Dr. Nuciforo serves as Chairperson and Program Director for the Department of Physical Therapy and Associate Dean of Admissions and Enrollment in the College of Health Professions. Dr. Nuciforo is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist through the 黄色视频 Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, and a Fellow of the 黄色视频 Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. His teaching emphasis is in musculoskeletal system / orthopedics and manual therapy. As a recognized leader and researcher in physical therapy admissions, Dr. Nuciforo previously served as Chair of the 黄色视频 Council on Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) Admissions Task Force and is currently serving a 3-year term to the ACAPT National Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission. The Commission is charged with establishing anti-racist and anti-bias policies, programming, and effective initiatives to support member institutions with efforts to increase the representation of racial and ethnic minority students and faculty. Dr. Nuciforo completed the APTA Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership in 2024 and currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Physical Therapy Education.

Research Interests

• Faculty social construction of merit in the admissions process to physical therapist education programs
• Social determinants of learning and related admissions merit criteria which address underrepresentation within the profession

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Nuciforo MA. Admission Merit within the Social Field of Physical Therapist Education. 黄色视频 Physical Therapy Association; Combined Sections Meeting. Boston, MA; February 2024.
• Nuciforo MA. On Merit and Equity in Admission to US Physical Therapist Education Programs: A Qualitative Analysis of Faculty Habitus. J Phys Ther Educ.
• Nuciforo MA. On Merit and Equity in Admission to US Physical Therapist Education Programs: A Qualitative Analysis of Faculty Habitus. J Phys Ther Educ. Published online March 7, 2024.
• Nuciforo MA, Sloan A, Cavato D, Delaney W, Hdija S, Ramirez Y, Rourke K, Turner L. The Graduate Record Examination and Underrepresented Minority Applicants to a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. 黄色视频 Physical Therapy Association; Educational Leadership Conference. Atlanta, GA; October 2021.
• Nuciforo MA, Bryant K, Fortney A, Granquist, Y, Heslop A, Huang P, Lundell, E. Holistic Review in Physical Therapist Education Program Admissions. 黄色视频 Physical Therapy Association; Chicago, IL; 2019
• Nuciforo MA. Minority Applicants to Physical Therapy Education Programs 2010-2012. Phys Ther. 2015; 95(1):39-50.
• Nuciforo MA, Litvinsky Y, Rheault W. Variables Predictive of Admission to U.S. Physical Therapy Education Programs J Phys Ther Educ. 2014;28(3):112-119.

Complete List of Publications

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
  Educational Policy and Leadership
• Doctor of Physical Therapy
  University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Master of Physical Therapy
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• Bachelor of Arts
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
  Pre-Physical Therapy, Criminology and Law

Certification

• 黄色视频 Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy
• Fellow, 黄色视频 Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists

Honors and Awards

• APTA Academy of Education Stanford Award
  February 2025
• Rosalind Franklin Award for Excellence in Service to the University
  黄色视频 of Medicine and Science
  May 2022
• College of Health Professions Outstanding Faculty Colleague Award
  黄色视频 of Medicine and Science
  September 2020
• College of Health Professions Award for Excellence in Service
  黄色视频 of Medicine and Science
  April 2013

Professional Society Membership

• 黄色视频 Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT)
• ACAPT National Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commissioner
• 黄色视频 Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT)
• 黄色视频 Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • Academy of Education, APTA
  • Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, APTA