Sunday, 14 September 2014

Dr. Susan Cardenas: Department of Health Science Professor



An educator at the university level, Dr. Susan Cardenas continues to be a respected, qualified and effective professor in the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Department of Public Health Sciences. Prior to her current NMSU position, Dr. Susan Cardenas served as a College Associate Professor for the NMSU’s Department of Health Science between 1996 and 2007. 

 Dr. Cardenas joined the university’s academic faculty shortly after earning her NMSU Master of Science degree in Health Science and Management in 1995. As a Department of Health Science professor, Dr. Susan Cardenas taught a variety of on-campus and online undergraduate courses, including Introduction to Health Science, Principles of Health Education, Health Sexuality, Stress Management, Women’s Health Issues and Foundations of Public Health. She provided high-quality instruction in each of these areas to department students for over a decade. 


Dr. SusanCardenas also served in other roles during her 96-07 teaching tenure at NMSU. She was a Coordinator on the Certified Health Education Specialist Continuing Education Committee, as well as a Coordinator for the HLS Department General Education Program. She was also an Adjunct College Associate Professor in NMSU’s Department of Women’s Studies during this time, teaching a Women’s Health Issues Course that was cross-listed with the Health Science Department, and serving on the Women’s Health program advisory council

During her 1996-2007 tenure at NMSU, Dr. Cardenas was appointed to and served on the NMSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women (2004-2007).
This period of Dr. Susan Cardenas ’s career provided her ample opportunity to make a name for herself on the NMSU faculty, as well as to demonstrate her desire to instruct others in the field of public health. She enjoyed many opportunities and successes during this period, and looks forward to a continuing career of accomplishment and achievement within the areas of public health and higher education.

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