PAMELA HARDY-SHEPARD,
PhD, MBA, MPH
Dr. Pamela Hardy-Shepard, is a Motivational/Keynote
Speaker, Author, Researcher, Consultant, Experience Leader, Life Coach,
and Professor. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy
in Human Services, specialization in Management of Nonprofits from Capella
University. She also earned her Master of Public Health with an emphasis in
Maternal and Child Health from San Diego State University and a Master of
Business Administration with a Specialization in Marketing from National
University. She completed her undergraduate work at San Diego State University
with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences in Psychology.
For
the last 30 years, Dr. Hardy-Shepard, has worked in numerous health and human
services capacities and has a strong background in public health, nonprofits,
and business. She formerly worked Associate Dean, she served as a Distinguished
Faculty in higher education. She served as the Director of the California Black
Infant Health program for the county of San Diego; where she implemented and
directed all aspects of a community-based program that supports, facilitates,
and promotes African American women of child-bearing ages to receive early and
continuous prenatal. Additionally, she
is a military spouse and has served military families as a Navy Ombudsman and served
Active Duty Sailors and Marines as a Navy Alcohol facilitator in Dunoon,
Scotland.
Dr.
Hardy-Shepard’s areas of interest include: military families, domestic
violence, culture, education, gender, and race.
Her most recent research, include: Factors related to cognitive,
emotional, and behavioral engagement in the online asynchronous classroom. International Journal of Teaching and
Learning in Higher Education Volume 29, Number 1, pg. 145-153. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1135992.pdf and Does part-time faculty’s self-efficacy predict critical
dimensions of online college teaching? College
Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2016.1232692
Dr.
Hardy-Shepard’s dissertation topic: Environmental stressors, prenatal care, and
low birthweight effect on black infants (Published doctoral dissertation).
Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
