Ora Prilleltensky has relocated to Miami in August 2006 to join the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. She has moved here from Nashville, TN where she was a lecturer in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. Her time at Vanderbilt was divided between teaching in the Master’s program of Human Development Counseling and the undergraduate program of Human and Organizational Development.

Ora was born in Israel and has lived and worked in Canada and Australia before relocating to the USA in 2003. She earned a Masters in School Psychology from the University of Manitoba and a doctorate (Ed.D) in Counseling Psychology from OISE at the University of Toronto. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Prilleltensky has worked in a variety of settings as a school psychologist, counselor, behavior consultant, and counseling psychologist.

Prilleltensky’s research interests include disability studies and the promotion of well-being. As a person with a disability and a wheelchair user, she has a personal and a professional interest in disability issues and disability identity. She has authored a book and several articles on motherhood and disability and has co-authored a number of articles and book chapters on promoting well-being. Along with Isaac Prilleltensky, Ora Prilleltensky is the co-author of Promoting well-being: Linking personal, organizational and community change (2006, John Wiley & Sons).