Dr. Lyndsay Fait, OTD, OTR/L, is the founding Program Director and Assistant Professor for the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program (OTA) at Utah Valley University (UVU). She also teaches as an adjunct instructor for the OTD program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMU).
Before her new position at UVU, Dr. Fait held various positions within Salt Lake Community College’s OTA program for over 11 years, including academic fieldwork coordinator, associate professor, and program director. She has a post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy from RMU. Her expertise is in pediatric practice, both school-based and outpatient practice settings, and her research interests are in teaching, learning, and education, specifically in OT education.