University of Georgia
Health Promotion and Behavior
309 Ramsey Center, 300 River Road
Athens
GAUSA
30602
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Su-I Hou is an Associate Professor of Department of Health Promotion and Behavior at the College of Public Health. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, and also an Associate Editor for the Health Promotion Practice, Society of Public Health Education’s official journal devoted to the practical application of health promotion and education. She is a recognized scholar of service-learning by the Community-Campus Partnership for Health, and is an inaugural service-learning senior scholar for UGA’s Office of Service-Learning. Most of her research involves working with community partners in developing and validating the study instrument, assessing psycho-social factors that influence health behaviors, developing and implementing theory-based health programs, and evaluating the effectiveness of program interventions. Dr. Hou has extensive experience integrating service-learning components into her teaching of core or required MPH and DrPH courses. She repeatedly receives grants to work with the communities in Georgia and successfully developed a service-learning model to build and sustain engaged community-campus partnerships while providing valuable real-world experiential learning opportunities for her graduate students.