Rebecca L. Ehretsman (formerly von der Heyde and Neiduski; born September 6, 1972) is an American occupational therapist and academic administrator serving as the eighteenth president of Wartburg College since 2022. She is a hand therapist specialized in flexor tendon rehabilitation.
Rebecca Ehretsman | |
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| 18th President of Wartburg College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Darrel D. Colson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebecca L. Ehretsman September 6, 1972 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Purdue University (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MS) Saint Louis University (PhD) |
Life
editEhretsman was born September 6, 1972, in Chicago in a Lutheran family.[1][2] Both of her parents were educators.[3] She completed a B.A. in movement and sport science with minors in psychology and English at Purdue University in 1994.[2][3][4] In 1997, she earned a M.S. in occupational therapy from Washington University in St. Louis.[3][4] Christine Novak was her master's project chair.[5] Ehretsman's master's thesis titled, Subjective Recovery of Nerve Graft Donor Site, was published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery in 1999.[2][6]
Ehretsman is a certified hand therapist specializing in flexor tendon rehabilitation.[3] From 1998 to 1999, she was an occupational therapist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.[4] She was a hand therapist at the Milliken Hand Rehabilitation Center from 1999 to 2013 and Shriners Hospitals for Children from 2007 to 2013.[4] From 2002 to 2013, Ehretsman was an associate professor of occupational therapy with tenure at Maryville University.[7] She graduated with a Ph.D. in education from Saint Louis University in 2009.[3][4] Her dissertation was titled, Goal Orientation and Problem-based Learning: A Qualitative Analysis in Occupational Therapy Education.[2] Michael P. Grady was her doctoral advisor.[2] From 2013 to 2017, she was the chair and program director of the department of occupational therapy at Concordia University Wisconsin.[7] From June 2017 to June 2022, she was a professor of health sciences and dean of the school of health sciences at Elon University.[4][7] On July 1, 2022, Ehretsman became the eighteenth president of Wartburg College, succeeding Darrel D. Colson.[7] She is its first female president.[8]
Selected works
edit- Abzug, Joshua M.; Kozin, Scott H.; Neiduski, Rebecca, eds. (2019). Pediatric Hand Therapy. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0-323-53093-4.
References
edit- ^ "Get to know Dr. Rebecca Neiduski". Wartburg College. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ a b c d e von der Heyde, Rebecca L. (2009). Goal Orientation and Problem-based Learning: A Qualitative Analysis in Occupational Therapy Education (Ph.D. thesis). Saint Louis University.
- ^ a b c d e "Rebecca Ehretsman". Wartburg College. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ a b c d e f Neiduski, Rebecca K. "CV" (PDF). Wartburg College. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ Christensen, Emily (2022-10-06). "Meet President Neiduski: Wartburg's 18th president is the first woman to lead the college". Wartburg College. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ Ehretsman, Rebecca L.; Novak, Christine B.; Mackinnon, Susan E. (December 1999). "Subjective Recovery of Nerve Graft Donor Site". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 43 (6): 606–612. doi:10.1097/00000637-199912000-00005. ISSN 0148-7043. PMID 10597820.
- ^ a b c d Milone, Andy (2022-03-21). "Wartburg College hires first female president". Courier. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ Turner, Jonathan (2023-02-13). "Meet new Wartburg president in the QC". WHBF - OurQuadCities.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25.