Faculty and Staff

Phone: 816.235.1733

Email: whiteheadt@umkc.edu

Biography: Tanya D. Whitehead has extensive experience in developing and evaluating medical, social service, nursing and educational programs and in obtaining, managing, and making successful government and foundation grants. She has an Interdisciplinary doctorate degree in the fields of Education and Psychology, and has earned certification as a Specialist in Developmental and Handicapping Conditions from the Institute for Child Development, School of Medicine, University of Kansas. Her background includes 9 years in clinical practice of psychology, 18 years in higher education teaching and interprofessional continuing education, and 23 years in research. She is an Associate Research Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a joint appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences and the UMKC School of Nursing where she serves on the SON Continuing Nursing Education Committee. Dr. Whitehead has performed four years of service to the American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Nurses Association, as a Commissioner on Accrediation and Program Officer for the Nursing Skills Competency Program; and she has a current Fulbright award to carry out a project in Hong Kong in 2009.