PhD Faculty
Faculty members in the Department of Public Health Sciences at UNC Charlotte include nationally and internationally renowned scholars. Faculty members take seriously their role as mentor, guiding students into becoming well-rounded public health professionals. Faculty mentoring and intellectual support occurs throughout the doctoral program, with guidance tailored to advancing the student’s conceptualization of research problems and accomplishment of the dissertation research.
Faculty research addresses disparities and social determinants of health across a variety of populations including women, infants/children, elderly and minorities, as well as across diverse health issues, such as chronic illnesses, health promotion behaviors, and global health. The methodological strengths of faculty encompass qualitative approaches, use of large data sets, program evaluation, community health assessment and community-based participatory research.
Program Faculty PhD
Program Faculty for the Ph.D. in Public Health Sciences are individuals with a full-time or adjunct appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences and who are regular members of the Graduate Faculty.
Public Health Sciences Faculty We have collected the faculty areas of research interest in this (document).
Arif, Ahmed, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
DeHaven, Mark, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Harver, Andrew, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Huber, Larissa Brunner, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Issel, L. Michele, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Laditka, James, Ph.D., D.A. Public Health Sciences
Laditka, Sarah, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Piper, Crystal, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Platonova, Elena, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Portwood, Sharon, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Racine, Elizabeth, Dr.PH. Public Health Sciences
Saunders, Bill, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Silverman, Gary, D.Env. Public Health Sciences
Studnicki, James, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Thompson, Michael, Dr.PH Public Health Sciences
Warren-Findlow, Jan, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Program Faculty from Other Disciplines
Arrigo, Bruce, Ph.D. Criminal Justice and Criminology
Brandon, Bill, Ph.D. Public Policy
Scheid, Teresa, Ph.D. Sociology
Troyer, Jennifer, Ph.D. Economics
Doctoral Affiliate Faculty are UNC Charlotte faculty members with a Graduate Faculty appointment, and a full-time appointment outside the Department with an interest in social and behavioral determinants of health. Individuals are listed alphabetically with their degrees and home departments.
Doctoral Affialiate Faculty
Dee Baldwin, Ph.D., RN, FAAN Nursing
Suzanne Boyd, Ph.D. Social Work
Maren Coffman, Ph.D. Nursing
Judy Cornelius, Ph.D. Nursing
Boyd Davis, Ph.D. Applied Linguistics/English
Christine S. Davis, Ph.D. Communication Studies
Virginia Gil-Rivas, Ph.D. Psychology
Shanti Kulkarni, Ph.D. Social Work
Amy Peterman, Ph.D. Psychology
Maggie Quinlan, Ph.D. Communication Studies
Dena Shenk, Ph.D. Anthropology/Gerontology
Lori Thomas, Ph.D. Social Work
Meredith Troutman, Ph.D. Nursing
Lisa Rashotte Walker, Ph.D. Sociology
Jennifer Webb, Ph.D. Psychology