The Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) is pleased to welcome its first Fulbright Scholar to the school. Justina Yevu Johnson comes to the University of Missouri from Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana, where she was a nursing instructor at Central University College. Justina knew she wanted to pursue a PhD, so when the opportunity presented itself to apply to be a Fulbright Scholar, she applied and was accepted.   

With a BSN and MS(N) from the University of Ghana, Justina is interested in researching palliative care. This is her first time in the United States. After three weeks of orientation in Ohio, Justina arrived in Columbia August 12 and began classes this semester. Her husband and five-year-old son are still in Ghana, but will be moving here after Justina completes her first semester.

Justina says she is most excited to work with the faculty and in the facilities in the SSON, but that she will miss her students in Ghana, with whom she had built meaningful relationships. She hopes to earn her PhD degree in four years.