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Alyncia Bowen, PhD

Dean, Ross College of Business, Executive Director, Leadership Center, and Co-Executive Director, GCHE

alyncia.bowen@franklin.edu

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Dr. Alyncia Bowen earned her doctorate in Organization and Management from Capella University, MSA in Health Care Administration from Central Michigan University and Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from Capital University. She currently serves as Dean of the Ross College of Business, Chair of the Doctorate in Healthcare Administration Program, Director of the Global Center of Healthcare Education.  Dr. Bowen serves as faculty advisor and or instructor for the DHA, DBA, DPS, and EdD programs.  Dr. Bowen teaches domestically and globally for the University.  While at Franklin University she was instrumental in the development and launch of Ohio National University, a division of Franklin University. She also served as Dean of Doctoral Studies and the School of Nursing, Department Chair, Program Chair and Lead Faculty.  Dr. Bowen has also served as an instructor for Mount Carmel College of Nursing where she taught and developed curriculum for their Healthcare Systems, Policy and Economics course. She has served as a guest lecturer on the topics of research and project management. In addition to education Dr. Bowen has worked in healthcare for over 23 years and has held several leadership and operations management positions. She is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, has completed 11 projects, and has trained several Green Belts. Dr. Bowen enjoys presenting and has presented on the following topics: Developing and Sustaining a Community of Practice, Creating a Culture of Learning, Building, Developing and Implementing Best Practices in a Multi-generational Educational Environment, Cultural Competence, Transformational Teaching and Transnational Education. She currently serves on the Community Board at COSI, Quality Board for Ohio Living and Board of Directors for IACBE.

Education

2010
Capella University (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Doctor of Philosophy, Business General
1999
Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan)
Master of Science in Administration, Health Services Administration
1990
Capital University (Columbus, Ohio)
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

Certifications

2017
Certificate of Completion: Rethinking Doctoral Education Series, Franklin University
2016
Protecting Human Research Participants, The National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research

Work Experience

2020 - Present
Franklin University, Dean, Ross College of Business, Executive Director, Leadership Center, and Co-Executive Director, GCHE
2020 - 2020
Franklin University, Dean, Ross College of Business
2020 - 2020
Franklin University, Dean, Ross College of Business and Program Chair, Doctoral Healthcare Administration
2019 - 2020
Franklin University, Dean, Doctoral Studies and School of Nursing; Chair of DHA
2019 - 2019
Franklin University, Department Chair, Nursing; Program Chair, Doctoral Health Administration; Director of the Global Center for Healthcare Education; Director of Doctoral Studies
2017 - 2019
Franklin University, Department Chair, Healthcare Programs; Program Chair, Doctoral Health Administration; Director of the Global Center for Healthcare Education
2016 - 2017
Franklin University, Program Chair, HCM + Allied Health, Franklin University
2014 - 2016
Franklin University, Chair, Professional Studies
2013 - 2014
Franklin University, Lead Faculty
2005 - 2013
Franklin University, Adjunct Faculty

Publications & Presentations

Bowen, A., & Bowen PhD, A. (2021). Black Female Education Leaders and Intersectionality. Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest. IGI Global.
Bowen, A., & Bowen PhD, A. (2020, Jan. 16). Hurricanes, Schools, and Educational Ethics in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico: A Narrative Inquiry. The Qualitative Report 11th Annual Conference, Nova Southeastern University.
Gardner, J., Renner, K., Bowen, A., & Chongwony, L. (2020). Forming an Intellectual Community of Practice for Scholarly Writing at a Professionally Focused University. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 51, pp. 129-143.
Bowen, A., & Bowen PhD, A. (2020, Apr. 17). Hurricane Schooling in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and an Adapted Hierarchy of Needs [Paper Session].. AERA Annual Meeting - Canceled due to COVID, San Francisco, CA. http://tinyurl.com/qlrxeg6
Bowen, A., & Bowen PhD, A. (2020). Developing a Knowledge Worker (Six Sigma) Community of Practice: A Case study. Journal for Advancing Business Education, 2, pp. 28-45. IACBE.
Bowen, A., Bowen PhD, A., & Lane, J. (2020). Hurricane Schooling in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and an Adapted Hierarchy of Needs. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20. North American Business Press.
Bowen, A. (2016, Apr. 6). Developing a Borderless Higher Education Paradigm to meet the Global demands of Business and Management Education in the 21st CEntrucy. IACBE Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
Bowen, A. (2015, Apr. 30). Nuts and Bolts of the Affordable Care Act: Impact on Your Nursing Practice. Online Webinar.
Bowen, A. (2015, Jun. 6). Women in Leadership. Global Women's Leadership Symposium, Skyked Session.
Bowen, A. (2015, Jun. 5). Developing a Virtual Community of Practice to Bridge the Waters in Interntational Institutions of Higher Education. Teaching and Learning Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A., & Reymann, T. (2014, Jun. 30). Replicating the face to face teaching experience in the design and instruction of online higher education courses. Teaching and Learning Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2013, Jun. 7). Creating a Culture of Learning. Transformational Education - Teaching Effectiveness, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2011, Oct. 31). Developing a culturally competent environment. TBA, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2011, Sep. 30). Foundational Principles, Skills and Best Practices of Cultural Competence and the JCAHO CLAS Standards. Cultural Conference on Building a Culturally Competent Community of Care, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2011, Dec. 31). Building, Developing and Implementing Best Practices in a Multigenerational educational environment. OASFAA Spring Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2010, Sep. 30). Factors that influence practitioners trained in Six Sigma principles in the development of a community of practice: A Case Study. Global Mindset Conference, Riverside, California.
Bowen, A. (2009, Dec. 31). Transformational Teaching. Destiny Education Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Bowen, A. (2005, Dec. 31). Perceptions of Successful Six Sigma Practitioners Trinity Health (Expanded my original 2003 study). Trinity Fall Conference, Chicago, Il.

Professional Service

2016
Committee Chair
Academic Standards
(Columbus, Ohio)
2016
Committee Member
Personnel Committee
(Columbus, Ohio)
2014
Attendee, Meeting
Curriculum Committee
2014
Board of Advisors of a Company
Columbus Downtown High School
(Columbus, Ohio)
2014
Member
IACBE
(Baltimore, Maryland) End Date: 2014
2014
Prepare/Grade Certification Exams
Franklin Learning Solutions
2013
Attendee, Meeting
Assessment
(Columbus, Ohio)
2013
Attendee, Meeting
Disability Committee
2013
Member
Academy of Management
2011
Attendee, Meeting
Global Mindset Conference
(Columbus, Ohio)
2009
Board of Directors of a Company
The Breathing Association
(Columbus, Ohio)
2007
Chairperson
Westminster Thurber
(Columbus, Ohio)