Meet Our Faculty
Kimberly Abraham
DNP, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
Safa A Al-Arabi
PhD, MPH, MSN, CNL, RN
Associate Professor
CNL Track Administrator
Suzanne Alton
DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor
Core Track Administrator
Irma Alvarado
PhD, RN, HACP
Assistant Professor
Jacqueline Aoughsten
DNP, RN, ACNP-C
Assistant Professor
AGACNP Track Administrator
Jennifer Barnett
DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Maureen Biggs
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Adjunct Associate Professor
Clinical Director of the Nurse Managed Clinic at St. Vincent's
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
Ellen Boyd
PhD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
NE Track Administrator
Carol Bruno
MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Morgan Cangelosi
MSN, RN, FNP-C, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Andrea Colburn
DNP, MSN, AGACNP
Assistant Professor
Cheryl Day
MSN, RN, CNS
Assistant Professor
Annalyn DeMello
PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor
Betty Douzar
MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Vicky Ebone
DNP, RN, GNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Christopher Edwards
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Rachel Ellis
DNP, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Lorraine Evangelista
PhD, RN, CNS, FAHA, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship and Professor
Lena Finke Distinguished Chair for Nursing Arts
Juan Feng
MSN, MA, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Meredith Ford
MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Sharron Forest
DNP, RN, NNP-BC
Associate Professor
Carol Glaze
MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE
Assistant Professor
Pamela Harris-Haman
DNP, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Connie Heard
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
LaVelle Isreal-Brown
MSN, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
Jeri Jaquis
MSN, RN, ANP-BC
Assistant Professor
Shinu John
DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, OCN
Assistant Professor
Susan Johnson
DNP, MSN, ACNP-C, RN
Assistant Professor
Deborah Jones
PhD, RN
Senior Vice President and Dean, School of Nursing
Rebecca Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair
Mini Jose
PhD, RN, FNP-C
Associate Professor
Adrian Juarez
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Cheryl Juneau
DrPH, RN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor
FNP Track Administrator
Jesse and Alicia Dunn Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Laura King
DNP, MSN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Baccalaureate Program Director - Junior Level
Patricia Lea
DNP, MSEd, RN, CCRN
Associate Professor
Baccalaureate Program & RN-BSN Program Director - Senior Level
J. (John) Michael Leger
PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, CNL
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean, Organizational Effectiveness and Evaluation
Executive Nurse Leader Track Administrator (Interim)
Bruce Leonard
PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C
Professor
Ann Lovric
MS, RN
Assistant Professor
Sheba Luke
DNP, RN, FNP-C, NEA-BC
Assistant Professor
Bushra Manakatt
DNP, RN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Cheyenne (Darlene) Martin
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Rebecca and Edwin Gale Professorship
Dora Martin
DNP, RN, WHCNP, RNC
Assistant Professor
Tina Mathers
MSN, MBA, RN
Assistant Professor
Thomas Méndez
PhD, RN-BC, PMHCNS
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor
Dwayne More
DNP, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
M Kathleen Murphy
DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Professor
ENL Track Administrator
Alice O. Stubblefield, RN Term Professorship in Nursing
Hoang Nguyen
PhD
Associate Professor
Biostatistician
Mary O'Keefe
PhD, JD, APRN, CNS P/MH, LPC, FAAN
Professor
PhD Program Director
Constance Brewer Koomey Professorship in Nursing
Rebekah Penton
DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Petitt
DNP, RN, FNP-C, DCNP
Assistant Professor
Carolyn Phillips
PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Dibrell Family Professor in the Art of Medicine
Sandra Priest
DNP, RN, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor
NNP Track Administrator
Miriam Ramos
DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Patricia Richard
PhD, RN
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program
Associate Professor
The Florence Thelma Hall Distinguished Professorship
Linda Rounds
PhD, RN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN
Professor
Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Program
DNP Program Director
Betty Lee Evans Nursing Professorship
Kimberly Rumsey
MSN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Patricia Savard
DNP, MSN, RN, ANP-C
Assistant Professor
Gwenn Scott
DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor
Y. Kristen Starnes-Ott
PhD, BS, CRNA, FNAP
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
Betty P. Akins Endowed Chair in Nursing
Shannon Stevenson
MSN, RN, RNC-OB, CNM
Assistant Professor
Jacquelyn Svoboda
DNP, MSN, RNC, WHNP
Assistant Professor
Josie Tombrella
DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Margaret Touw
DNP, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Roy Trahan
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Huey-Ming Tzeng
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
M. Terese Verklan
PhD, RNC, FAAN, CCNS
Professor
Rebeka Watson Campbell
PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Bonnie Webster
MS, RN, BC
Assistant Professor
Cindy West
DNP, APRN, CRNA
Assistant Professor
Carol Wiggs
PhD, RN, CNM, AHN-BC
Associate Professor
RN-BSN Track Administrator
Maureen Wilder
DNP, RN, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Master's Program Director
Joseph B. and Mary Alice Collerain Professorship in Nursing
Charlotte Wisnewski
PhD, MS, RN, CDE, CNE
Associate Professor
Kaci Woods-Chinn
MA Behavioral Science/IOPsych, BS Psychology, BS Business
Assistant Professor/Academic Counselor
Tammy Young
MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
