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Amanda (Walters) Scarbrough, M.S., Ph.D.

Graduated: 2008

Advisor: William J. Winslade, J.D., Ph.D.

Dissertation Title:

Compassion and Conflict: The Impact of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program

Current Position and Address:

Assistant Professor
Texas State University
College of Health Professions in the School of Health Administration
San Marcos, TX 78666
phone: 512-245-3516
fax: 512-245-8712
email: scarbrough@txstate.edu

Dissertation Committee:
Ronald Carson, Ph.D.
Robert Beach, M.D.
Stella Smetanka, J.D.
Cheryl Vaiani, Ph.D.

Prior to joining the faculty of Texas State University, Amanda was a lecturer and the residency coordinator at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. While a student at UTMB her field of studies included health-care ethics and health policy. Her master's degree is from the George Washington University in Health Services Administration. While in Washington D.C., Amanda worked on Capital Hill. Her teaching and research interests include long-term care and minority access to health-care services.