Associate Professor Deborah Bolding has been a full-time faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at San José State University since 2016. She was the coordinator of the post-professional master’s program in occupational therapy at SJSU from 2012-2015. As an occupational therapist, she has extensive professional experience with persons with injury and illness in settings ranging from the emergency department and intensive care unit to rehabilitation, home health, and out-patient settings (with emphasis in trauma and neurological problems).