Public Health Faculty and Staff
Robert E. Aronson, DrPH, MPH
Director of Public Health and Lecturer at Elizabethtown College
aronsonr@etown.edu | 717-361-4768
Dr. Aronson is Director of Public Health and Lecturer at Elizabethtown College. He came into the field of public health from his interest in international community development in Africa and Latin America. His research is conducted in partnership with local communities and respected organizations, and addresses the priorities that arise from those contexts. His work emphasizes the strengthening of local capacities to understand and address the concerns that effect the health and wellbeing of communities. In partnership with MAP International in Ecuador and World Renew in Malawi and Zambia, he has brought students on three month-long learning experiences on issues related to community development principles and practices.
A social scientist and community health development researcher and practitioner, he is known for his ethnographic work on masculine gender ideology and high-risk sexuality, and the use of community-based participatory research strategies to understand and address racial disparities in health status. Much of his work has focused on understanding the causes of health disparities experienced by African American males, and identifying effective intervention strategies for this population across the social ecology. He received a four-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control to develop and test a culturally and contextually congruent HIV prevention intervention for heterosexually active African American male college students. He was also a founding member and participant in the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative between 2003 and 2013. Dr. Aronson has published more than 50 peer reviewed publications.
Dr. Aronson completed the doctor of public health degree in international health from Johns Hopkins University (1997), and the Master of Public Health in health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986).
Dr. David Bowne
Chair, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. in Environmental Science - University of Virginia
bowned@etown.edu | 717-361-1317
Dr. Bowne joined the faculty of Elizabethtown College in 2008. He teaches General Ecology, Conservation Biology, Geographic Information Systems, and the introductory biology courses Molecules, Cells, and Animal Systems and Principles of Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity of Life.
Dr. Diane Bridge
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. in Biology - Yale University
bridged@etown.edu | 717-361-1177
Dr. Bridge joined the faculty of Elizabethtown College in 2000. She teaches Principles of Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity of Life; Invertebrate Zoology; Developmental Biology and laboratory sections of Molecules, Cells, and Animal Systems.
Michele Lee Kozimor, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
kozimor-kim@etown.edu | 717-361-1571 | Nicarry Hall 227
- B.A., Elizabethtown College
- M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor (Dr. Koz) has a strong record of meritorious teaching and dedication to innovative instruction, mentoring, and professional development of students and faculty. Dr. Kozimor was the second recipient of the Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She is the current Editor of the American Sociological Association quarterly journal Teaching Sociology after serving as the Deputy Editor since 2014. In addition to editorial experience with Teaching Sociology, she co-edited the volume Learning from Each Other: Refining the Practice of Teaching in Higher Education (published by the University of California Press in August 2018). Dr. Kozimor is also the 2019 recipient of the American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and Learning Hans O. Mauksch Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology. Dr. Kozimor served as the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Elizabethtown College from 2014-2017 and was the 2018-2019 recipient of the Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence at Elizabethtown College. She has previously served as the Faculty Mentor to the Elizabethtown College Varsity Softball Team and is currently the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative at Elizabethtown College. Her current research examines the culture of the motorsport called North American stage rally. She is a volunteer at the UNESCO World Heritage site Fallingwater and at Hershey Gardens.
Courses:
- FYS-Simple Living
- Discovering Society
- Population and Global Issues
- Marriage and Family
- Urban Sociology
- Research Methods
- Statistical Analysis
- Internship in Sociology
Adam J. Swartzendruber, DHEd, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D
Director of the Exercise Science Program
swartzendrubera@etown.edu | 717-361-1711
Dr. Swartzendruber is Director of the Exercise Science program at Elizabethtown College. He has been a certified professional in the field of Exercise Science since 1999, having worked as a personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach, fitness facility director, exercise physiologist and research assistant, and professor of exercise science. Dr. Swartzendruber earned his Doctorate in Health Education from A.T Still University of Health Sciences along with his Master of Science in Exercise Physiology and Bachelor of Science in Health & Physical Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lauren E. Toote
Associate Professor of Chemistry
tootelauren@etown.edu | 717-361-1544
B.S., Chemistry, Music minor, Murray State University, summa cum laude, 2012
Ph.D., Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 2017
Deborah Waltermire-Burton, Dr.PH, OTR/L
Associate Professor
Program Director for the B.S./M.S. Program
walterda@etown.edu | 717-361-1173
Dr. Waltermire joined Etown’s OT department in 1997 as the full-time fieldwork coordinator. She subsequently served the department as a part-time lecturer from 2005-2018. In 2018, she was appointed as a full-time assistant professor, and in 2022, Dr. Waltermire was promoted to associate professor and appointed as the B.S./M.S. program director.
Her primary clinical background is in adult psychiatry, especially adults with schizophrenia and other severe and persistent mental illnesses. She also has worked as a consultant and manager in an acute care medical center with a physical rehabilitation program. Her experience also include coordinating clinical fieldwork programs for OT students as well as supervising many fieldwork students.
Dr. Debra L. Wohl
Chair, Health Professions Advisory Committee
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. in Ecology - University of Georgia
wohld@etown.edu | 717-361-1326
Dr. Wohl joined the faculty of Elizabethtown College in 2004. Dr. Wohl serves as Chair of the Department of Biology and the Health Professions Adivsory Committee. She teaches honors and introductory biology courses Molecules, Cells, and Animal Systems, general microbiology classes, and a course in pathogenic microbiology.
