DHA Program Faculty and Staff

 

CMU has specifically developed a faculty group to directly support the DHA program. This program infrastructure ensures the responsiveness, advisement, and program oversight necessary to promote student success in a rigorous application-based doctoral program. All DHA faculty are members of the graduate faculty at Central Michigan University; this includes both core CMU faculty and visiting faculty from other institutions.
In addition, a program director, a professor in the College of Health Professions, will be responsible for the overall academic coordination of the program, communication with faculty, and serve as a liaison between the cohort and the university.

 

DHA Program Team
 

Steven D. Berkshire, EdD, MHA, SPHR, FACHE
Professor/Director, Doctor of Health Administration

Phone: (989) 774-1640
Fax: (989) 774-2888
E-mail: 
berks1sd@cmich.edu

 

Mark Cwiek, J.D., MHA, FACHE
Professor
Director, Health Administration Programs
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Office: Health Professions Building 1217
Phone: (989) 774-1338
Fax: (989) 773-6041
E-mail: cwiek1ma@cmich.edu

 

Lana Ivanitskaya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Administration Programs
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Office: Health Professions Building 1205
Phone: (989) 774-1639
Fax: (989) 774-
2888
E-mail: ivani1sv@cmich.edu
 

 

James A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Administration Programs
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Office: Health Professions Building 1204
Phone: (989) 774-2852
Fax: (989) 774-
2888
E-mail: johns6ja@cmich.edu

 

Bernie Kerr, Ed.D., MHA, FACHE
Professor
Health Administration Programs
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Office: Health Professions Building 1208
Phone: (989) 774-1351
Fax: (989) 774-2888
E-mail:
kerrj1bj@cmich.edu

 

Robert L. Barber, DHA, MAPA, FHFMA
Director of Payer Contract Compliance
Carolinas Healthcare System
Charlotte, NC

Phone: 704.544.0779
Fax: 704.544.9592
E-mail: BarberRL@compuserve.com

 

Albert Bonnema, MD
Physician Epidemiologist
Population Health Support Division
Brooks City-Base, TX 78235

Phone: (210) 536-6512
Fax: (210) 536-2863
E-mail: 
bonnemaa@sbcglobal.net

 

Lawrence V. Fulton, Ph.D., FACHE
Healthcare Operations Research Analyst
Army Medical Department Center for Strategic Studies


Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

Phone: (210) 295-8632
E-mail:  lfulton@satx.rr.com   

 

Michael H. Kennedy, Ph.D., MHA, FACHE
Associate Professor
East Carolina University
Department of Health Services & Information Management
4340L Health Sciences Building
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Tel: 252.744.6182
Fax: 252.744.6179
E-Mail: kennedym@ecu.edu

 

Lynn Unruh, Ph.D, RN
College of Health and Public Affairs
Health Services Administration Program
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-2205

Phone: (407) 823-4237
Fax: (407) 823-6138
E-mail: lunruh@mail.ucf.edu

 

Theresa Ames
Executive Secretary
Health Administration Programs
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI  48859

Office: Health Professions Building 1216
Phone: (989) 774-1351
Fax: (989) 774-2888
E-mail: ames1tg@cmich.edu  

 

Faculty functions

The functions of the faculty are to:

  • Set the standards, policies, and procedures for the DHA program

  • Conduct admission screening, review, and acceptance criteria

  • Develop, review, constantly revise, and monitor the quality of the curriculum

  • Monitor, evaluate, and refine learning to maximize learning and application potential within a cohort and for individuals in the group

  • Deliver courses, seminars, and materials to participants in the DHA program

  • Instruct courses in the DHA program

  • Serve as major professors (applied dissertation committee chairpersons) and as members on applied dissertation committees

  • Recruit experts in specific content areas as instructors for the program

  • Provide academic and research advisement

  • Recommend appropriate action in cases of academic deficiency for participants in the program

  • Evaluate the professional in the program with regard to course work, seminar participation, group projects and the General Examination

  • Monitor academic integrity and program quality

 

 

 
 

 

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