Kierra Foley, BA, MA
Bio
Kierra is a predoctoral student at Penn Nursing and a Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation. She comes from a humanities background, which she uses to inform her current research. She is examining the role of housing in the health and wellness of sexual and gender minority older adults.
Research Experience
- Methodological Interests:
- Qualitative research
- Mixed methods research
Related News
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Three UPenn SON Hillman Scholars Receive Fall Pilot Awards
University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Charisse Ahmed, Cassis Boateng, and Kierra Foley applied for pilot awards this fall and were approved for funding by the Hillman Scholars In Nursing Innovation National Program Office. Read the full article for details on their projects.
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Hillman Scholars Use Design Thinking for Health Framework to Focus Their Research Goals
During the summer two Penn Hillman Scholars, Cassis Boateng (Penn ’26) and Kierra Foley (Penn ’23), were awarded funding to complete innovation projects that consisted of them reviewing the online Design Thinking for Health course and applying the framework to the health challenge and community that is the focus of their respective dissertation research. The goal of the Design Thinking framework is to generate innovative solutions through creative problem solving while completing the five stages: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test.
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NLN Announces Expansion of the NLN Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
The National League for Nursing proudly announces that a project underway for nearly a decade—the NLN Collection at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, housed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia—has been expanded.