Barbara J. Hemphill, DMin, OTR, FAOTA, received her Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy from the University of Iowa. She received her Master of Science degree in occupational therapy from Colorado State University. During her tenure as a therapist at Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, she was fortunate to work with Dr. Maxwell Jones, the founder of the Therapeutic Community Concept in mental health, and developed the B.H. Battery, a projective test based on analytical frame of reference. She began her teaching career at Cleveland State University. She became an associate professor and tenured in the department of occupational therapy at Western Michigan University. She retired emeritus after 19 years. In addition to her degrees, she has an earned Doctor of Ministry degree from the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit. Dr. Hemphill has served on the editorial boards of the Occupational Therapy Practice Journal and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and presently serves on the editorial board of the Occupational Therapy in Mental Health journal. She has written numerous international, national, and state peer-reviewed papers. Her papers include two at the World Federation for Occupational Therapy: one entitled "Holism in Occupational Therapy" and the second entitled "Occupational Therapy and Spirituality: A Global Perspective." She has presented numerous papers at national occupational therapy conferences. Among them are: "Methods in Spirituality: An Educational Experience," "Spirituality in the Treatment Setting," "Spirituality in the Health Care Setting," and "Spirituality as an Occupation." At the state level, she has presented papers at the Michigan Occupational Therapy conference, and her presentations have included "Spiritual Assessments in the Treatment Setting" and "Spirituality With the Intellectual Disabled." Her publication record has spanned over 25 years. Her most proud accomplishment is having edited books on the topic of mental health assessment. Among them are The Evaluative Process in Psychiatric Occupational Therapy, which was translated into Japanese; Mental Health Assessment in Occupational Therapy; and Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health. She has published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. The topics range from marketing to depression to deinstitutionalization. Her most recent publication focused on social justice and spirituality in occu