Richard Blonna Ed.D CHES has a bachelor's degree in Psychology from William Paterson (1973), a Master's Degree from Seton Hall University in Education (1976; specialization in Counseling) and an Ed.D from Temple University in Health Education (1986; specialization in Health Counseling). Dr. Blonna worked for 15 years for the New Jersey State Department of Health before coming to William Paterson University in September of 1986. While employed by the NJSDH, Dr. Blonna worked in the Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Program, AIDS Program, and Family Planning Programs as a field worker, supervisor, counselor, health educator, and health education consultant. Dr. Blonna's areas of interest are stress management, counseling, epidemiology, and the use of technology in teaching community health. He has written three textbooks; COPING WITH STRESS IN A CHANGING WORLD (Mosby Publishing), READINGS AND WEBLINKS IN HUMAN SEXUALITY (Morton Publishing), and HEALTHY SEXUALITY, SECOND EDITION (Wadsworth Publishing).
