{"id":11,"date":"2026-04-17T15:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:53:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Alexander is a founding faculty member in the Physician Assistant and Physical Therapy Programs at Tarleton State University. He is a licensed physical therapist with broad clinical experience across a variety of settings, including neuro-focused inpatient rehabilitation, early childhood intervention, the neonatal intensive care unit, and outpatient pediatrics. His clinical background is complemented by a strong passion for the development of clinically applied anatomy curricula for graduate health professional programs. Dr. Alexander brings extensive teaching experience across multiple health professions programs, integrating clinical relevance, anatomical rigor, and educational innovation into his instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-b735d355-14fa-48ad-b8bc-e7f92c20fc13 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#fff;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M17,13h-4v4h-2v-4H7v-2h4V7h2v4h4V13z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M17,13H7v-2h10V13z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h3 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Education<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD Medical and Health Professions Education, Concentration Contemporary Human<br>Anatomy Education, Old Dominion University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctor of Physical Therapy, Hardin-Simmons University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Science Health &amp; Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#fff;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M17,13h-4v4h-2v-4H7v-2h4V7h2v4h4V13z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M17,13H7v-2h10V13z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h3 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Accomplishments<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provider of the year, 2018, Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), Betty Hardwick Center,<br>Abilene, Texas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. William R. 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He is a licensed physical therapist with broad clinical experience across a variety of settings, including neuro-focused inpatient rehabilitation, early childhood intervention, the neonatal intensive care unit, and outpatient pediatrics. His clinical background is complemented by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/author\/sw_ttremaintarleton-edu\/","display_name":"Tremain, Taylor"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 weeks ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 17, 2026","modified":"Updated on April 29, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 17, 2026 3:07 pm","modified":"Updated on April 29, 2026 2:53 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/aalexander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}