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
PhD, 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, CRNP, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor

Connie Heard
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor

LaVelle Isreal-Brown
MSN, RN, CPN
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

DeMonica Junious
PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor

Laura King
DNP, MSN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Baccalaureate Program Director - Junior Level

Shatoi King
PhD, MSN-Ed, RN-BC
Assistant Professor

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)
John P. McGovern Chair in the Healing Practices of Nursing

Bruce Leonard
PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C
Professor

Elizabeth Lorenzo
PhD, 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

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

Obiamaka Oji
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor

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

Stephanie Rosser
DNP, APRN, ACNPC, CCRN-CMC, NEA-BC
Assistant Professor

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

Christen Sadler
MSN, CNM, CNE, LCCE, FACCE
Assistant Professor

Patricia Savard
DNP, MSN, RN, ANP-C
Assistant Professor

Gwenn Scott
DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor

E'Loria Simon-Campbell
PhD, RN
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, RNC-OB, CNE
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, CDCES, CNE
Associate Professor

Kaci Woods-Chinn
MA Behavioral Science/IOPsych, BS Psychology, BS Business
Assistant Professor/Academic Counselor

Tammy Young
MSN, RN
Assistant Professor