Rosemary T. Porter

PhD, RN

Dean and Associate Professor
S215 MU Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
E-Mail: PorterR@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-0278
Fax: (573) 884-4544

Nursing Specialty: Nursing Administration, Gerontological Nursing

Interest Area: Work environment, administration, and health care policy in long-term care

Dr. Porter received a Diploma in Nursing from St. Mary's School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She completed a BSN and an M.A. in Nursing Service Administration from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and a PhD in Administration of Higher Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO. She has been a faculty member since 1975, teaching a variety of courses at the University of Iowa-Iowa City, the University of Texas-Houston, and the University of Missouri-Columbia.

At the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing, she has advanced from faculty member to Area Director, Level Coordinator, Undergraduate Director and Associate Dean of Student Affairs for both the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs to her present position of Dean. She has practiced clinical nursing in medical units at St. Mary's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and St. Jude's in Fullerton, California. She was on the IV therapy team at Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wisconsin and was a supervisor at the Gunderson Clinic, also in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She has worked at the Free Medical Clinic and Migrant Worker's Clinic in Iowa.

Dr. Porter's research interests include the work environment of the nurse, images of the profession of nursing, and nursing and student-related issues. She has published in the Journal of Nursing Administration, Nursing Management, the Journal of Professional Nursing and co-authored three chapters in a report entitled Missouri Nursing 2000: Creating a Positive Future.

Dr. Porter is married to Michael Porter, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Special Degree Programs, also with the University of Missouri-Columbia. They have two sons: Ben, married to Melissa (from Perth, Australia) and Matt, married to Lucy (from Cornwall, England).

• Selected Honors and Awards
  2006 Honored with the naming of the second floor of the MU Excellence Hall Dormitory as "Porter House"
  2005 Myrtle K. Aydelotte Dean's Award, Univeristy of Iowa, College of Nursing
  2004 Manuel T. Pacheco Academic Leadership Award
  2003 Provost Committee on the Status of Women, First Annual Tribute to Mizzou Women Honoree
  2002 QEBH Honor Society for distinguished service and promotion of the Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia
• 2002 Paul Harris Fellowship Award, Northwest Rotary Club
• 2001 Alpha Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Excellence in Leadership Award
  

• Professional Memberships
  Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society in Nursing
  American Nurses Association, Missouri Nurses Association, member
• Community Service
  2000 - current Member of Northeast Rotary Club of Columbia
  1997 - 1999 Community Partnership Board of Directors
  1997 - 2001 United Way Board Member for Columbia

Publications

Grants and Contract

Press Releases:

Dean of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing Floored by Latest Honor

 

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