Stephen F Gambescia

Stephen Gambescia, PhD, has held a range of academic administrative positions at three universities. These included dean of graduate and professional studies (Cabrini College, Radnor, PA); assistant dean (Goodwin College/Drexel); assistant dean of academic and student affairs (College of Nursing and Health Professions/Drexel); assistant program director, (CNHP/Drexel); assistant to the president for strategic initiatives, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs, executive director of liberal studies division, and executive director of continuing professional education (Neumann College, Aston, PA); and executive director of an eight-college consortium.

Prior to working in higher education, Gambescia held a number of educational leadership roles, eventually serving as a vice president in a metro and multi-state division for two of the largest national voluntary health agencies (American Cancer Society and American Heart Association). He has 40 years of experience in the field of health promotion/disease prevention and public health policy.

He has a range of research interests in the health and higher education fields. He is coauthor of two books on managing nonprofit organizations and is working on A study guide for policymaking in the U.S. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed or invited articles in academic journals. He is founding editor of the journal Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Gambescia has been guest editor for several theme issues and is a committed reviewer to a range of journals in the health and education field. Frequently published commentaries in metropolitan daily newspapers have played an adjunct role in his broad interests in health, education and social policies, media studies, political philosophy and leadership, including some commentaries getting syndicated.

Gambescia is active in state and national public health professional associations and has held several leadership positions in the Society for Public Health Education, including president. He has been a member of the boards for the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing. He has served on a number of community, civic, educational and religious boards and committees ranging from a trustee for Delaware County Community College to the tenth Synod of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.