Dr. Lanese is the coordinator for the Online MPH Program, as well as teaches courses in the MPH and BSPH programs. Dr. Lanese has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in Public Health, Public Administration, and Healthcare Management. She has also taught public policy, state and local politics, organizational behavior, public personnel, human resource management, public budgeting, and American government. Dr. Lanese worked for almost five years at a non-profit community hospital in healthcare management as the Co-Management Administrator/ Coordinator of Special Projects. She also held appointments at Cleveland State University and Eastern Michigan University.