PhD Faculty Status
Faculty with PhD Doctoral Faculty status can serve as a PhD student advisor, PhD Program Committee chair, or as a PhD Program committee member. Faculty with Graduate Faculty status can serve as a PhD Program committee member or co-advisor.
| Name | Status | Nursing Specialty | Interest Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armer, Jane | PhD Doctoral |
Community Health, Gerontological Nursing, Oncology (Breast Cancer) | Measurement and management of post-breast cancer lymphedema; management of chronic illness; health beliefs and behaviors among diverse elders; relocation adjustment of rural elderly; qualitative research methods |
| Bader, Val | PhD Graduate |
Maternal child health, Women’s health | Health promotion for women |
| Bloom, Tina L. | PhD Doctoral |
Intimate partner violence and violence prevention interventions, Maternal-child health, Collaborative and community-based research | Developing and testing effective violence interventions that decrease exposure to intimate partner violence, decreasing the negative impact that violence exposure has on their health. |
| Bostick, Jane | PhD Graduate |
Community/Mental Health Nursing; Geropsychiatric Nursing | Nursing home care quality; nursing homes staffing; Minimum Data Set quality indicators; nursing home environmental design; dementia and depression in older adults; reminiscence therapy to improve depression levels in the older adult |
| Bowman, Katherine G. |
PhD |
Maternity and newborn nursing care, Maltreatment among adults maltreated as children | |
| Chase, Jo-Ana D. | PhD Doctoral |
Gerontology, Cardiovascular nursing | Chronic disease self-management, Physical activity behavior and physical function among community-dwelling older adults, Healthy aging |
| Despins, Laurel | PhD Doctoral |
Adult critical care, Healthcare systems, Quality improvement | Patient safety, situational awareness, signal detection, healthcare systems |
| Enriquez, Maithe | PhD Doctoral |
Infectious diseases/HIV, Immigrant health care | Infectious diseases, Syndemic health conditions (HIV and violence), Participatory action research, Development of interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease |
| Jefferson, Urmeka T. | PhD Doctoral |
Maternal-child health and Community-Based Participatory Research | Intervention research to reduce disparities in breastfeeding behavior and improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants. |
| Johnson, Rebecca | PhD Doctoral |
Adult nursing, Gerontological nursing | Human-companion animal interaction and well-being for humans and animals; Relocation of older adults. |
| Lane, Kari R. | PhD Doctoral |
Adult acute care nursing, Gerontological nursing | Hearing health care, Improved communication, Supporting ADA rights, Health policy changes for hearing impaired |
| Oliver, Gina | PhD Graduate |
Nursing education; Adult health | Teaching and evaluation methods, curriculum |
| Popejoy, Lori L. | PhD Doctoral |
Adult nursing, gerontological nursing | Care coordination, Transitional care, Discharge planning Advance Care Planning, Health Information Technology |
| Sherman, Jan | PhD Graduate |
Neonatal | Prenatal drug exposure to illicit and licit substances, Prevention of nosocomial neonatal infections, Neonatal pathophysiology |
| Sherwin, LeeAnne B. | PhD Doctoral |
Gastroenterology, Family Nurse Practitioner | Enhance patient outcomes by identifying complex symptoms and symptom clusters, investigating bio-behavioral markers and initiating interventions that will improve health and symptom outcomes in chronic gastrointestinal conditions across the lifespan |
| Ulbrich, Sherri |
PhD |
Critical care nursing | Interprofessional education, Nursing education, Health literacy, Physical activity in adults to reduce cardiovascular disease risk |
| Vogelsmeier, Amy |
PhD |
Gerontological nursing, Healthcare systems, Nursing homes | Healthcare systems including acute and long term care, nursing leadership, patient/medication safety and safety practice implementation. |
| Wakefield, Bonnie J. | PhD Doctoral |
Gerontology, Informatics, Chronic Illness | Implementation and evaluation of home, mobile and web-based communication technologies to improve care for chronically ill elders |
| Wipke-Tevis, Deidre D. | PhD Doctoral |
Adult Health Nursing | Wound healing and human microcirculation; prevention and treatment of pressure and venous leg ulcers; measurement of wound perfusion, skin oxygen and carbon dioxide; nursing care of patients with cardiovascular disease |
DNP Faculty Status
Faculty with DNP Doctoral Faculty status can serve as DNP student advisor, DNP Committee chair, or as a DNP committee member. Faculty with Graduate Faculty status can serve as a DNP Program Committee member or co-advisor.
| Name | Status | Nursing Specialty | Interest Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armer, Jane | DNP Doctoral |
Community Health, Gerontological Nursing, Oncology (Breast Cancer) | Measurement and management of post-breast cancer lymphedema; management of chronic illness; health beliefs and behaviors among diverse elders; relocation adjustment of rural elderly; qualitative research methods |
| Bader, Val | DNP Doctoral |
Maternal child health, Women’s health | Health promotion for women |
| Beck, Mary | DNP Doctoral |
Leadership, Clinical Quality, Patient Safety Systems | Leadership development, focusing on positioning nurse’s advancement to be on boards, councils and commissions at the local, state and national level, clinical quality and patient safety in systems of care |
| Birk, Stephanie | DNP Doctoral |
Leadership | |
| Birtley, Nancy | DNP Doctoral |
Psychiatry, Mental Health | Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology |
| Bloom, Tina | DNP Doctoral |
Intimate partner violence and violence prevention interventions, Maternal-child health, Collaborative and community-based research | Developing and testing effective violence interventions that decrease exposure to intimate partner violence, decreasing the negative impact that violence exposure has on their health. |
| Bostick, Jane | DNP Doctoral |
Community/Mental Health Nursing; Geropsychiatric Nursing | Nursing home care quality; nursing homes staffing; Minimum Data Set quality indicators; nursing home environmental design; dementia and depression in older adults; reminiscence therapy to improve depression levels in the older adult |
| Bowman, Katherine | DNP Doctoral |
Maternity and newborn nursing care, Maltreatment among adults maltreated as children | |
| Butler, Miriam | DNP Doctoral |
Family Nurse Practitioner | Patient education and drug prevention education |
| Chase, Jo-Ana | DNP Doctoral |
Gerontology, Cardiovascular nursing | Chronic disease self-management, Physical activity behavior and physical function among community-dwelling older adults, Healthy aging |
| Crumley, Carolyn | DNP Doctoral |
Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult Health, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse | Acute Care, Wound, Ostomy & Continence Care, Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, Venous Thromboembolism, Evidence-Based Practice |
| Despins, Laurel | DNP Doctoral |
Adult critical care, Healthcare systems, Quality improvement | Patient safety, situational awareness, signal detection, healthcare systems |
| Enriquez, Maithe | DNP Doctoral |
Infectious diseases/HIV, Immigrant health care | Infectious diseases, Syndemic health conditions (HIV and violence), Participatory action research, Development of interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease |
| Evans-Smith, Pam | Graduate | Critical care | Pain management in the ICU patient |
| Harris, Robin | DNP Doctoral |
Pediatrics, Systems Leadership | |
| Jefferson, Urmeka | DNP Doctoral |
Maternal-child health and Community-Based Participatory Research | Intervention research to reduce disparities in breastfeeding behavior and improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants |
| Johnson, Rebecca | DNP Doctoral |
Adult nursing, Gerontological nursing | Human-companion animal interaction and well-being for humans and animals; Relocation of older adults |
| Lane, Kari | DNP Doctoral |
Adult acute care nursing, Gerontological nursing | Hearing health care, Improved communication, Supporting ADA rights, Health policy changes for hearing impaired |
| Oliver, Gina | DNP Doctoral |
Nursing education; Adult health | Teaching and evaluation methods, curriculum |
| Popejoy, Lori | DNP Doctoral |
Adult nursing, gerontological nursing | Care coordination, Transitional care, Discharge planning Advance Care Planning, Health Information Technology |
| Revelle, Sara | Graduate | Family nurse practitioner | Family practice |
| Rood, Tammy | DNP Doctoral |
Pediatric nurse practitioner | |
| Sherman, Jan | DNP Doctoral |
Neonatal | Prenatal drug exposure to illicit and licit substances, Prevention of nosocomial neonatal infections, Neonatal pathophysiology |
| Sherwin, LeeAnne | DNP Doctoral |
Gastroenterology, Family Nurse Practitioner | Enhance patient outcomes by identifying complex symptoms and symptom clusters, investigating bio-behavioral markers and initiating interventions that will improve health and symptom outcomes in chronic gastrointestinal conditions across the lifespan |
| Thomas, Shelby | DNP Doctoral |
Emergency/Trauma, Cardio-Vascular, Cardio-Thoracic, Open-Heart Surgery, Post-Anesthesia Care, Urgent Care | Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Enhancing Vigilance of Screening, Treatment and Referral in the Primary Care Setting |
| Ulbrich, Sherri | DNP Doctoral |
Critical care nursing | Interprofessional education, Nursing education, Health literacy, Physical activity in adults to reduce cardiovascular disease risk |
| Vogelsmeier, Amy | DNP Doctoral |
Gerontological nursing, Healthcare systems, Nursing homes | Healthcare systems including acute and long term care, nursing leadership, patient/medication safety and safety practice implementation |
| Wakefield, Bonnie | DNP Doctoral |
Gerontology, Informatics, Chronic Illness | Implementation and evaluation of home, mobile and web-based communication technologies to improve care for chronically ill elders |
| Wipke-Tevis, Deidre | DNP Doctoral |
Adult health nursing | Wound healing and human microcirculation, prevention and treatment of pressure and venous leg ulcers, measurement of wound perfusion, skin oxygen and carbon dioxide, nursing care of patients with cardiovascular disease |
| Wood, Lea | DNP Doctoral |
Family practitioner, Women’s health | Simulation, Intimate partner violence, Interactive education, and Interprofessional collaboration |
| Zembles, Shawn | DNP Doctoral |
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care |
Chronic disease management: Preventing hospital re-admissions; Pain management: Alternatives to opioid use; Innovations in addiction support: SBIRT, MAT, and acute alcohol withdraw; At-risk patients: Safety sitter competency; Epidemiology: Emerging infectious diseases |