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DHA 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
Biography
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
Biography
Nailya DeLellis, Ph.D.,
MPH
Assistant Professor, Health Administration Program
College of Health Professions
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Office: Health Professions Building 1203
Phone: (989) 774-7674
E-mail: delel1no@cmich.edu
Biography
Lana Ivanitskaya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Administration Program
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
Biography
James A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, 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: johns6ja@cmich.edu
Biography
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
Biography
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
Biography
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
Biography
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
Biography
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