Welcome to the HEDIR. Since 1992 we have been serving the profession. Let us know what I can do for you to help you to incorporate technology. This website has a number of items that may be of interest to you. We have the HEDIR bookstore which lists commonly used textbooks by students. Encourage your [...]
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
When I married in the middle 1990s I became a stepfather to two great kids…a boy who was 7 and a girl who was about 5. Throughout these past 17 years I grew to love them as my own. Both did well in high school, the boy finished college and is teaching at a local [...]
Congratulations
My congratulations to my faculty at NMSU for receiving word that our MPH was re-accredited for another seven years. Anybody who has gone through accreditation knows the amount of work that it takes to complete such a task. The faculty at NMSU can be proud of their accomplishment. At this time, we’re the ONLY institution [...]

Another Sad Day
On Saturday, May 28, 2011 Pat Hanson from California, shared with the HEDIR the passing of Phyllis Reed. Dr. Reed was an outstanding health educator who spent her professional career at the University of Nevada–Reno. Below is the memo that Pat shared. Dr. Phyllis A. Reed August 20, 1945 – May 21, 2011 It is [...]

Weathering Las Cruces Weather
Last summer when interviewing for this position I hopped off the plane with the temperatures near 100 (of course it was a ‘dry’ heat). Folks in Las Cruces jokingly asked what I thought of the weather (what they didn’t know was that I left Carbondale and it was 98 degrees with humidity nearing 80%–we call [...]
HEDIR Bookstore
- Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (9th Edition)
- Essentials of Environmental Health (Essential Public Health)
- Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (Urban and Industrial Environments)
- Study Guide to Accompany Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective

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