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Dr. Michael S. Payne, PSC Academic Department Head, Business
Meet Dr. Michael S. Payne, the new Department Head for Pensacola State College’s Business Department.
A veteran of both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, Dr. Payne has worked in higher education for more than 20 years – having started his collegiate career at the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2001. He has been a Pensacola State faculty member since 2018.
Employment History
Associate Professor, Pensacola State College, 2023
Assistant Professor, Pensacola State College, January 2018-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, July 2010-present
Adjunct Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University, November 2015-present
Adjunct Faculty, Ohio University Online, November 2014-March 2018
Executive Management, Naval Hospital Pensacola, July 2015-December 2017
Adjunct Faculty, University of West Florida, August 2015-January 2016
Chief Administrative Officer, Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River, June 2013-June 2015
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Navy, October 2011-May 2013
Managed Care Department Head, Naval Hospital Pensacola, August 2010-October 2011
Human Performance Analyst, U.S. Navy Medicine Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education and Training Command, April 2008-July 2010
Administrative Department Head, Fleet Surgical Team Eight, April 2006-April 2008
Department Head Operations Management/Information Systems, Naval Branch Health Clinic Annapolis, April 2004-April 2006
Director For Information Systems, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, April 2002-April 2004
Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland Global Campus, August 2001-October 2001
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Northcentral University, 2005
Master of Business Administration, Regis University, 2000
Bachelor of Science, Charter Oak State College, 1998
Military Service
- Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1990
- Enlisted U.S. Navy 1995
- Commissioned Naval Officer 2002
- Deployed in U.S. Army uniform to Afghanistan for a year around 2009
- Deployed in former Yugoslavia, to Lebanon evacuation, Ukraine, Gulf War and many more along the way with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy
- Retired in 2015
Family
Wife, Stephanie, and daughter, Calypso