Health Studies

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General Information

The School of Health Studies offers majors in public health (B.S.), and health education (B.S.Ed.), minors in public health and health education, and baccalaureate degree completion. Students interested in one of the school’s majors or minors should contact the college advising office as early as possible. Failure to do so could result in delayed graduation. Majors in the School of Health Studies who are preparing for professional practice may be dismissed from a program on the basis of either academic deficiencies or nonprofessional performance. Specific criteria relating to these areas are made known to each student at the time the professional phase of a program is initiated. Practical field training is required as part of the public health curriculum and student teaching is a required part of the health education curriculum. Students are advised that they are responsible for their own transportation to and from the training facilities and all costs associated with these activities.

Health Studies Faculty

Nailya Almagambetova, Ph.D., Syracuse University, assistant professor 
Jaeyong Bae, Ph.D., Emory University, assistant professor 
Sheila Barrett, Ph.D., Florida International University, assistant professor 
James R. Ciesla, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, professor, interim chair 
Carolinda Douglass, Ph.D., RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies, professor 
Sarah Geiger, Ph.D., West Virginia University, assistant professor 
Priyanka Ghosh Roy, Ph.D., The University of Georgia-Athens, assistant professor 
Jennifer Gray, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago, associate professor 
Beverly Henry, Ph.D., Loyola University, associate professor 
Lynn Herrmann, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, assistant professor 
Jeanne M. Isabel, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, associate professor 
Arlene Keddie, Ph.D., University of Texas, associate professor 
Jinsook Kim, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, associate professor 
Judith Lukaszuk, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, professor 
Tomoyuki Shibata, Ph.D., University of Miami, associate professor 
Masih Shokrani, Ph.D., Meharry Medical College, associate professor 
Josephine Umoren, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, associate professor 
Ping Yao, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, associate professor

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