James A. Pahz, Ed.D.

  • Position: Professor
  • Department: School of Health Sciences, Community Health Division
  • Campus Address: 2205 Health Professions Building
  • Phone: 989-774-4476
  • Email: pahz1ja@cmich.edu
  • Courses:
    HSC 235 - Psychoactive Drugs
    HSC 236 - Substance Abuse Intervention Programming
    HSC 523 - AIDS Education
    HSC 528 - Smoking and Health Education Workshop
    HSC 529 - Alcohol Education Workshop
    HSC 530 - Drug Abuse Workshop
    HSC 599 - Issues for Substance Abuse Workers
  • Area(s) of Expertise: Drug Education, Substance Abuse Programming, AIDS, Community Health

Degrees and Universities

Bachelor of Arts: Tennessee Temple University 1967- Psychology, Minor: English
Master of Science: University of Tennessee 1971, Special Education with an Emphasis on Education of the Deaf
Master of Public Health: University of Tennessee 1976, Administration and Planning
Doctor of Education: University of Tennessee 1979, School Health Education

Professional Organizations


American Public Health Association
Society for Public Health Education
Association for the Advancement of Health Education
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
International Union for Health Promotion and Health Education

Publications

"The Birth of a Journal - What Can We Expect?"
The International Electronic Journal of Health Education,
January 1, 1998.

"Debating CHES," CHES Bulletin, Summer 1998,
pp. 20-22.

"Alternative Healing and Health Education," International Quarterly of Community Health Education, Vol. 17(4), October, 1998.

Research Areas

Service Learning - experiential learning, using the community as classroom.