| Title: | Assoc Dean & Assoc Prof |
| Dept: | College of Health, Dean's Office |
| Office: | IM 307 |
| Phone: | 216-875-9843 |
| Email: | S.M.PATTERSON@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. IM 307, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Health Education, Southern Illinois University, 1992
M.S., Health Education, Southern Illinois University, 1989 B.S., Health Science, Mankato State University (MN), 1987 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Sheila M. Patterson serves the Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Scholarly Collaboration in CSU's new College of Health. She has also held the role of Department Chairperson at CSU and another university. Dr. Patterson is a graduate faculty and primarily teaches health behavior, research methods, epidemiology, professional ethics and food politics. Dr. Patterson is a past editor for The Health Educator: Journal of Eta Sigma Gamma and served on the national Board of Directors for Eta Sigma Gamma. Her research interests include survey research, health equity, ethics training, professional preparation of health educators and worksite health promotion. Dr. Patterson has served on the CSU IRB Committee and served as Faculty Athletic Representation for CSU Athletics/NCAA.
Dr. Patterson is a former Board Chair of the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) and has served on a variety of national committees for the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)and the American Association for Health Education (AAHE). She has published her research in a variety of health education-related journals and has made over 50 presentations at the national and state levels. Her academic background is in community health; and she also has worked as a community health educator in a county health department. Dr. Patterson has served as a consultant in the areas of needs assessment, survey research, program evaluation and as an external reviewer for health-related programs in higher education. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Worksite Health Promotion, especially in institutions of higher education
Accreditation of health related programs Professional Preparation in Health Education Ethics and Health Behavior Change Health Disparities and Community Programs | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Introductory Wellness
(online learning) Measurement and Evaluation Ethics and Health Worksite Health Promotion Human Sexuality Survey Research Qualitative Research | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Associate of Health Education
Society for Public Health Education Eta Sigma Gamma | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Department Chairperson
Former Associate Provost in a comprehensive Masters I University Former Public Health Educator in local health department in Illinois Consultant for agencies in Program Evaluation & Survey Research | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Co-Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| 2007-2009 Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Health Education
2007- Co-Chair, SOPHE Strategic Planning Implementation Committee 2006-2009 Editorial Associate, Eta Sigma Gamman 2006 Present Specialty Association (SPA) Coordinator to NCATE (for AAHE) 2006 Present Unit Accreditation Board(UAB) NCATE 2005-Present Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of American College Health 2005 - 2007 American Association of Health Education (AAHE) Student Scholarship Committee | ||