Tamicah Gelting

Tamicah Gelting serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Occupational Science & Technology programs at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, teaching since 2015 with dedicated research focus since 2018 across the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) and undergraduate Occupational Science & Technology (OST) programs.

Education:

• Currently completing PhD in Public Health (Community and Behavioral Health Promotion concentration)

Her research interrogates structural health inequities through Black Feminist Thought and community-based methodologies, examining how healthcare access disparities, labor conditions, and policy targeting of marginalized communities impact daily life engagement. Committed to transformative justice, her scholarship integrates Compa Love—an ethic of tenderness and mutual care—into rehabilitative practices for underserved populations.

No scientific awards were documented in source materials.

Gelting advises students in MSOT/OST programs using reflexive thematic analysis and interdisciplinary approaches; no grant details were specified. Her 17+ years of clinical experience spans acute care, sub-acute rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, and home health settings.