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Mrs. Sara Denise Davis Boysen

  • Dir, College Academic Advising - AA-Health Professions
Portrait of Mrs. Sara Denise Davis Boysen

Biography and education

Sara Boysen, MHIM, is a lecturer in the Department of Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) and has taught Medical Terminology since Spring 2019. Sara earned the MHIM at Texas State in May 2018 and was the first student to complete a master's thesis in the program. Sara also earned a BA in History in May 2002 from Texas State University.

In addition to teaching for the Department of HIIM, Sara teaches for the Health Sciences program and has served as the Director of the College of Health Professions Advising Center since 2002. In that role, she enjoys supporting students in their academic pursuits from the time they enter Texas State through graduation.
  • Boysen, S. D. D., Hewitt, B. A., Gibbs, D. L., & McLeod, A. J. (2019). Refining the Threat Calculus of Technology Threat Avoidance Theory. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45, 95–115. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04505
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Employee of the Month. May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Foundations of Excellence 2014, Texas State University Student Foundation. March 21, 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Quarterly Team Award, Texas State University. March 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2011 TEXAAN Outstanding Academic Advisor, TEXAAN. 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Academic Advisor of the Month, Texas State University. October 2010
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  1. Member

    College Curriculum Committee

  2. Member

    Academic Advising Task Force

  3. Member

    AVP for Academic Advising and Transitions Search Committee

  4. Member

    Director, School of Nursing Search Committee

  5. Member

    College of Health Professions Associate Dean Search Committee

  6. Member

    Academic Recovery Senior Program Coordinator Search Committee

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