Steven D Taff

Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA, is Associate Professor in the Program in Occupational Therapy and Department of Medicine and Director of the Teaching Scholars Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also co-founder of the Cross--Campus Educational Research Group, a multidisciplinary community of educational scholars and innovators at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Taff served as Chair of the Commission on Education of the American...See more

Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA, is Associate Professor in the Program in Occupational Therapy and Department of Medicine and Director of the Teaching Scholars Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also co-founder of the Cross--Campus Educational Research Group, a multidisciplinary community of educational scholars and innovators at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Taff served as Chair of the Commission on Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) from 2016 to 2019 and is also a member of the leadership group of the AOTA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program. He is a co-author of the AOTA Educational Research Agenda (Revised) and the Educator's Guide for Addressing Cultural Awareness, Humility, and Dexterity in Occupational Therapy Curricula, and co-editor of the book Perspectives on Occupational Therapy Education: Past, Pre-sent, and -Future. Dr. Taff was a recipient of the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in 2017. See less