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Faculty

Name Rank Current Activities Graduate Faculty Status Graduate Program Activity
Andrews, Mary, MSN, RN Junior Specialist Lab Resource Coordinator Junior Specialist n/a
Beck, Christine, MSN/MA, APRN, PHCNS-BC, FNP-BC Assistant Professor Research & Adult Health, Review Practicum Assistant Professor Family NP, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Public/Community Health, Medical Anthropology, Health Assessment, Health Policy
Commendador, Kathleen, PhD, WHNP-BC, APRN, APRN-RX, NCC Assistant Professor Health Assessment, Parent-Child Health Care Practicum, Parent-Newborn Care & Practicum, Collaborative Health Practicum Assistant Professor Fundamentals, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Health Assessment, Research Focus: Adolescents & Contraceptive behavior, Avatars in Nursing Education
Daub, Katharyn, Ed.D., CTNA, CNE, RN Director & Professor Professor / Director Professor / Director Nursing Education, Transcultural Nursing, Systems-based Leadership and Management, Qualitative Research, Adult Health, ICU Nursing, Nursing Research
Davis, Alice, PhD, RN, GNP, ACNP Assistant Professor Adult Health & Practicum Assistant Professor Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Trauma Critical Care, Diabetes, Neuroscience, Cognition
Flood, Jeanie, PhD, RN-C, IBCLC Associate Professor Parent-Child Health Care Practicum, Community Health Practicum & Collaborative Health Practicum Associate Professor Community Health, Leadership & Management, Maternal Child and Pediatric Nursing
Lovell, Eileen, MSN, PHN, RN  Assistant Professor Issues and Trends, Concepts and Skills Practicum, Community Practicum, Collaborative Practicum, Professional Writing Assistant Professor Fundamentals, Health Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Professional Issues & Trends, Collaborative, Nursing Informatics, Simulation, and Health Policy
Mukai, Cecilia Wong, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC Professor Concepts and Skills, Gerontological Health, Collaborative health Care & Practicum, BSN Review Professor Family NP, Information Technology, Collaborative Health Care Leadership and Management, Community Health
Smith, Sarah, RNC-OB, MSNed Junior Specialist/Lab Coordinator Parent-Newborn Practicum Junior Specialist/ Lab Coordinator Investigating correlation between self-reported nursing competence & work environments
Thompson, Joan, MSN, RN, NNP Associate Professor Heath Assessment, Parent-Child Health Care Practicum, Human Pathophysiology, Parent-Newborn Care, Community Practicum & Collaborative Practicum Associate Professor Neonatal NP, Primary Care of Children, Adv. Pathophysiology, Rural Health Promotion, Maternal/Newborn, Fundamentals, Adult Health
Tostenson, Lisa, MSNed, PHN, RN Assistant Professor Concepts and Skills & Practicum, Mental Health Assistant Professor Social Aspects of Health, Fundamentals, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Mental Health

Lecturers

Name Rank Current Activities Graduate Faculty Status Graduate Program Activity
Kinney, Genevieve PhD Lecturer Mental Health & Transcultural Nursing Lecturer Transcultural Nursing, Qualitative Research, Systems-based Leadership and Management
Novak, Julie, PhD Lecturer Assoc. Dean for Practices and Clinical Director Schools of Nursing and Health Professionas Lecturer Social Aspects of Health, Systems Based Leadership and Management
Pacquiao, Dula, PhD Associate Professor Director of the Center for Multicultural Education, Research and Practice Lecturer Evidence Based Practice, Systems Based Leadership, Advanced Research Methods
Rubab Qureshi, PhD Lecturer University for Medicine and Dentistry Faculty Lecturer Pathophysiology
Spector, Rachel, PhD Lecturer Transcultural Nursing Scholar Lecturer Social Aspects of Health, Transcultural Nursing
Squellati, Robin, APRN Adjunct Faculty Colonel, U.S. Air Force Corps, Former Detailee to the Office of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye Lecturer Adult NP, Health Policy, Health Promotion
Wong, Yvonne, MSNed, RN Lecturer Medical-Surgical, Clinicals Lecturer Medical-Surgical Nurse, Health Assessment, HMC Nursing Supervisor