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Office Artifacts: Karen Jacobs

Sargent College prof’s collection reflects pioneering work in occupational therapy

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Karen Jacobs keeps a heap of backpacks in her office, too many to have been left behind by forgetful students during office hours.

“In 1998, when I was president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, I brought something to their attention I had noticed with my own children,” says Jacobs (Sargent’79), a College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College clinical professor of occupational therapy and program director of the online post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy. “Their backpacks were getting bigger and heavier.”