Dr. Sharon Pape OTD, MS, OTR, FNAP is a Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director for the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences Master of Science in Occupational Therapy graduate program. She joined the faculty in July 2020 and previously served 12 years as the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator (AFWC) for the occupational therapy program at Indiana University (IUPUI). Dr. Pape is also serving as the interim academic fieldwork coordinator in spring 2024.
Dr. Pape received her Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Saint Louis University, Master of Science (MS) in Health Sciences Education at Indiana University and BS in Occupational Therapy at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Pape is a Distinguished Scholar Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP).
Dr. Pape has practiced occupational therapy for 33 years across many practice settings and populations in Indiana and West Virginia. Her teaching expertise includes occupational therapy practice in primary care, clinical and interprofessional education. She was the founding faculty advisor for the occupational therapy clinic at the Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic (IUSOC). Established in 2009, IUSOC is an integrative, interprofessional student-run clinic providing gratuitous health and wellness services to the greater Indianapolis community. Her current scholarship explores effects from interprofessional pedagogical approaches conducted at a student-run health clinic among health professional students.