Francine Seruya

  • Professor and Program Director, Occupational Therapy
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Francine M Seruya PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Dr. Francine Seruya received her BA in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and her MA and PhD in Occupational Therapy from New York University New York, NY. Dr Seruya began her teaching career as an adjunct faculty at Mercy University and then followed with adjunct positions at New York University, Kean University, and Dominican College. Dr. Seruya was a Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. She was also the Program Director for their Post-Professional Doctoral Program.

Her professional experience is in school based and Early Intervention settings and her research focuses on the role of occupational therapists in school based settings and parent coaching models in Early Intevention practice. Dr. Seruya has multiple publications in the occupational therapy literature and presentations at national and regional conferences. She also is an editor on recent texts in Occupational Therapy including the use of theory in school based settings and frames of reference in pediatric practice. Dr Seruya has recently worked with colleauges at Mercy to obtain a 2.1 million dollar HRSA grant to support students as beginning researchers exploring challenges of Hispanic Mothers parenting with menatl health diagnoses.

  • M.B.A., Managerial Analytics, Mercy University
  • Ph. D. and M.A., Occupational Therapy, New York University
    B.A., Forensic Psychology, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

OCTR 503 Evidence Based Practice in Occupational Therapy

  • OCTR 525 Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry in Occupational Therapy
  • Selected Capstone Courses

Friedman, Z., Ochoa, J., Prisco, D. & Seruya, F. (2023). Connected rhythm: A scoping review of therapeutic drumming as an intervention for autistic individuals. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 11(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2133

Seruya, F. M., Feit, E., Tirado, A., Ottomanelli, D., & Celio, M. (2022). Caregiver coaching in early intervention: A scoping review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76, 7604205070. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.049143

Friedman, Z. L., Hubbard, K., & Seruya, F. (2022) Building better teams: Impact of education and coaching intervention on interprofessional collaboration between teachers and occupational therapists in schools, Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, DOI: 10.1080/19411243.2022.2037492 

Seruya, F.M., Harkins, A.L., Zimmerman, E.P., & Bahamonde, R.E. (2021). Perceived barriers, challenges, successes, and rewards of leadership positions in colleges of health professions: A survey of female administrators. Journal of Allied Health. 50(2), 45E-51E.

Pereira, I. J., & Seruya, F. M. (2021). Occupational therapists’ perspectives on family-centered practices in early intervention. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9(3), 1-12.

Dondorf-Brooks, K., Seruya, F. M., Trenz, R. C., & Stanton-Koko, M. (2020). Parenting with a disability: A descriptive analysis of socioeconomically disadvantaged women in vocational rehabilitation. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 51(2), 134-145. 

Trenz, R.C., Seruya, F.M., & Dondorf-Brooks, K.D. (2020). Predictors of employment among underrepresented women and TANF recipients that completed vocational rehabilitation services. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 53, 249-256.

Seruya, F.M. & Garfinkel, M. (2020). Caseload and workload: Current trends in school-based practice across the US. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.039818