Faculty Research Interests

Nichole Barrett (RN, MSN, NNP)

• Neurodevelopment and the preterm neonate
• HR variability and sepsis in the preterm infant

Rebecca Benfield (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD, CNM)

• Hydrotherapy, Labor, Uterine Contractility, Physiologic Measurement

Josie Bowman (RN, MSN, DSN)

• Chronic Pain

Garris Conner (RN, BSN, MSN, DSN)

• Infant physiologic responses to nursing interventions, Distant Education: Learning Preferences, education delivery methods

Robin Corbett (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD)

• Simulations and Outcomes
• Nutritional Interventions in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations
• Pica in Pregancy
• Health Policy

Martha Engelke (RN, BS (nurs), MPH (nurs), PhD)

• School-Based Case Management of Children with Chronic Illness

Laura Gantt (RN, PhD)

• Emergency Nursing, Human Simulation

Mark Hand (RN, MSN, CNE)

• Student retention
• Teaching Methods & Technology

Mary Holland (RN, MSN)

• evaluation research

Rebecca Hylant (RN, MSN)

• Accuracy Routes of Temperature in Children

D. Elizabeth Jesse (PhD, RN, CNM)

• Perinatal Depression, Preterm Birth, Spirituality and Pregnancy

Phillip Julian (RN, BSN, MSN)

• Men in nursing

Barbara Kellam (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD)

• NICU, neurodevelopmental outcomes

Mary Kirkpatrick (RN, BSN, MSN, EdD)

• education, ovarian, bariatrics, international

Kim Larson (RN, PhD, MPH)

• Community-based Participatory Research with Latino Populations

Martha Libster (RN, CNS, PhD)

• Historical Research of Nineteenth Century Heath Care and Nursing Education/Healing Traditions/Cultural Diplomacy, Complementarity, and the Health Professions/History and Clinical Use of Botanical Therapies/

Darlene Listopad (RN, MSN)

• Utilizing technology to facilitate the development of critical thinking skills in nursing students.

Bobby Lowery (MN, APRN, BC, FNP)

• APRN Regulation; Healthcare Access; Health Policy; Primary Care

Linda Mayne (RN, BSN, MPA, MSN, PhD)

• Breast cancer screening among minority women; social presence and online course delivery

Maura McAuliffe (CRNA, BS, MSNA, MSN, PhD, FAAN)

• Bariatric Nursing, Anesthesia Education, Regional Anesthesia, Patient Safety; International Nursing Anesthesia

Jane Miles (RN, MSN, CNAA, BC)

• Leadership, Home Health

Frank Moore (RN, BSN, MSN, CS)

• Schizophrenia

Janet Moye (RN, MSN, PhD)

• nursing workforce; older nurses

Monica Parker (RN, BSN, MSN, CDE)

• Diabetes Mellitus; Vulnerable Populations

Annette Peery (RN, BSN, MSN, CDE, EdD)

• caring and burnout in registered nurses, curriculum, educational strategies in nsg ed, diabetes, patient education, health literacy

Pamela Reis (MSN, CNM, PhDc)

• Well-being in pregnancy; obesity in pregnancy; use of photography in research

Dorothy Rentschler (RN, MA, BSN, PhD)

• Retention of Students

Donna Roberson (PhD, APRN, BC)

• Women's health, nursing education, HIV and adherence, female inmates

Mary Ann Rose (RN, EdD)

• bariatric nursing

Sharon Sarvey (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD)

• Obesity and Children
• Quality of Life
• Children with Special Needs

Ann Schreier (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD)

• Accelerated Nursing, Oncology

Melissa Schwartz (RNc, MSN)

• Clinical simulation

Elaine Scott (RN, BSN, MSN, PhD)

• New Graduate Nurses, Leadership, Facilitation, Nursing Management, Administrative Philosophy, Mentoring

Joy Shepard (RN, MSN, CNE, BC (Certified Gerontological Nursing))

• Bariatric Nursing; Promotion of Breastfeeding; Nursing home care quality items such as staff levels, staff turnover, the impact of environmental design on nursing home residents

Michelle Skipper (RN, CS, MSN, FNP, APRN, BC)

• Faith Based Missions as Orientation for New NP Graduates

Frances Thunberg (RN, MSN, BSN)

• Pediatrics, Diabetes in Children, Teaching/Learning, Team Based Learning

Mary Wilson (RN, BSN, MSN)

• Cardiovascular Disease

Carol Winters-Moorhead (MSN, PhD, APRN)

• Nursing and Higher Education; Womens' Health Issues

Gina Woody (RN, BSN, MSN)

• Simulation

Carol Ferreira (RN, BA, MA, MSN, PhD)

• Violence prevention, Attachment, Dementia, HIV/AIDS

Sharon Loury (RN, BS, MS, PhD)

• Hispanic Health Behavior r/t Immigration/Acculturation, Stress, Adaptation; Migrant Health; Nursing History

Bruce Leonard (RN, PhD, FNP, NP-C, BC)

• COPD

Joyce Buck (RN, MSN)

• breast cancer