Education

• Ph.D., Health Education, Southern Illinois University, IL
• Ph.D., Fisheries Biology, Auburn University, AL
• M.S., Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
• B.S., Trichandra Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)

Honors and Awards

• Promoted to full professor, Ithaca College, (2009) 
• Awarded tenure, Ithaca College, (2007)
• Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, Ithaca College, (2006)
• University of Maine at Presque Isle Community Award, UMPI Board of Visitors, (2002)
• Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Leadership, and Student Mentoring Award, Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care for Rural Areas (ITHCRA) Project (2001)
• Trustees' Professorship Award, University of Maine System (2000)
• Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Maine at Presque Isle (1998)
• Awarded tenure, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 1997
• First Place Awards, poster sessions, Research Symposium American College Health Association, Annual Meetings (1991 and 1992)
• Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education (initiated 1991)
• Phi Kappa Phi, National Scholastic Honor Society (initiated 1991)
• Eta Sigma Gamma, National Professional Honorary for Men and Women in Health Science (initiated 1988)
• Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society for Agriculture (initiated 1983)
• Fulbright Scholar, Graduate study in Fish Ecology, Auburn University (1980-1981)
• Gold Medal for Scholastic Excellence, awarded by King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Nepal (1974)

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

• Personal Health
• Wellness: A Multicultural Perspective of Health and Healilng
• Development and Evaluation of Health Programs
• Introduction to Health Education
• Professional Leadership in Health
• Community Health
• Women’s Health
• Human Sexuality
• Faculty Sponsored Research

Graduate

• Epidemiological Approaches to Disease Prevention and Control
• Grant Writing
• Environmental Dimentions in Health Education 
• Critical Perspective on Health and Physical Activity
• Advanced Methods and Practices in Community Health Education

Research Interests

• Community needs assessment
• Program evaluation
• Sexuality
• Women's health
• Substance abuse
• Minority health

Recent Grants

• Academic Project Grant, $750.00.  Examining the College and University Community’s Perceptions of the Teaching Competencies of Faculty Members with English as a Second Language (ESL): A Pilot Study, Co-authored. Ithaca College, 2007
• Creative, Collaborative, and Community Service Project Grant, $495.00, Ithaca College, 2006.
• Applying Science to Sustainability Grant, $1.000.00, Sustainable Health, Ithaca College-EcoVillage at Ithaca Partnership for Sustainability, Ithaca College, 2006
• Creative, Collaborative, and Community Service Project Grant, Ithaca College, 2005
• Summer Research Grant, An Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Colorectal Cancer (CRC) and Perceived Benefits and Barriers to Screening for CRC among College/University Employees, Ithaca College. 2005
• Collaborative NIH Grant with Cornell University: Family food decision-making: linking food systems and health outcomes, Spring, 2005, not funded.
• The Instructional Development Fund, Attending a Pre-Convention Continuing Education Session on Environmental Health. Ithaca College, Fall 2004
• Faculty Development Grant, Health Sciences and Human Performance, Ithaca College 2004
• Academic Project Grant, Ithaca College, 2003
• Gerontology Institute Faculty Grant, Ithaca College, 2003
• Maine Campus Compact, $3,000.00 annually, The Learn and Serve America: Higher Education Program at the University of Maine at Presque Isle (2001-2003).
• Collaborative community and school health promotion program for the reduction of tobacco use and tobacco related chronic disease.  Co-authored and participated, Maine Bureau of Health, $325,800.00 (2001-2002).
• Trustees' Professorship Award, $5,000.00.  An assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding menopausal issues among women living in Maine. (2000 -2001).
• Maine Campus Compact, Service-Learning in Rural Area Program, Improving awareness of multifaceted issues of substance use and violence, $5,000.00 Integrated two health education and one criminal justice class to design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive “Drug and Violence Awareness” event for school personnel. (2000).

Selected Publications

• Bajracharya, S.M. (2009).  Emphasizing sustainable health and wellness in a health education curriculum.  American Journal of Health Education, 40, 56-64.
• Bajracharya, S. M. (2008). Community-Based Health Education Intervention: A Service-Learning Approach. Forum on Public Policy. Available at: http://www.forumonpublicpolicy.com/papersum07.html
• Bajracharya, S. M.  (2006-2007). An assessment of the perceived barriers and strategies to promote early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC): A practitioners’ perspective. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 26 (1), 23-44.
• Bajracharya, S. M., Bentley, M.  (2006). Health Status of Immigrants from Nepal in the  United States: Preliminary Findings and Methodological Issues.  International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 9, 92-107.
• Bajracharya, S. M., Bell. C. & Bowler, S. (2004).  Partnership for a healthy community: A tobacco prevention program in Central Aroostook County (CAC).  American Journal of Health Education, 35, 301-304. 
• Bajracharya, S.M.(1999).  Employer’s perceived importance and use of skills that are specific to health educators: A replication study in a rural setting. International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2, 59-65
• Bajracharya, S.M., Sarvela, P.D., & Isberner, F.R. (1995).  A retrospective study of first sexual intercourse experiences among undergraduates. Journal of American College Health, 43, 169-177
• Sarvela, P.D., McDermott, R.J., Hoalt, P.N., Bajracharya, S.M., Marty, P.J., & Emery, E.M.  (1992). A multivariate assessment of high school student cigarette use, Journal of School Health, 62, 146-150.
• Sarvela, P.D., Holcomb, D.R., Huetteman, J.K., Bajracharya, S.M., & Odulana, J.A.  (1991). A university employee health promotion program needs assessment.  Health Education, 22, 116-120.
• Sarvela, P.D., Doidge-Huetteman, J.K., & Bajracharya, S.M. (1990).  Needs assessment for a university wellness center: A strategic planning project.  Health Values, 14, May/June, 24-32.
• Sarvela, P.D., Pape, D.J., Odulana, J. & Bajracharya, S. (1990). Drinking, drug use, and driving among rural youth.  Journal of School Health, 60, 215-219.