Rebecca Ehretsman Explained

Rebecca Ehretsman
Office:18th President of Wartburg College
Education:Purdue University
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis University
Term Start:July 1, 2022
Predecessor:Darrel D. Colson
Birth Name:Rebecca L. Ehretsman
Birth Date:6 September 1972
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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.

Life

Ehretsman was born September 6, 1972, in Chicago in a Lutheran family.[1] [2] Both of her parents were educators. 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-03-21 . Get to know Dr. Rebecca Neiduski . 2023-12-25 . Wartburg College . en-US.
  2. von der Heyde . Rebecca L. . Goal Orientation and Problem-based Learning: A Qualitative Analysis in Occupational Therapy Education . 2009 . Ph.D. . Saint Louis University.
  3. Web site: Rebecca Ehretsman . 2023-12-25 . Wartburg College . en-US.
  4. Web site: Neiduski . Rebecca K. . CV . 2023-12-25 . Wartburg College.
  5. Web site: Christensen . Emily . 2022-10-06 . Meet President Neiduski: Wartburg's 18th president is the first woman to lead the college . 2023-12-25 . Wartburg College . en-US.
  6. Ehretsman . Rebecca L. . Novak . Christine B. . Mackinnon . Susan E. . Susan Mackinnon . December 1999 . Subjective Recovery of Nerve Graft Donor Site. Annals of Plastic Surgery . en . 43 . 6 . 606–612 . 10.1097/00000637-199912000-00005 . 10597820 . 0148-7043.
  7. Web site: Milone . Andy . 2022-03-21 . Wartburg College hires first female president . 2023-12-25 . Courier . en.
  8. Web site: Turner . Jonathan . 2023-02-13 . Meet new Wartburg president in the QC . 2023-12-25 . WHBF - OurQuadCities.com . en-US.