In his role as a professor, Stemmle teaches classes in public relations, health and science communication, and integrated marketing campaigns. His primary research interests involve health-related community-based participatory research, tailored health communication and messaging through storytelling and narrative. Stemmle’s work in the area of strategic health communication has been presented to the CDC, European CDC, NCI and various health literacy groups around the nation. His co-authored research has been published in a wide array of journals including the Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare, and the Journal of Interactive Advertising.