Words I Love By

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
--Nelson Mandela

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
--Edmund Everett Hale

  Educational Background    

• PhD, 1999  Health Education, Texas Woman's University
• M.S., 1997  Health Science, Brigham Young University
• B.A.,  1994  English/Secondary Education, Brigham Young University
• Minor: Health/History

Educational Background                    

• CHES certified (Since 1999)
• Secondary Ed/Teaching Cetificate (8-12) (UT) (Since1996)
• Quality Matters Online Course Peer Reviewer, (Since 2007)

  Research Interests  

• Culture and Health (esp. phenomenological and photovoice; action research; mixed-methodology) ;  E-learning and health education technology; women’s health (esp. domestic violence, autoimmune disease; breast cancer, eating disorders , HIV/AIDS,  and diabetes type 2)

Work in Academia and Beyond   

• Teaching Experience: Over 18 years -- 14 in higher educationand five at public, privatge and alternative high schools; residential atreatment facilties and corporations.
• Health Education: Worked as a health educator in a variety of settings; including school, community, corporate and non-profit.

Service/Grants

The Pioneer Breast Health and Community Outreach Program of Denton County. (PI and co-Director). Funded since April 2008 by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure North Texas Affiliate. Visit http://www.pioneerbreasthealth.com to learn more about the program.

 

 

Other  volunteer and service activities  for various non-profit organizations  include : Susan G. Komen for the Cure ®, All As One (http://www.allasone.org), an international NGO for orphans in Sierra Leone, the American Red Cross, and the Girl Scouts of America. Dr. Oomen-Early has also worked in a consulting capacity for organizations and treatment facilities involved in the care of women with eating disorders. Dr. Oomen-Early currently serves as a reviewer for Health Education Research, Thyroid Science, the International Journal of E-Learning, and the International Electronic Journal of Health Education. Dr. Early has assisted other academic programs in higher education in developing and implementing E-learning programs and is certified as a Quality Matters online peer course reviewer. She sits on various technology and online learning committees at TWU and is active in the HEDIR Technology Forum in the American Association of Health Education (AAHE) and AAHPERD.

 

Courses Taught (within the last year):  

HS 3053 (Community Health)*
HS 6453 (Global Health)*
HS 3133 (Women’s Health)*
HS 3032 (Medical Terminology)
HS 6043 (Adv. Research Methods)*

HS6053 (Quantitative Research)
HS 5103 (Teaching Methods in Health Education)*

*Indicates online instruction

Publications

Oomen-Early, J., Bold, M, Wiginton, K.L, Gallien, T., and Anderson, N. (2008).  Using Asynchronous Audio Communication (AAC) in the online classroom: A comparative study. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. Vol. 4 (3) (pp)

Burke, S., & Oomen-Early, J. (2008). That’s blogworthy: Fifteen ways to integrate   blogs into the health education classroom. American Journal of Health  Education. Vol. 39 (4). Pp. 310 – 313.

Whallen, M., Burke, S., & Oomen-Early, J. (2008). Using group audio  communication to enhance social connectedness in the online classroom,
Online Classroom, 6, 7-9.

Oomen-Early, J. & Burke, S. (2008). Thirteen ways to integrate blogging into the Web 2.0 Classroom. Online Classroom. 5, pp. 5-8.

Oomen-Early, J. & Murphy, L. (2008). Overcoming obstacles to faculty  participation  in distance education. Distance Education Report. Vol 12
(5), pp. 4-5. 

Oomen-Early, J. & Murphy, L.  (2008). Self-actualization in the virtual  environment: A Qualitative investigation of university faculty’sperceived needs for effective online instruction. The International Journal of E-Learning, 8 (3).

Oomen-Early, J. (2008). Comparability in E-learning: An overview of a fully online undergraduate program in Health Education at Texas Woman’s University. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education. 11:19-38.

Yick-Flanagan, A., & Oomen-Early, J. (2008).  A sixteen- year examination of domestic violence and Asian Americans in the empirical knowledge base:A content analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 24: 20-32.

Gallien, T., & Oomen-Early, J. (2008).  Personalized versus collective feedback in the online health course: Does type of instructor feedback affect student satisfaction, performance, and perceived connectedness with the instructor? The International Journal of E-Learning; 7 (3).

Oomen-Early, J. and Burke, S. (2007). Entering the Blogosphere:  Blogs as teaching and learning tools in health education. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 10: 186-196.

Oomen, J. & Gallien, T. (2005). Providing effective instructor feedback in the virtual classroom: Strategies that improve learner motivation, satisfaction, and performance. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World  Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher  Education 2005 (p. 986). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Johnston, J. , Killion , J., Oomen , J. (2005). Student Satisfaction in the Virtual  Classroom. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice , Volume 3 Number 2.

Wiginton , K.L., Rhea, D.J., & Oomen , J. (2004). Using the Anger Response Inventory to evaluate the effect of shame and guilt on interpersonal communication skills.  American Journal of Health Education, 35(3), 152-157.

Oomen , J.S., Owen, L.J., & Suggs, L.S. (1999). Culture Counts: Why current treatment models fail Latina women with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator.  Vol. 25. pp. 220 - 225.

 

In Press

Doyle, E., Ward, S., and Oomen-Early, J. The process of Community Health & Health Promotion.  2nd edition. Waveland Press. (Publishing date: Jan. 2009).

Oomen-Early, J. & Yick-Flanagan, A.Using the PEN-3 theoretical model to plan for culturally competent domestic violence prevention and intervention  services  within Chinese American and Chinese immigrant communities.  Accepted for publication in Health Education Research  (accepted for publication in Fall 2008)

Armstrong, S. & Oomen-Early, J. Social Connectedness, self esteem and  depression symptomatology among collegiate athletes vs. non athletes. Journal of American College Health  (accepted for publication in Fall 08).

Burke, S. and Oomen-Early, J., and Rager, R.   Intimate partner abuse among Latina women:  A grounded theory study of the abuse process. Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice Ejournal  ( accepted for publication  in November 2008)

 

In Review

Wiginton, K.L., Bates, D., & Oomen-Early, J. Comorbidities of systemic lupus erythematosus: A 7-year retrospective study of a large North Texas patient cohort. Lupus: An International Journal. (in review as of  August 09, 2008).

Burke, S., & Oomen-Early, J. Enhancing connectivity online through asynchronous audio discussion groups in the online classroom. Journal of Teacher Technology and Education.  (in review as of October 12, 2007).

 

Awards (since 2000):

• Favority Health Science Faculty (one of 6), 2008
• TWU Distinction in E-Learning Award, 2007
• TWU Kitty Magee Most Promising Professional Award, 2002

  Hobbies:  

• Spending time with her family, photography, exercise, cooking, reading, traveling