed., pp. 203-233). Bethesda, MD: American Occupational Therapy Association.

Barbara Thompson

Eagleson, K. L., Campbell, D. B., Thompson, B. L., Bergman, M. Y., & Levitt, P. (2011). The autism risk genes MET and PLAUR differentially impact cortical development. Autism Research, 4(1), 68-83.

Thompson, B. L., & Levitt, P. (2010). The clinical-basic interface in defining pathogenesis in disorders of neurodevelopmental origin. Neuron, 67(5), 702-712.

Thompson, B. L., & Levitt, P. (2010). Now you see it, now you don’t—Closing in on allostasis and developmental basis of psychiatric disorders. Neuron, 65(4), 437-439.

Thompson, B. L., Stanwood, G. D., & Levitt, P. (2010). Specificity of prenatal cocaine exposure effects on cortical interneurons is independent from dopamine D1 receptor co-localization. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 39, 228-234.