Community and Public Health

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Options for graduate students interested in Community & Public Health at UW

 

Graduate Certificate in Community & Public Health

This 12-credit graduate certificate offers training in foundational public health concepts, use of epidemiological data, designing evidence-based projects and community collaborations, and building public, political and financial support for public health work. Click here for more information, including required courses, applying, and cost of attendance.

 

MS in Kinesiology & Health, Health Emphasis

Students who wish to pursue an MS in Kinesiology & Health with an emphasis on Health will take all required MS courses and Graduate Certificate in Community & Public Health courses. Our MS graduates with a Community & Public Health focus (“Health Emphasis”) have gone on to doctorate-level programs for further study and directly into careers in community health, corporate and university health programs, and the rapidly growing sector of food system and food justice careers. If you are interested in pursuing an MS, follow these steps to begin your journey. 

 

Community & Public Health Classes as Electives

The following is a list of available graduate courses in Community & Public Health. Any of these courses can be taken individually as electives to complement your existing course of study and/ or career goals. Click on each course for more information about it. 

 

Offered Each Fall:

• Unlocking the Potential of Public Health, HLED 5022 (required certificate course)
• Using Epidemiology to Build Healthier Communities, HLED 5023 (required certificate course)

 

Offered Each Spring:

• Creating Conditions for Community Health, HLED 5021 (required certificate course)
• Increasing Support for Public Health Projects, HLED 5024 (required certificate course)

 

Offered on a Rotating Basis:

• Food, Health & Justice, HLED 5020 (approved certificate specialization course)
• Emergency Prep & Response, HLED 5027 (approved certificate specialization course)
• Achieving Rural Community Health, HLED 5026 (approved certificate specialization course)
• Environmental Health, HLED 5586 (approved certificate specialization course)

 

Occasionally some of these courses will be offered over Summer terms, pending student demand and instructor availability.

 

Faculty and Research in Community & Public Health

The lead faculty in this focus area is Dr. Christine M. Porter, who has been principal investigator on multi-million dollar, federally funded projects including “Food Dignity: Action research on engaging food insecure communities and universities in building sustainable community food systems” and “Growing Resilience: an RCT on the health impact of gardens with Wind River Indian Reservation.” 

 

 

 

Faculty

	Dr. Alisa Siceloff Assistant Lecturer  asicelof@uwyo.edu	Lacey Gaechter, MS  Assistant Lecturer, Community & Public Health Program Development Manager (307) 225-9775 lgaechte@uwyo.edu
Brant Schumaker, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D. Professor Corbett Building 110 (307) 766-5432 | bschumak@uwyo.edu

 

Examples of peer-reviewed publications from our graduates:

Porter, C.M., Gaechter, L. & Upadhyaya, S. (2020). Comparing apples and coconuts: food regimes and (farmers') markets in Brooklyn, US and Suva, Fiji. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 9(3): 197-214.  https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.020 (open access)

Arthur M.L. & Porter, C.M. (2019). Re-storying Northern Arapaho food sovereignty. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 9(B). https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.012 (open access)

Bradley, K. , Gregory M.M., Armstrong, J.A., Arthur, M.L., and Porter, C.M. (2018). Graduate students bringing emotional rigor to the heart of community-university relations in Food Dignity. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Supp. 1), 221-236. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08A.003 (open access)

Gaechter, L.  & Porter, C.M. (2018). ‘Ultimately about Dignity:’ Social movement frames used by collaborators in the Food Dignity action-research project. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(Supp. 1), 147-166. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08A.004  (open access)

Conk, S.  & Porter, C.M. (2016) Food gardeners’ productivity in Laramie, Wyoming: more than a hobby. American Journal of Public Health. 106(5): 854-856. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303108 (open access)

Porter, C.M., McCrackin, P.  & Naschold, F. (2016) Minigrants for community health: a randomized controlled trial of their impact on family food gardening. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.  22(4): 379–386. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000359