Professional Background
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Education
Educational Background
EdD, Health Education, Columbia University Teachers College
M.S., Health Education, Columbia University Teachers College
M.P.A., Public Health Administration, Marist College
B.A., Biology and English Literature, State University of New York, Potsdam
CHES, Certified Health Education Specialist
Scholarly Interests
Impact of health status on learning among graduate-level health professions students; Barriers to support seeking among medical and dental students; Evidence-based wellness programs for graduate students; College student health; Impact of grading system changes on levels of stress and anxiety; Patient satisfaction with college health services; The role of the health educator as counselor at institutions of higher education; Meaning-making processes and adjustment to illness and stressful life events
Selected Publications
2009
1. Kernan, W.D., & Lepore, S.J. (2009) Searching for and making meaning after breast cancer: Prevalence, patterns, and negative affect. Social Science & Medicine, (in press).
2008
2. Kernan, W.D., Wheat, M.W., & Lerner, B.A. (2008). Linking learning and health: A pilot study of medical students' perceptions of the academic impact of various health issues. Academic Psychiatry, 32(1), 61-64.
3. Kernan, W.D. & Wheat, M.W. (2008). Nursing students' perceptions of the academic impact of various health issues. Nurse Educator, 33(5), 215-219.
4. Kernan, W.D. & Lepore, S.J. (2008). Searching for and making meaning after breast cancer; Prevalence, patterns, and negative affect. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35(1s); 1-232.
5. Lepore, S.J. & Kernan, W.D. (2008). Positive outcomes in the context of serious illness: An expanded social-cognitive processing model. In Medical Illness and Positive Life Change – Can Crisis Lead to Personal Transformation?; Park C., Lechner, S., Stanton, A, & Antoni, M, Eds. American Psychological Association.
2006
1. Graham, M.J., Kernan, W.D., Wright, L., & Drusin, R. (2006). Regulatory focus effects on medical students’ study strategies within an honors-pass-fail grading system: A longitudinal study. New Investigators Session, Division 1 (Professional Education). Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association:
William David Kernan
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Education
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