UNIVESRITY PARK, Pa. — Michele Stine, associate teaching professor of biobehavioral health, has been named chair and chair-elect of the Penn State Faculty Senate, effective July 5.
Stine succeeds Kimberly Blockett, who began her tenure as chair for the 2022-23 academic year in May, but departed the University to assume a post at the University of Delaware. Stine, who had been elected to serve as chair-elect and succeed Blockett, will now fulfill the remainder of Blockett’s appointment, and then serve a full term as chair for the 2023-24 academic year.
"I'm honored and grateful to take on this role, and will work with my colleagues to lead the University Faculty Senate to the best of my abilities," Stine said. "Though I am disappointed to lose Kim as a colleague, I am wishing her great success in her new role, and I am excited for this unique opportunity."
A two-time alumna of Penn State, Stine joined the University’s faculty as an instructor in biobehavioral health in 1998. She was named an assistant professor of teaching in 2015, an associate teaching professor in 2018 and a teaching professor effective July 1. She has been a member of Faculty Senate since 2017, and has served as the chair of the Committee on Education and as a member of the senate’s communications advisory group.
“Over more than 20 years of service to Penn State, Dr. Stine has been a leader in her field and within the Faculty Senate,” said Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nick Jones. “I thank her for continuing service to Penn State as the senate’s new chair, and I am sure she will be a great partner to the administration in the shared governance of our University.”
A member of the American Public Health Association and a researcher with interests in health education and psychopharmacology, Stine has published more than a dozen scientific publications and abstracts. She teaches numerous courses in biobehavioral health in the College of Health and Human Development, as well as psychophysiology in the College of the Liberal Arts.
In addition to her work with Faculty Senate, Stine has served on multiple University-wide committees and in numerous leadership and service roles within the College of Health and Human Development and the Department of Biobehavioral Health. She also has served as a leader with community organizations and charitable causes in both State College and Bloomsburg.
Stine holds a doctoral degree in biobehavioral health and a master’s degree in health education, both from Penn State, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Bloomsburg University. She has been recognized by Penn State with the Biobehavioral Health Undergraduate Teaching Award and the Biobehavioral Health Alumni Mentorship Award.