Dr. Antonio Jerel Gardner
Title
- Assistant Professor
Contact Information
ajg130@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-8056
160B Herzer Building
Overview
Education
- University of Alabama, Master of Science (M.S.), Human Environmental Sciences
- Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology
Publications
Year | Publications |
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2023 | Seitz, H. H., Gardner, A. J., Pylate, L. B. 2023. Formative Research to Inform College Health Communication Campaigns About COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors. Health Promotion Practice |
2022 | Hernandez, O., Gardner, A. J., Pylate, L. B., Hunt, B. P. 2022. Assessment of college students in understanding beliefs, behaviors, and key levels of influence regarding COVID-19 vaccine uptake . Journal of Public Health in the Deep South |
2022 | Methvin, J., Gardner, A. J., Pylate, L. B., Hunt, B. P., Seitz, H. H., Young Hyatt, R. 2022. Making COVID-19-Related decisions: A qualitative study of university students. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South |
2022 | Wheat, J., Gardner, A. J., Downey, L., Cox, M., Johnson, G., Guin, S., Leeper, J., Moore, C., Brandon, J. 2022. Medical education for African American communities in the rural South: A focus group approach to identify fundamental considerations. The Journal of Rural Health |
2022 | Mitchell, J. B., Gardner, A. J., Wahl-Alexander, Z., Schwamberger, B., Craddock, D., Agomo, C. N., Lang, M. C. 2022. Impact of a summer nutrition and physical activity intervention to attenuate obesity in urban African American youth. International Journal of Aquatics Research and Education 13(4):6. |
2022 | Gardner, A. J., Fisher, M. T., Tribit, G. K., Little, C. E., Lucas, E. D., Lowe, M. T. 2022. Assessing readiness for barbershop-based HIV prevention programs among rural African American barbershop patrons. Family & Community Health 45(2):103-107. |
2022 | Jones, A. W., Gardner, A. J. 2022. The Role of Black Churches Amid COVID-19 and the Jackson Water Crisis. Mississippi Urban Research Center Online Journal of Urban and Rural Research Spring 2022(Special Issue:Implications of the 2021 Jackson Water Crisis: Past, Present, and Future):22-38. |
2022 | Neville, J., Gardner, A. J., Hunt, B. P. 2022. Assessing worksite health promotion programming and resource capacity in Mississippi community colleges . Journal of the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance |
2021 | Gardner, A. J., White Jones, A. 2021. Using an HIV Disclosure Model to Slow the Spread of COVID-19. Health Promotion Practice 22(6):761-763. |
2021 | Anderson, J. C., Gardner, A. J., Hunt, B. P. 2021. Drinking Behavior Among College Students: Interventions to Increase Mindfulness and Social Capital. Journal of Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences 15(1):76-87. |
2019 | Gardner, A. J., Paschal, A. M., Leeper, J. D., Usdan, S., Tucker, M., Gordon, B. 2019. Assessing Readiness for Barbershop-Based HIV Prevention Programs in the South. American Journal of Health Studies 34(4):214-221. |
2019 | Hurtado, I. J., Hunt, B. P., Gardner, A. J. 2019. Enhancing Student Success with a Connectedness Focused Retention Initiative: The LIFE Program. Journal of Student Success and Retention 6(1):63-72. |
Extension Publications
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Graduate Students
Awards & Honors
- Trustee, Membership & Leadership
Array - Mississippi Health Ambassadors Program
Mississippi State Department of Health - CALS/MAFES Diversity Award-Faculty
CALS/MAFES - SOPHE Trophy Award
Society for Public Health Education - Trustee, Membership & Leadership
Society for Public Health Education - Featured Author-100 Articles on Black/African Health and Wellness January 2017-January 2022
Health Promotion Practice - Featured Author-HPP Celebrates Black/African American History Microsite
Health Promotion Practice - Nominee, Graduate Teaching Award, CALS Excellence in Teaching Awards, MSU
CALS - 2020-2021 Community-Engaged Learning Fellow
MSU Center for Community-Engaged Learning - MAFES Discovers Featured Article: Barbershops as possible spaces for HIV/AIDS education
MAFES - Mr. Workshop
Department of Food Science, Nutrition, & Health Promotion
Society Memberships
- American Public Health Association
- Mississippi Public Health Association
- Society for Public Health Education