Valerie Wright-St Clair

Valerie Wright-St Clair is a New Zealand registered occupational therapist[1] and Professor of Social Gerontology and Occupational Science in the School of Health Sciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Academic career

Wright-St Clair's mother was a nurse and father a general practitioner. She completed her secondary education in Hamilton. She qualified as an occupational therapist in 1984, then practised in New Zealand hospitals and at Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland.[2]

Her career in academia began in October 1990 when she was appointed lecturer at Auckland University of Technology.[2] In November 2018 Wright-St Clair was appointed full professor at AUT with effect from 1 January 2019.[3][4]

She is co-director of the AUT Centre for Active Ageing[1][5] and joint head of research in the Occupational Science and Therapy department at AUT.[6]

Selected works

Books
  • Whiteford, Gail; Wright-St. Clair, Valerie (2005), Occupation and practice in context, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone
  • Wright St-Clair, Valerie A.; Reid, Duncan; Shaw, Susan; Ramsbotham, Joanne, eds. (2014), Evidence Based Health Practice, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-559659-5

Articles

References
  1. "Dr Valerie Wright-St Clair". Age Concern New Zealand. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. "'Older people's meaningful participation in inclusive communities': a public lecture by Valerie Wright-St Clair - 2019 Events - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "New Professors and Associate Professors announced". AUT NZ. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. "Congratulations to Professor Valerie Wright St. Clair". Occupational Therapy New Zealand Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. "Our people". AUT Centre for Active Ageing. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. "Occupational Therapy". AUT New Zealand. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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