Dr. Antonio Jerel Gardner

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
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

Year Publications

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