Rate My Professor Glenda Hux

Glenda Hux, OTD, OTR/L, IHC, FNAP, serves as Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy in the Department of Communication Disorders and Occupational Therapy at the University of Arkansas, with a joint appointment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She earned her Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Boston University. With over two decades of experience as an occupational therapist, she has held leadership roles including president and legislative chair of the Mississippi Occupational Therapy Association, member of the Mississippi Department of Health Licensure Advisory Council for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, the AOTPAC Circle of Advisors, officer on the CFC International Board of Directors, and board member of the Sensory Treatment and Research Institute. At the University of Arkansas, she leads the Interprofessional Education Council in the College of Education and Health Professions, established in 2022 to advance collaborative practice and education for health and education outcomes.

Dr. Hux directs the Hux Occupation Lab, focusing on the impact of prolonged stress and adversity on neural network processing and occupational performance in daily life. She developed the Integrative Neural Networks frame of reference to facilitate occupational engagement for caregivers under prolonged stress and is a UAMS STARS Translational Research Institute scholar examining prolonged stress effects on interoception. Her research encompasses lived experiences of parents of children and youth with special healthcare needs, social participation for dementia care dyads via student-led community initiatives, classroom behaviors' influence on teacher stress through interprofessional education, and gardening interventions for youth with adverse childhood experiences. Notable publications include Hux, G. E., & Schoen, S. A. (2025). Integrative Neural Networks: A Novel Frame of Reference to Support Occupational Engagement in Caregivers. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(4), 1-16; and Hux, G. E., & Schoen, S. (2025). Integrative Neural Networks Frame of Reference: Application in Practice. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(4), 1-12. She was elected Distinguished Fellow of the Occupational Therapy Academy at the National Academies of Practice in 2025, alongside University of Arkansas commendations for research development in 2023 and 2024, and teaching commitment in 2023.