Academic
Catalog August 2008 - August 2009 Undergraduate
and Graduate
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Name &Title |
Credentials |
Focus |
At NAU |
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Christine Ahmed, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., St.. Cloud University; M.S., University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; Ph.D., Texas Woman's University 1994) |
Tobacco prevention, school health, women's health |
NAU 2007 |
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Rita Cruz Begay, Dr.P.H., Assistant Professor
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(B.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., University of California–Berkeley 1986) |
Rural health, American Indian health |
NAU 2001
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Rachel Billowitz, M.P.H |
(M.P.H The University of Arizona) |
Public Health |
NAU 1999 |
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Laura Bounds, M.S., Assistant Clinical Professor
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B.B.A. Accounting, Texas A&M University: M.S. Health Sciences, Texas A&M University 1997 |
Certified Health Education Instructor, CPR/ First Aid Instructor, Emergency Response Instructor, American Council on Exercise: Group Fitness Instructor. |
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Roger Bounds, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor
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(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University 2000)
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Allied health education, distance education, fitness education, substance abuse
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NAU 2001
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Betty Brown, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor
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(B.A. French, Southern Methodist University; M.A. French Literature, University of Cincinnati; B.S.R.N. Nursing, University of Texas; M.P.H. Epidemiology, Tulane University, 1980; Ph.D. Sociology, Arizona State University 2007) |
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NAU 1998 |
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Stephanie Cotton, M.A., Instructor
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B.S. Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Florida State University 1998; M.A. Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin 2000 |
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NAU 2004 |
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William R. Culbertson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor
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(B.A., University of Richmond; M.S., Old Dominion University; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1981) |
Motor speech disorders, anatomy and physiology, phonology
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NAU 1993
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Gary Dunagan, M.A., Instructor
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(B.S., M.A., Northern Arizona University 1987) |
Physical education activities, activities for special populations |
NAU 1989 |
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Ellen Larson, M.S., C.H.E.S., Instructor
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(B.S. State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, N.Y.; M.S. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.; Certified Health Education Specialist ) |
Health Standards & Assessment Trainer Certified K-12 Health and Physical Education Instructor |
NAU 2000 |
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Deborah J. McCormick, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor
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(B.S., University of Mary-Hardin Baylor; M.S., Baylor University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1995) |
Distance education, social and emotional health, service learning
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NAU 1999
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Stephen Palmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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(B.A., M.A., California State University–Chico; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2001) |
Physical education pedagogy, web-based instruction
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NAU 2001
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John P. Sciacca, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Central Michigan University; M.P.H., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., Purdue University 1986) |
Peer health education, program evaluation, health promotion, behavior change
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NAU 1985 |
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Dennis Tanner, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S. Idaho State University; Ph.D. Michigan State University) |
Speech Science, aphasia, stuttering
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NAU 1976 |
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Bill Wiist, DHSc, MPH, MS; Professor, Department Chair
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(M.S., Walla Walla College; DHSc and MPH Loma Linda University, 1975) |
Violence prevention, religion and health, social determinants of health |
NAU 2006
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Adjunct Faculty |
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James Galloway, M.D.
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(B.S., M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, M.D. Medical College of Virginia, 1982) |
Cardiology, American Indian/Alaskan Native Health Promotion. |
NAU 2004 |
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Cristine C. Henry, Dr.P.H. |
(B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., University of South Carolina 1999) |
Health education |
NAU 1996 |
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Priscilla Sanderson, Ph.D. |
(B.A., Southwestern College; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 2005) |
Disability and rehabilitation research for American Indians with disabilities, breast cancer among Native women, community needs assessments
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NAU 1992
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Kathleen Stafford
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(BS, City University, 2003) |
Health Administration |
NAU 2005 |
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Mark Veazie, Dr.P.H.
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(B.S., M.P.H., University of Washington–Seattle; Dr.P.H., Johns Hopkins University 1995 |
Public health
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NAU 2003
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Nancy Williams, Ph.D.
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(B.S. Duke University; M.S. University of Arizona; M.P.H. UCLA; Ph.D. UCLA 1994, Ph.D. NAU 2004) |
Behavioral Science and Health Education |
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Faculty Emeriti |
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Paul Brynteson, D.P.E., Professor Emeritus
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(B.A., Concordia College; M.P.H., University of Arizona; M.S., D.P.E., Springfield College 1998) |
Health fitness, health promotion, health planning |
NAU 1993 (Retired 2008) |
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Alan F. Flitcraft, M.S., Associate Professor
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(B.S., M.S., Florida State University 1966 |
Physical education
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NAU 1966 (retired 1997) |