Dr. Kim L. Halula

Associate Dean
Interim Chair Physician Assistant Studies

Schroeder Complex 244

(414) 288-0656

Email

1700 Bldg

(414) 288-0607

Dr. Kim L. Halula received both a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology and a Certificate in Dental Hygiene in 1978 from The Ohio State University. She received a Master of Science Degree with an emphasis in education and administration from The Ohio State University in 1979. In 1998, Dr. Halula earned a doctorate degree in Educational Policy and Leadership from Marquette University.

From 1979-1981, Dr. Halula taught in the Dental Hygiene Program at the University of Cincinnati - Raymond Walters College. In 1981, she was appointed the Senior Clinic Supervisor in the Marquette University Program in Dental Hygiene. In 1984, Dr. Halula was appointed Director of the Dental Hygiene Program, a position that she has held until the program’s closing in 2004.

Dr. Halula has been active in national professional organizations holding leadership positions in the American Dental Hygienists' Association, the American Dental Education Association and the National Dental Hygiene Directors. For over eight years, Dr. Halula was an allied consultant for the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.

On September 1, 2000, Dr. Halula was appointed Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences. Dr. Halula remained Chairperson of the Department of Dental Hygiene and assumed increasing responsibilities as Associate Dean with the phase out of the Dental Hygiene Program in May 2004.

In May 2004, along with her duties as Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Halula was appointed Interim Chairperson of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology – a position she held until December 2006.

In March 2007, Dr. Halula was selected to participate as a Leadership Fellow in the 2007 Association of Schools of Allied Health Programs Leadership Development Program. She has participated in a number of Center for Management Research Program on Leadership for Senior Executives’ Seminars.

In May 2007, Dr. Halula was selected for membership on the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education’s National Advisory Committee. She is currently serving as the Chair of the Faculty Subcommittee of the NCORE National Advisory Committee.

Along with her duties as Associate Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Halula was appointed in May 2008 to the position of Interim Chairperson of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies. She will continue in this interim position until a permanent chairperson is hired.