Graduating Class of 2023 Names Teacher of the Year
The University of Scranton’s graduating class of 2023 named William Lambert, faculty specialist for occupational therapy, as Teacher of the Year. From left, Prof. Lambert and University of Scranton President Rev. Joseph Marina, S.J., at the Teacher of the Year award presentation at Class Night.William Lambert, faculty specialist for occupational therapy, was named Teacher of the Year by The University of Scranton’s class of 2023. The award was presented at Class Night on May 19.
The award honors a faculty member who maintains high standards of academic excellence and fairness, and through enthusiasm and dedication, inspires the interest of students in a field of education. The University’s Faculty Senate Academic Support Committee instituted the award in 1996.
Prof. Lambert joined the faculty at Scranton in 2009 and has more than 22 years of experience working with children, adolescents and families in inpatient and community settings. At the University, he teaches the psychosocial-based courses and has conducted ongoing research on current preferred adolescent interests and occupations. He developed the Scranton Adolescent Interest Checklist © as a contemporary assessment tool for use with this population.
Prof. Lambert authored chapters on both children and adolescents in Cara and MacRae’s 2019 textbook “Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: An Evolving Process” and on posttraumatic stress disorder in Weiss, Morgan, and Kinnealey’s “A Practitioners Guide to Clinical Occupational Therapy,” published in 2012. Prof. Lambert was the lead author of the psychosocial chapters in the National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam Review and Study Guide, published in 2019, and the National OTA Certification Exam Review and Study Guide, both edited by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy. He has presented numerous times at state and national occupational therapy conferences.
Prof. Lambert is on the editorial board of the journal Occupational Therapy in Healthcare. He is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists
Prof. Lambert earned a bachelor’s degree in English and psychology from King’s College, a bachelor’s in occupational therapy from Misericordia University and a master’s in occupational therapy from The University of Scranton.
A recording of the Class Night ceremony can be seen here.
