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Core Faculty

 

Standing Faculty 

Professor

Linda H. Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN – Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research

Deborah Watkins Bruner, PhD, RN, FAAN – Independence Professor in Nursing Education, Interim Associate Dean for Research

Julie A. Fairman, PhD, FAAN, RN – Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing

Mary D. Naylor, PhD, FAAN, RN – Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology; Director of the Center for Health Transitions, and Associate Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science

Jennifer A. Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH – Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor in Nursing

Barbara J. Riegel, DNSc, FAAN, RN, FAHA – Professor of Nursing; and Interim Chair, Family and Community Health Division

Terri E. Weaver, PhD, FAAN, RN – Professor of Nursing; and Chair, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division

Professor – Clinician Educator

Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, FAAN, RN – Professor of Gerontological Nursing

Kathleen McCauley, PhD, FAAN, RN, CS – Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, Class of 1965 25th Reunion Term Professor of Nursing, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Kathy Culpepper Richards, PhD, RN, FAAN – Professor of Health Promotion in Gerontology

Associate Professor

Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, FAAN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Eileen Lake, PhD, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Therese Richmond, PhD, CRNP, FAAN – Associate Professor of Nursing 

Ann E. Rogers, PhD, FAAN, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Julie Sochalski, PhD, FAAN, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing 

Nancy C. Tkacs, PhD, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Lorraine J. Tulman, DNSc, FAAN, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing 

Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN – Associate Professor of Nursing

Associate Professor – Clinician Educator 

Joseph I. Boullata, PharmD, RPh, BCNSP – Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Charlene W. Compher, PhD, RD, FADA, CNSD – Associate Professor of Nutrition Science 

Arlene D. Houldin, PhD, APRN, BC – Associate Professor of Psychosocial Nursing

Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, FAAN, RN – Associate Professor of Pain Practice 

Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN – Associate Professor of Nursing Administration

Assistant Professor 

Norma G. Cuellar, DSN, RN – Assistant Professor of Nursing

Joseph R. Libonati, PhD – Assistant Professor of Nursing 

Salimah H. Meghani, PhD, MBE, CRNP, RN – Assistant Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor – Clinician Educator 

Christine K. Bradway, PhD, RN, CRNP – Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing

 

Practice Faculty

Associate Professor

Mary Ann Lafferty-Della Valle, PhD – Practice Associate Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Deborah Becker, PhD, CRNP, ACNP-BC – Practice Assistant Professor of Nursing

Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN – Practice Assistant Professor of Nursing 

Connie B. Scanga, PhD – Practice Assistant Professor of Nursing

Ann Marie Walsh Brennan, PhD, RN – Practice Assistant Professor of Nursing

 

Research Faculty

Associate Professor

Ellen Giarelli, EdD, CRNP, CS – Research Associate Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Katherine Abbott, PhD, MGS – Research Assistant Professor of Nursing

Robyn Cheung, PhD, ARPN – Research Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jeannie P. Cimiotti, DNS, RN – Research Assistant Professor of Nursing

Karen Beth Hirschman, PhD, MSW – Research Assistant Professor of Nursing

 

Academic Support Staff 

Advanced Senior Lecturer

Valerie Cotter

Senior Lecturer 

Susan Keim

Russ Lynn 

Maria Magro

Patricia Rogers 

Lecturer

Anne Caputo

Joan Polsky 

Stella Volpe

 

Adjunct Professor

Professor

Sophia Siu-Chee Chan

Sabina DeGeest

Ann Kolanowski

Frances Lewis

Thomas Marino

Douglas Sloane

Associate Professor

Elizabeth Capezuti

Sean Clarke

Allen Glicksman

Mary Beth Happ

Mary Ropka

Nancy Valentine

Associate Professor – Clinician Educator

Linda Jacobs

Kathleen Kinslow

Assistant Professor

Kenneth Abrams

Lauren Arnold

Mary Bourbonniere

Linda Carrick

James Cato

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili

Janice Foust

Ellen Fung

Deanna Gray-Miceli

Linda Sulzbach Hoke 

Pamela Jackson-Malik

Jan Jaeger 

Joanne Reifsnyder

Carrie Stricker 

Assistant Professor – Clinician Educator

Irene Berman-Levine