Georgina Phelps

College of Health, Human Services and Nursing
Department of Occupational Therapy
Lecturer and Fieldwork Educator
310-243-2726
gphelps@csudh.edu

EDUCATION

Occupational Therapy Doctorate, Boston University
Master of Arts, Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

BIO

Dr. Phelps has practiced in many community-based settings including adult day health care programs for the elderly and disabled, day programs for adults with developmental disabilities, and transitional-age youth programs for young adults dealing with mental health issues.

Dr. Phelps has been a fieldwork educator for more than 20 years and received the Fieldwork Educator Award from the Occupational Therapy Association of California in 2016.

Dr. Phelps is an instructor of occupational therapy with a focus on innovative teaching methods. Her teaching interests are mental health and occupations to promote client engagement and wellness. Her research interests include the fieldwork experience for level II students and the learning experience for occupational therapy students in a master’s program.

SCHOLARSHIP AGENDA

Dr. Phelps demonstrates a scholarship of application by having developed a faculty-led, service-learning fieldwork site at Century Village at Cabrillo ~ a community-based, mental health setting for people who were formerly unhoused. This program not only provides OT services for the residents but also fieldwork opportunities for Level I and Level II students.  Dr. Phelp's scholarship of teaching is supported by her research interests which include the fieldwork experience for level II students and the learning experience for occupational therapy students in a master’s program.  Evidence of such scholarship can be found in Dr. Phelp's presentations.

PRESENTATIONS

Phelps, G., co-chair, presenter. (2022, February). A Tool for Asking the Right Questions and Contextual Factors/Non-Sanctioned Occupations: Are We Asking the Right Questions? 2022 Fieldwork Educators Workshop presented at California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.

Phelps, G., McIntyre, E., Doherty, B., & Martin, R. (2021, April). Panel: Occupational Justice for the Unhoused. Session presented at OTAC | 2021 OT in Mental Health Symposium: Applications of Occupational Justice to Mental Health OT, Zoom.

Phelps, G., & Thatcher, A. co-chairs. (2020, February). Demystifying Level I Fieldwork. 2020 Fieldwork Educators Workshop presented at California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.

McIntyre, E., & Phelps, G. (2019, September). An Innovative, Collaborative Fieldwork Model. Session presented at California Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Council education conference, Los Angeles, CA.

McIntyre, E., & Phelps, G. (2018, March). An Innovative, Collaborative, Community-Based Fieldwork I/II Experience. Session presented at Occupational Therapy Association of California symposium, San Diego, CA.

McIntyre, E., & Phelps, G. (2017, October). Innovative Collaboration Between Two Universities: Providing Fieldwork Experiences at a Role-Emerging, Community-Based Site. Paper presented at AOTA Education Summit, Fort Worth, TX.

Phelps, G. (2017, October). Innovative Collaboration Between Two Universities and the Local VA to Provide Fieldwork Experiences at a Multi-Faceted Community-Based Site. Poster presented at meeting of Occupational Therapy Association of California, Sacramento, CA.

Duddy, K., Phelps, G., & Sokol, C. (2017, March). Innovative Collaboration Between Two Universities and the Local VA to Provide Fieldwork Experiences at a Multi-Faceted Community-Based Site. Poster presented at meeting of American Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Jazmines Broersma, M., Penoliar, P., Peralta, T., & Phelps, G. (2015, October) Developing Non-Traditional Community Mental Health and Wellness Fieldwork Programs. Workshop presented at meeting of Occupational Therapy Association of California, Sacramento, CA.

OTHER INFORMATION

Member of the California O.T. Fieldwork Council
Advisory Board Member for CBD College O.T.A. Program