Karen L. Gordes, PhD, PT, DScPT
Titles
Professor
Program Director, MS and Teaching Certificate in Health Professions Education
School Affiliation
School of Graduate Studies
Specialties
Trauma informed pedagogy
Interprofessional education
About
Email: karen.gordes@umaryland.edu
Karen Gordes, PhD, PT, DScPT, has two decades of experience as an educator and academic administrator leading the development and implementation of ground-up initiatives to foster student academic success and advance faculty development in academic leadership. As the Program Director for the MS and Teaching Certificate in Health Professions Education she seeks to provide the next generation of health professions faculty advanced training in education and educational research. Her research interests include trauma informed pedagogy, interdisciplinary education and faculty workforce. Nationally, Dr. Gordes has served as a board member for various organizations and as a feature editor for the Journal of Physician Assistant Education. She is the recipient of several awards including, the 2023 LEAPS Outstanding Educational Scholarship Award, the 2020 Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award, a 2018 President's Interprofessional Education Scholar Award and the 2013 Faculty of the Year Award, all at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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