University of Northern Colorado Department of Community Health Education Campus Box 89 Greeley, CO 80639
Education
EdD, Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration, Peabody College of Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, TN
MEd, Health Promotion and Education, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
TN
BS, Health and Physical Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Professional/Academic Experience
2020-present,Professor, Community Health Education, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2012-2014, Acting Director, School of Human Sciences, University of Northern Colorado,
Greeley, CO
2009-2012, Graduate Program Coordinator, Master of Public Health, Colorado School
of Public Health @ The University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2008-present, Associate Professor, Community Health, School of Human Sciences, University
of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2005-2007, Associate Dean of Instruction, University of New Mexico Gallup, Gallup,
NM
2003-2005, Chair, Department of Health Careers, University of New Mexico Gallup, Gallup,
NM
2003-2008, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico Gallup, Gallup, NM
Research/Areas of Interest
Cultural Humility/Authentic Engagement
Community Engaged Teaching and Scholarship
Impact of community engagement on student learning
Health status of underrepresented communities and the factors that impact their health
status, both positively and negatively
Publications/Creative Works
Floren K, Gilbert ED. Community-Academic Collaboration for Naloxone Distribution Programming: The Process
of Engaging an Academic Partner to Increase Coalition Capacity to Conduct a Needs
Assessment. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA. November, 2019.
Sharp TA, Weil J, Snyder A, Dunemn K, Milbrath G, McNeill J, Gilbert ED. Partnership Integration for Rural Health Resource Access. Rural and Remote Health.
November 2019; 19(4). https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6335.
Gilbert ED, Laedtke D, Sharp T, Wood S. Effective community engagement strategies: The voices
of injection drug users. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. Vol. 10,
No. 2, 46-55. 2018.
Gilbert ED, Epperson A, Romero D. Novel Approaches and Solutions to “Old” Problems. Engaged Scholarship
Consortium, Denver, CO. October, 2019.
Gilbert ED, Goold A, Freeman R, Ventoruzzo K. Planting Community Seeds - Students building community
relationships through art. Engaged Scholarship Consortium, Denver, CO. October, 2019.
Romero D, Epperson A, Marston C, Gilbert ED. Moving beyond Institutionalization: Enacting university-community engagement as a
process of change. The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and
Outreach. Cambridge Press. 2018.
Gilbert ED, Floren K. Addressing the Opioid Crisis Through a Community/Academic Partnership.
Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2018.
Epperson A, Gilbert ED, Romero D. Fact or Fiction? Telling Stories of Engaged Promotion and Tenure. Engagement
Scholarship Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2018.
Perkins DD, Fisher BW, Karakos HL, Shields SL, Gilbert ED, Patterson MM. Thinking and acting both globally and locally: The field school in
intercultural education as a model for action-research training and civic learning.
Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice. 1 (1): ii-22,
2017.
Darrell E, Rivera M, Davis L, Gilbert ED. Combating the Opioid Epidemic: A Students’ Perspective on Community Partnerships.
Public Health in the Rockies, Copper Mtn, CO. August, 2018
Gilbert ED, Visconti V. “Competence & Humility: The Path to Authentic Engagement.” Community
Engaged Scholars Symposium. University of Northern Colorado. October, 2017
Sharp TA, Goris SA, Gilbert ED, Carroll DS, Turner G. Perceptions and Barriers to Healthy Food Access in a Rural
Southwest Community. Seventh International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society,
Denver, CO. October 5-6, 2017.
DeHerrera DL, Miller DE, Sharp TA, Gilbert ED. Utilization of Organizational Influence: An Approach to the Engagement of People
Who Inject Drugs. Seventh International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society,
Denver, CO. October 5-6, 2017.
Gilbert ED, DeHerrera D, Backlund-Jarquin. Community Toolbox Development: Resources for Authentic
Engagement through Cultural Humility. Roundtable presentation for the Engaged Scholarship
Consortium. Birmingham, AL. September 26-27, 2017.
Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Gutilla MJ, Goldsmith J, Thomas D. Variability of Food Access in American Indian
Reservation Border Towns. Accepted for presentation at the Sixth International Conference
on Health, Wellness, and Society, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2016.
Cain M, Sharp TA, Gilbert ED. Exploring Mitigation Processes with Vulnerable Groups: Evidence Following the 2015
Earthquakes in Nepal. Accepted for presentation at the Sixth International Conference
on Health, Wellness, and Society, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2016.
Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Floren K, Floren M. Community Engagement Impact on Student Self-Assessment of Competency
Achievement. Accepted for presentation at the 17th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Conference, Omaha, NE, October 11-12, 2016.
Gilbert ED, Sharp TA, Floren K, Carroll D. Engaged Research in a Reservation Border Town: A
Faculty Perspective. Accepted for presentation at the 17th Annual Engagement Scholarship
Consortium Conference, Omaha, NE, October 11-12, 2016.
Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Laedtke DE, Thomas NM, Wood SD. Voices Matter: Engagement Recommendations from Injection
Drug Users. Presented at the Ninth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA,
February 29-March 2, 2016.
Gilbert ED, Sharp TA, Laedtke DE, Thomas NM, Wood SD. Partnering with Marginalized Communities:
Include the Experts! Presented at the Ninth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans,
LA, February 29-March 2, 2016.
Honors and Awards
2021, Faculty Excellence in Mentoring & Advising, Colorado School of Public Health
2018, 2019, Teaching and Learning Fellow for Engaged Learning, UNC
2018, Faculty Excellence in Public Health Practice, Colorado School of Public Health
2017, Inaugural Community Engaged Scholar, UNC
2009, Certificate of Excellence, Center for Human Enrichment, UNC
Delta Omega, Alpha Upsilon Chapter Public Health Honorary Society
