center for tobacco prevention and health promotion

at the university of southern mississippi

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Staff
(for a complete profile, click the persons' title)

Name Title E-mail address

Jenny Broom Data Manager
Joni Guthrie OCC Program Monitor
Elaine Dye OCC Program Monitor
Brent Corley Programs Coordinator
Tirza Carmichael Project Director
Bonita Reinert Co-Director, CTP
Vivien Carver Co-Director, CTP
Lillian Range Data Analyst

 

Staff Profiles

Jenny Broom

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jenny broom

Data Manager

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax: (601) 582-7844

jbroom1096@bellsouth.net

 

Jenny is the Data Manager, and assists in many other areas at the Center. She has been with us for 2 ½ years. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, she received her elementary and high school education in Arkansas, Wyoming, and California. She is a Magna cum laude graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in May 2001.

Senior Honors/McNair Thesis: The Relationship between Spirituality and Alcohol Abuse among College Students

Presentations of Thesis: The University of Southern Mississippi Senior Honors Symposium, U.S.M., 8/1/00; McNair Summer Symposium, U.S.M., 8/1/00; Ronald E. McNair Research Conference, Pennsylvania State University, 8/6/00; The Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 2/8/01.

Publications: Broom & Koeppel, (2001), An Exploratory Study of the Effect of Spirituality on Alcohol Abuse. ¬Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences¬, 46(1), 75.

Mentor: John C. Koeppel, PhD.
Associate Professor, Psychology
The University of Southern Mississippi

McNair Research Advisor: Carolyn E. Beck, EdD., Associate Professor, Medical Technology, The University of Southern Mississippi

Honor Societies: The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Scholars Program; The University of Southern Mississippi Senior Honors College; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology; Golden Key National Honor Society; Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; Mississippi Academy of Sciences.

Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, 4/10/01.

Joni Guthrie
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OCC Program Monitor

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

joni.guthrie@usm.edu

Current Projects: 
Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi on Campus Program, which includes tobacco prevention and cessation on eight state university campuses, four four-year private colleges, and fifteen state junior/community college campuses

Teaching: Kinesiology lab, First aid and Adult, child and infant CPR, Personal Wellness and Aerobics.

Service: committee work within the department of Human Performance
and Recreation, within the University and outside organizations.

Education:

  • 2002 - Anticipated Ph.D. in Human Performance with an emphasis in Administration and Teaching – The University of Southern Mississippi (USM)
  • 2001 M.S. in Human Performance with an emphasis in Exercise Science - USM
  • 1989 B.S. in Business Administration – USM
Elaine Dye
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OCC Program Monitor

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

elainedye@bellsouth.net

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Brent Corley
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brent corley

Programs Coordinator

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

brent.corley@usm.edu

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Tirza Carmichael, M.Ed
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Project Director

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

tirza.carmichael@usm.edu

Research: Research interests include: evaluation research, tobacco prevention, social norm marketing

Current Projects: Current projects include: A state wide tobacco prevention program, providing teacher training throughout the state. I also perform fiscal monitoring for a college initiative program, which provides education, advocacy and cessation on 24 college and university campuses in Mississippi.

Service: Service activities include work with American Lung Association, the South Central Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity.

Education:
2002- M.Ed. in Adult Education
1996- BS in Psychology

 
Bonita Reinert, R.N., Ph.D.
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dr reinert
Co-Director, CTP

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

bonita.reinert@usm.edu

Research:
Research interests include:  evaluation research, tobacco prevention, health care delivery systems, and pain management.

Current Projects
State wide tobacco prevention program evaluation.

Teaching:
Teaching responsibilities include:  leadership, management, administration, and policy classes at the undergraduate and graduate level. 

Service:
Service activities include committee work within the College of Nursing, within the University, and at outside agencies. 

Education:
1995 - Post Doctoral Fellowship - University of Washington
1991 - Ph.D. in Nursing - University of Texas at Austin
1985 - MS in Nursing - University of Texas at Galveston
1980 - BS in Nursing - Lamar University

 
Vivien Carver, Ph.D.
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Co-Director, CTP

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

vcarver@usm.edu

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Lillian Range, Ph.D.
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Data Analyst

118 College Drive #5095
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Phone: (601) 582-7801      
Fax:
(601) 582-7844

lillian.range@usm.edu

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:48 PM
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Center For Tobacco Prevention and Health Promotion
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5125
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

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