Carla Stebbins

Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Program Director, Graduate Programs in Health Care Administration

Professional Preparation

• PhD, Iowa State University
• Master of Health Care Administration, Des Moines University
• BA, Business & Marketing, University of Northern Iowa

Profile

Carla Stebbins teaches in the area of marketing; management, innovation, and degree culminating experiences including study abroad. In addition, Dr. Stebbins supports content on a variety of leadership topics; specifically, in the areas of interpersonal communication and relationship building, change management, team building, etc. 

Before joining TWU in 2023, Dr. Stebbins worked in various faculty and administrative roles for over thirty years at several institutions of higher education. She’s served as the program director for two MHA programs and lead both to achieve specialized accreditation with the Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) in 2015. Stebbins was named a CAHME Fellow in 2017. 

Stebbins is a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and an experienced facilitator of FLEX Care: Health care communication skills using personality type™. Stebbins earned the Master Practitioner credential through the Association of Psychological Type-International (APTi) along with Ethical Standards for the Practical Use of Type certification in 2016. 

Stebbins serves on several committees for national associations serving health care administration education. She has actively served on a number college and university committees regarding accreditation; learning and outcomes assessment; and, program development.  Her research interests surround empathy and the physician—patient relationship, student engagement/satisfaction, program evaluation and learning assessment.