Harvard School of Public Health, Health & Human Rights, 2004

Johns Hopkins Summer Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 2002

Program Evaluation Certificate, 1998

Human Resource Development Certificate, 1998

Graduate College Teaching Certificate, 1994

Aging Studies Certificate, 1992

Health Services Policy & Administration Certificate, 1991

University of Florida College of Medicine, Medical Studies, 1988-1990

University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, Rotary Foundation Scholar - Graduate Research, 1987-1988

Josephine Mendoza Kershaw, PhD, is a Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor/Coordinator of the Health Care Management Program for the College of Business at the University of Findlay.  She obtained her Ph.D. in the Social Sciences and Education with an emphasis on economics and her M.B.A. with an interdisciplinary specialization in health services policy and administration from Florida State University.  She received subsequent training at the Harvard School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and as a Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner.

Recently, Dr. Kershaw was selected as the recipient of the 2011 International Teaching Excellence Award by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).  Earlier in 2011, Dr. Kershaw had received the ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award for the Great Lakes Region which covers colleges and universities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Province of Ontario.  When she served as the Director of Assessment and the Capstone Management Simulation Coordinator for the College of Business, Dr. Kershaw’s capstone students at the University of Findlay consistently ranked in the top 10 percent of teams competing around the world.  Previously, Dr. Kershaw taught at Florida A&M University where she received the University’s Teacher of the Year Award.  She was also the Undergraduate Program Coordinator for the Division of Health Care Management.  Moreover, as the Director of the Minority Resource Development Center, she was the principal investigator of research grants totaling approximately $1 million.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Kershaw served as the Director of Evaluation for Florida’s Tobacco Pilot Program under the Executive Office of the Governor, where she managed more than $5 million of grant funding for the evaluation of education, community partnerships, enforcement, and marketing programs.  She has also been a senior epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health and a senior management analyst for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.  Formerly, she served as the editor of the 1993 Florida State Health Plan, and conducted performance reviews of state agency programs for the Florida Legislature.  For over a decade, she has been a consultant to National Institutes of Health grant review panels, research study sections for other states, as well as for local community-based organizations. 

Dr. Kershaw has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to numerous evaluation reports, and authored three book chapters.  Her achievements include selection as a National Bioethics Research Fellow, a Rotary Foundation Scholar, a Gerontological Society of America minority pre-doctoral leadership fellow, and an Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership fellow.  Dr. Kershaw also has graduate certificates in human resource development, evaluation, and gerontology.  Her research interests are in the areas of quality and performance excellence, health disparities and human rights, health policy and long-term care, tobacco and HIV/AIDS prevention, and program evaluation.

RESEARCH GRANTS 

West African Venture Development and Economic Transformation Initiative, $600,000  (Paul Sears, PI)
Grantor:  U.S. Department of State, 2010-2012
Role: Mentor

Minority Tobacco Control Task Force, $950,000
Supplement funding 2000-2005, $18,695
Grantor:  FL Department of Health, 2000-2008
Role: Principal Investigator

HIV/AIDS Evaluation, $126,000 (Mark Freeman, PI)
Grantor:  FL Department of Health, 2001-2002
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

CONSULTATIONS AND RESEARCH REVIEW PANELS (Selected)

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
~ Minority Health Disparities (R01), December 2010
~ Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20), December 2009
~ Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Grants in Health Disparities Intervention Research (R24), August 2009
~ Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (P20), June 2009

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
~ Measures and Determinants of Smokeless Tobacco Use, Prevention, and Cessation (R01 and R21), March 2009
~ Competitive Supplements for Pilot Projects for Community Networks Program to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (U01), July 2006, March 2007, October 2007
~ International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01), March 2002

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
~ Building Sustainable Community-linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research, Stage 1 Grant Review, February 2010

Colorado Tobacco Research Program, Social and Behavioral Research Panel, Grant Review, 2001-2003

University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Social and Behavioral Research Study Section, Grant Review, 2000-2003, 2008-2011

Texas Southern University, Program Review Consultant, Health Administration Self-Study, 2008

Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, Research Peer Review Panel, 2006

SAMSHA Smart Planning for Integrating Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention Services, Project Task Force, 2002

Peer reviewed articles

Ames S, Stevens S, Werch C, Carlson J, Schroeder D, Kiros G, Kershaw J, Patten C, Ebbert J, Offord K. (2010).  The Association of Alcohol Consumption with Tobacco Use in Black and White College Students. Substance Use and Misuse, 45:1230-1244.

 Ames S, Stevens S, Schroeder D, Werch C, Carlson J, Kiros G, Kershaw J, Ebbert J, Patten C, Offord K. (2009).  Non-daily Tobacco Use Among Black and White College Undergraduates:   A Comparison of Non-daily vs Daily Tobacco Users. Addiction Research & Theory, 17:2,191-204.

 Patten C, Brockman T, Ames S, Ebbert J, Stevens S, Thomas J, Werch C, Kiros G, Kershaw J, Carlson J. (2008).  “Differences among Black and White Young Adults on Prior Attempts and Motivation to Help a Smoker Quit.”  Addictive Behaviors.  2008 Mar 33(3): 496-502.

 Thomas M, Kershaw J. (2006). “Errors in Clinical Decision Making in a Patient with Persistent Hip Pain: A Case Study.”  Orthopaedic Practice. 18(2):8-11.

 Kershaw J, Freeman A, Atkins C, Lewis M. (2005). “Prescription Drug Recalls on Florida’s Medicaid Preferred Drug List.” Florida Public Health Review. 2:108-114.

 Kershaw J. (2005). “Human Rights and Undergraduate Health Administration Education.”  Journal of Health Administration Education. 22(4):459-470.

 Kershaw J. (2001). “AAPI Youth Tobacco Use:  A Comparative Analysis of Current Cigarette Use Data from the Florida, Texas, & National Youth Tobacco Surveys.” Asian American & Pacific Islander Journal of Health, 9(1):25-31.

 Zucker D, Hopkins R, Sly D, Urich J, Kershaw J, Inbar T, Solari S. (2000). “Florida’s ‘truth’ campaign:  A counter-marketing, anti-tobacco media campaign.’’ Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 6(3):1-6.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Kershaw J. Ruse W. (2011). “Guiding Health System Change: Leadership Strategies for Organization Development.’’ Chapter in H. Hanson, M. Moir, J. Wolf (eds.), Handbook on Organization Development in Health Care: A Guide for Leaders. Information Age Publishing.

Kershaw J. (2009). “The Role of IT in Global Health Disparities and Human Rights.’’ Chapter in A. Dwivedi (ed.), Handbook of Research on IT Management and Clinical Data Administration in Health Care.  IGI Publishing.

Kershaw J. (1999). “Youth and the Implementation of the Florida Tobacco Pilot Program.’’ Chapter in M. Forst (ed.), Developing and Implementing Successful Tobacco Control Programs.  Charles C. Thomas  Publishing.

Published Abstracts and/or Presentations (Selected)

Kershaw J.  "Why Health Care Management?"  India - USA Global Business and Networking Strategy Conference, Chennai, India, 2010.

Kershaw J. “Innovative Uses of Technology & Experiential Learning to Increase Student Engagement.” Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 2010.

Kershaw J. “Using Technology to Improve Student Competencies in Intercultural Communication.” Association of Collegiate Business Schools & Programs Regional Conference, Findlay, OH, 2008.

Kershaw J. “Asian American Tobacco Use in Florida.” Presentation for Florida Department of Health Strategic Planning for Disparities Workgroup, Orlando, FL, 2007.

Kershaw J.  "Applying Human Rights to Aging Issues." Oxford University Successful Aging Roundtable, Oxford, England, 2005.

Kershaw J.  “Intercultural Sensitivity and Cessation Programs for Asian American Populations.” Concurrent Session at the American Association of Health Plans Addressing Tobacco as a Public Health Issue Conference, Miami, FL, 2004.

Kershaw J.  “Active Learning Elements of a Health and Human Rights Module for the Health Administration Curriculum.”  AUPHA Leaders Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

Kershaw J.  “Evaluation of Tobacco Control and Prevention Programs.”  Thematic Breakfast at the Canadian Evaluation Society Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2003.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, 1999-2008
Health Care Management, School of Allied Health Sciences
Associate Professor, 2005-2008
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, 2003-2004
Assistant Professor, 1999-2005

STATE OF FLORIDA, 1994-1999
Director of Evaluation, Florida Department of Health Tobacco Pilot Program, 1998-1999
Senior Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, 1998
Senior Management Analyst, Florida Department of Elder Affairs, 1996-1998
Policy Analyst, Florida Legislature Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability (OPPAGA) under the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, 1994-1996

STATEWIDE HEALTH COUNCIL, 1992-1994
Health Policy Analyst, Statewide Health Council, 1992-1994