Jennifer Janousek

Jennifer Janousek

Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance

Chair of the Health and Human Performance Department
Director of Public Health

Profile

Jen Janousek has taught at Concordia University since 2001 in the Health and Human Performance (HHP) department. Janousek has been the Chair of the HHP department since 2011 and serves as the Associate Program Director for the Masters of Public Health.  Before coming to Concordia, Janousek worked at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb.

Education

Ph.D in Public Health, Walden University
M.S. in Health Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha
B.S. in Exercise Science and Psychology, Nebraska Wesleyan University

Courses taught

Lifetime Wellness, Crosstraining, Aerobics, Elements in Health, CPR and First Aid, Programs in Health and Fitness, Health Topics: Drug Education, Health Topics: Nutrition, Health Topics: Health and Aging, Health Psychology, Biology Nutrition, Aspects of Health and Aging, Global Health, Fundamentals of Public Health

Other

Janousek is a member of the Nebraska Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NAHPERD), Public Health Association of Nebraska (PHAN), and the American Public Health Associatoin (APHA). Her dissertation research focused on college women's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and predictors of acceptance of the HPV vaccine. Janousek is passionate about global health and short-term missions and has led a group of students on a health mission trip to Guatemala.