Faculty

About our faculty:

Our award-winning faculty has decades’ worth of experience educating students in the classroom and in research settings, preparing future generations of health professionals and researchers in the field. In collaboration with community members, our faculty design and implement programs aimed at reducing the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, including smoking prevention and cessation, substance abuse prevention, emergency preparedness, HIV/AIDS prevention, obesity and physical activity, responsible alcohol consumption, teen pregnancy prevention, reductions in sexually transmitted infections, improving access to prenatal care, infant mortality and low birth weight prevention, nutrition education, and other areas.

Faculty directory:

  • David R. Buchanan

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Director, Division of Community Health Studies, and Director of the Institute for Global Health
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    buchanan@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1005
    Campus Address:
    306 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1974; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, 1979; Dr.PH., University of California, Berkeley, 1989

  • Gloria T. DiFulvio

    Professional Title:
    Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Public Health Sciences
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gloria@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4535
    Campus Address:
    302 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Psychology, Binghamton University, 1988; M.Ed., Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004

  • Daniel S. Gerber

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and the Director of the online MPH in Public Health Practice program
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gerber@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1003
    Campus Address:
    308 Arnold House
    Education:

    B. S., University of New York College at Buffalo, 1976; M.P.H., Hunter College, 1982; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995

  • Tameka L. Gillum

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    tgillum@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2216
    Campus Address:
    301 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1997; M.A., Michigan State University, 2000; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2004; Postdoctoral research fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2004-2006

  • Aline C. Gubrium

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    agubrium@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2244
    Campus Address:
    304 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Indiana University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

  • Shirley A. Mietlicki-Floyd

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer and MPH Practicum Coordinator
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    mietlicki@umext.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4420
    Campus Address:
    307 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Mansfield University, 1972; M.A, University of Connecticut, 1978; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996

  • Krishna C. Poudel

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Telephone:
    413-545-1448
    Campus Address:
    316 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.P.H., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1996; M.A., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1999; M.H.Sc., The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2003; Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Lisa Marin Wexler

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    lwexler@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413 545-2248
    Campus Address:
    313 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of West Florida, 1991; M.S.W., Florida State University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005