Karl L. LarsonDr. Karl L. Larson is a Professor of Health Education and the Director of the interdisciplinary program in Public Health at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. After completing a Master’s degree in Student Affairs, he worked in federaly funded TRIO programs at Southeast Missouri State University, assisting underrepresented students complete their college degree. It was at Southeast where his first college teaching opportunities occurred. Realizing that teaching was his future path, he returned to school and completed his Doctorate in Community Health Education from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2001. He currently holds the Master Certified Health Education Specialist credential.' Dr. Larson is very active in the profession, having served on the board of several organizations and is the past President of the Minnesota chapter of the Society for Public Health Education. Since 2006 he had led the National Case Study Competition in Health Education. He is the author of three books, and has been awarded the Young Professional Award in 2005 from the former Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (IAHPERD), the Carl Knutson School Health Education Award, Minnesota-AHPERD in 2008, and the Karen Denard Goldman Mentor Award in 2018 from the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).' Read More Read Less