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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