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Department 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

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

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH - George A. Weiss University Professor, Professor of Epidemiology and 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

Yvonne Paterson, PhD – Professor of Nursing

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

Barbara J. Riegel, DNSc, FAAN, RN, FAHA – Professor of Nursing

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

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

Joseph R. Libonati, PhD - Associate Professor of Nursing 

Therese Richmond, PhD, CRNP, FAAN – 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 

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

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

Assistant Professor 

Bart C. De Jonghe, PhD - Assistant Professor of Nursing

Tanja Kral, PhD - Assistant Professor of Nursing

Ann M Kutney-Lee, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor of Nursing

Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN - 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

Margaret C. Souders, PhD, CRNP - Assistant Professor of Human Genetics

Kelly L. Wiltse Nicely, PhD, MSN, CRNA - Assistant Professor of Nurse Anesthesia

Practice Faculty

Associate Professor

Connie B. Scanga, PhD - Practice Associate Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor

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

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

Research Faculty

Assistant Professor

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

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

Academic Support Staff 

Advanced Senior Lecturer

Valerie Cotter, DrNP, CRNP, FAANP - Advanced Senior Lecturer

Susan K. Keim, MS, RN - Advanced Senior Lecturer

Russ R. Lynn, CRNA MSN - Advanced Senior Lecturer

Maria Magro, CRNA, MS, MSN - Advanced Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Patricia Griffith, MSN - Senior Lecturer

Joan Polsky, MSN, BSN - Senior Lecturer

Patricia Rogers, MSN - Senior Lecturer

Lecturer

Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN – Lecturer 

Anne Caputo - Lecturer

Rosemary Frasso, PhD – Lecturer 

Laura Klenke-Borgmann, BSN, MSN - Lecturer 

Patricia Pawlow, MSN, BSNA - Lecturer 

Houry V Puzantian, PhD - Lecturer 

Lori Ann Winner, RN - Lecturer 

Ann Wislowski, BA, BSN, MSN - Lecturer 

Adjunct Professor

Professor

Sophia Siu-Chee Chan, PhD, MEd, PrDHCE, DNA, RN, RSCN, RTN - Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Sabina M. DeGeest, PhD, RN - Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Guifang Guo, PhD – Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Ann M. Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN - Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Thomas A. Marino, PhD - Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Kathy Culpepper Richards, PhD, RN, FAAN – Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Douglas M. Sloane, PhD - Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Stella L Volpe, PhD, RD, LD/N, FACSM – Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Deborah Watkins Bruner, PhD, RN, FAAN – Adjunct Professor of Nursing

Associate Professor

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

Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN - Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Mary Ann Lafferty-DellaValle, PhD - Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD – Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Nancy M. Valentine, PhD, DSc(h), FAAN, FNAP - Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Associate Professor – Clinician Educator

Kathleen P. Kinslow, CRNA, EdD - Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor

Robert Atkins, PhD, RN – Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Mary Bourbonniere, PhD(c), MS, RN, ONC - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Linda Carrick, PhD, RN, CNAA, - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

James Cato, EdD, RN, CRNA, CPEHR - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Janice Foust, PhD, RN - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Deanna L. Gray-Miceli, PhD, APRN, FAANP - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jan F. Jaeger, PhD, RN, MBe - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Joanne Reifsnyder, PhD, APRN, BC-PCM - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Carrie Stricker, MSN, CRNP - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Allison Squires - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor – Clinician Educator

Irene Berman-Levine, PhD, RD - Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing

Visiting Professor

Lawrence Scahill - Visiting Professor