Amy Hedman-Robertson holds a PhD in Health Education from the University of Kansas and a MS in Community Health from Minnesota State University-Mankato. She has over ten years of experience teaching in-person and online undergraduate and graduate courses in health education; she strives to provide interactive, experiential classroom activities to facilitate learning and retention. Her research interests include mental health help-seeking and community-based suicide prevention interventions. She is passionate about mental health literacy and provides suicide prevention education and training to communities.
Prior to working at the University of St. Thomas, Dr. Hedman-Robertson was Associate Professor in the Department of Health Science at Minnesota State University-Mankato. She is Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®) and is a member of the American Public Health Association and Society for Public Health Education. She is an Editorial Board Member for the Pedagogy in Health Promotion Journal and a director for the Division Board for Certification of Health Education Specialists with the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.