Meet the UW Health & Wellness Management Faculty

Sanjay Goel is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Minnesota Duluth. His teaching, research, and training interests include entrepreneurship, governance, strategy, and leadership. His research has been published in many journals dedicated to these broad topics. He was born in Dehradun, India.

Heather Herdman received her MS & PhD in nursing from Boston College, and her BSN from the University of South Carolina (Columbia). She is also a licensed massage therapist and clinical aromatherapist, and has lectured nationally on wellness and integrative health care. She has published numerous papers on clinical reasoning in nursing, and has experience... [Read More]

Penny Lyter is currently an associate professor at UW-Parkside, where she has served in numerous roles over the past two decades. Beginning as Wellness Director, she implemented the first employee wellness program for the campus, developed a student wellness class, and help create a campus Wellness Center. She then served as Chair of the Health, Physical Education... [Read More]

Ephraim Nikoi is Associate Professor of Communication at UW-Superior. He earned his Ph.D. from Ohio University. His research interests are in relating and organizing, which includes areas of studies such as organizational communication, communication and social change, and intercultural communication. One of his recent research projects is an edited book called Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision... [Read More]