BA, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, 1976
MPA, Webster Univ., St. Louis, MO, 1978
MHA, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, 1985
MS, Operations Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY, 1990
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY, 1992
Professor, Central Michigan Univ., 2002 to present
Asst. Prof., Slippery Rock Univ. Slippery Rock, PA, 1997-2002
Dep. Commander Admin., Raymond W. Bliss ACH, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, 1996-97
Chief, Leadership & Instr. Innovations Br., Academy of Hlth. Sci., Ft. Sam Houston, TX, 1995
Dep. Dir., U.S. Army-Baylor Univ., Academy of Hlth. Sci., Ft. Sam Houston, TX, 1992-95
Admin., Dep. Ambul. Hlth. Care, Landstuhl ARMC, Landstuhl, Germany, 1985-88
Resident, Landstuhl ARMC, Landstuhl, Germany, 1984-85
Dr. Michael H. Kennedy, FACHE, arrived at Central Michigan University on June 1, 2002 to assume a position as Associate Professor in the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions teaching in the Doctor of Health Administration Program. He has 26 years experience in health services administration that have been divided between academic positions and operational assignments in the military health system as a human resources manager, equal opportunity advisor, ambulatory care administrator, and other positions of leadership culminating as the Chief Operating Officer of a small hospital.
Dr. Kennedy taught in the Health Services Administration Program at Slippery Rock University, and he was formerly the Deputy Director of the U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration where he was twice selected by the student body as the Instructor of the Year. Recent accomplishments include selection and funding as a Summer Faculty Fellow by Extendicare Health Services, Inc. and authorship of a chapter on administrative decision support systems published in a text on information technology in health care.
Dr. Kennedy is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.