Paul
W. Sharkey, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, APPA
Chair, Board of Examiners for Client Counseling
Co-founder
American Philosophical Practitioners Association
American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy
EDUCATION:
M.P.H. University of Southern Mississippi, 1993
Health Ethics, Law, and Policy; Social & Behavioral
Aspects of Health; Human Sexuality
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 1973, History of Philosophy;
Epistemology; History and Philosophy of Science
B.A. "With high honor," California State University
at Los Angeles, 1969
Major: Philosophy Minor: Social Sciences
A.A. Pasadena City College, Pasadena California, 1968,
Liberal Arts
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Professor of Community Health, and Professor of Philosophy
and Religion
University of Southern Mississippi
Director, Center for Community Health
University of Southern Mississippi.
Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of Southern Mississippi
Clinical Professor of Physician Assistant Studies
University of South Alabama
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Visiting Professor of Family Medicine
Mercy Medical Center, Denver, CO.
CERTIFICATES
Fellow of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association
Mentor, American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and
Psychotherapy
Certified Hypnotist, Hypnosis Motivation Institute, Tarzana,
CA
Primary Certification in Rational Emotive Therapy, Albert
Ellis Institute, New York, NY
Certificate in Advanced Management Skills, University
of Southern Mississippi
MEMBER
American Philosophical Practitioners Association
American Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy
American Philosophical Association
American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics (Health
Law Teachers Section)
American Public Health Association
Eta Sigma Gamma, National Honorary Society for Health
Science and Education
Sigma Xi, National Honorary Society for Scientific Research
EXPERIENCE
Twenty-eight years experience teaching philosophy
Twenty-five years experience as a philosophical counselor
Five-years experience teaching health law and policy/human
sexuality/social & behavioral health
Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Team Member, University
Hospital, Jackson, MS
Sexually Transmitted Disease Counselor, Mississippi State
Department of Health
Philosopher in Residence, Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg,
MS
Consultant in health ethics, law, policy, and administration
