Vera A. Chatman

Professor of the Practice of Human and Organizational Development

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1976

Short Biography

Vera's research interest focuses on career development over the life span and issues of cultural competency for health care organizations, particularly as it relates to partnerships between profits and nonprofits and between nonprofits with radically different histories and cultures. She has used the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance as a primary case-study model.

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Selected Publications

Articles and Book Editorials

Lee, J., Reed, L. & Chatman, VS editors (2007) Program Director’s Resource Manual. Version 1.0. Washington, D.C: Association of University Programs in Health Administration.

Chatman, VS, Buford, JF, Plant, B, (2006) "The building and sustaining of a health care partnership: The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance" cited in the Academic Medicine Management Series: Strategic Alliances in Academic Medicine, 2006: 54-60.

Chatman, VS, Buford, JF., & Plant, B.L (2003) "The building and sustaining of a healthcare partnership: The Meharry–Vanderbilt Alliance." Academic Medicine. 87. 1105-1113.

Chatman, VS (2002) "Profile of Vera Stevens Chatman, Ph.D." In Howard, C.C., McLean, RA, & Chapman, R.C., Careers in healthcare management: How to find your path. Chicago, IL: Health Administration

Chatman, VS. and Sandler, H., (1996). "Recruitment and training of minority health care managers: a case study." Journal of Health Services Administration Education. 14 (3), 327-344. Summer edition.

Chatman, VS & Turner-Friley, S. (1988). "Case management: special needs and problems of the minority aging poor." Pride Institute Journal of Long Term Care. Winter edition.

Chatman, VS (1976). Decision-making in career planning: A group counseling approach. Doctoral dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1976. Dissertation Abstract International.

Working Papers and Book Projects

Chatman, VS, (in preparation) An assessment of the impact of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance: perspective from the leadership.

Chatman, VS. (in preparation) Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center: The partnership that changed the healthcare in Nashville. Book project.

Chatman, VS. (In preparation). The Hubbard Hospital and Metropolitan General Hospital Merger: The Untold Story.

Taylor, K.D., BeLue, R., Iwelunmor J., & Chatman, VS (in preparation). Getting beyond the barriers: A cultural competency approach to work in developing countries.

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