Pathway to Academia: Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Faculty Who Identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color.

Importance: A reflection of the experiences of faculty from underrepresented backgrounds who have been recruited into academia and retained may enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility, and belonging initiatives, such as pipeline programs, mentorship programs, and outreach.

Objective: To explore the experiences and perceptions of occupational therapy educators who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) as they navigated the path that led them to academia.

Design: A phenomenological descriptive study with semistructured interviews and a demographic survey.

Exploring Interoceptive Awareness With Adults: Occupational Therapy Practitioner Knowledge, Perception, and Practice Patterns.

As the literature states, interoception is important in health and wellness. Disruption of this system can negatively impact occupational performance. We completed a descriptive study to understand how occupational therapy practitioners working with adults address interoceptive awareness.

Addressing Phantom Pain Through Occupational Participation: A Qualitative Study of Support Group Participants.

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the adaptation process of support group participants who are survivors of lower limb amputation (LLA) experiencing phantom limb pain (PLP). The study followed a qualitative, descriptive phenomenological design. Ten adult participants with LLA met inclusion criteria and through semi-structured interviews shared their lived experience.

Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people.

In this paper, we reported the butterflies and moths that are consumed in Mexico. We identified 67 species of Lepidoptera that are eaten principally in their larval stage in 17 states of Mexico. These species belong to 16 families: Arctiidae, Bombycidae, Castniidae, Cossidae, Geometridae, Hepialidae, Hesperiidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Pyralidae, Saturniidae, Sesiidae, and Sphingidae.

Edible aquatic Coleoptera of the world with an emphasis on Mexico.

Anthropoentomophagy is an ancient culinary practice wherein terrestrial and aquatic insects are eaten by humans. Of these species of insects, terrestrial insects are far more commonly used in anthropoentomophagy than aquatic insects. In this study we found that there are 22 genera and 78 species of edible aquatic beetles in the world.