Dr. Priganc is currently at the University of Vermont developing the Occupational Therapy program. Prior to accepting this position, she was the Program Director and Chair of the developing Occupational Therapy program at Clarkson University. Dr. Priganc has been an occupational therapist for 25 years and a certified hand therapist for 20 years. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, her Master of Science in Movement Science and Rehabilitation at the University of Vermont, and her Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational Therapy at Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Priganc serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Hand Therapy and has been active throughout her career with the American Society of Hand Therapists. Her dissertation research involved a single-subject design study that was published in the Journal of Hand Therapy. Currently, she is gathering data utilizing the single-subject design to gather and analyze data in a clinical setting..