Elizabeth (Boo) Murray, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
About the Author
Elizabeth (Boo) Murray, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is a senior instructional designer at CAST in Peabody, MA. As such, she applies her technical skills, mathematics background, special education experience and clinical specialties to the development of universally designed software. Before joining CAST, Dr. Murray was an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, and Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy for the Shriver Center University Affiliated Program. During her tenure as an occupational therapist, Dr. Murray presented extensively on the effects of deficits in visual perception on academic learning in children. Her doctoral research analyzed the relationship between visual-spatial abilities and mathematics achievement in both typical boys and boys with learning disabilities. Dr. Murray received her doctorate in therapeutic studies from Boston University.
