Faculty Directory Meet Our Faculty Abraham, Kimberly DNP, RN, CPN Assistant ProfessorRN-BSN Track Coordinator kiabraha@utmb.edu View Profile Al-Arabi, Safa A PhD, MPH, MSN, CNL, RN Associate ProfessorCNL Track Coordinator saalarab@utmb.edu View Profile Alvarado, Irma PhD, MSN, RN, HACP Assistant Professor iralvara@utmb.edu View Profile Barnett, Jennifer DNP, RN, FNP-BC Assistant Professor jebarnet@utmb.edu View Profile Blair, Patricia PhD, LLM, JD, MSN, RN, AAL, CNE, CCHP-RN/A Associate Professor pablair@utmb.edu View Profile Bleess, Ofonime A. DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, ENP-C Assistant Professor oableess@utmb.edu View Profile Brody, Shelly DNP, MSN, NEA-BC, CNE Assistant Professor slbrody@utmb.edu View Profile Broussard, Theresa DNAP, CRNA, APRN Assistant Professor thbrouss@utmb.edu View Profile Bruno, Carol DNP, MSN, RN Assistant Professor cabruno@utmb.edu View Profile Bryant-Bova, Jill DNP, BS, RN, LNCC, CPHQ, NE-BC Assistant Professor jnbryant@utmb.edu View Profile Cangelosi, Morgan MSN, RN, FNP-C, CCRN Assistant Professor mmcangel@utmb.edu View Profile Carson, Zachary DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC Assistant Professor zwcarson@utmb.edu View Profile Carter, Patricia PhD, RN, CNS PhD Program DirectorProfessor pacarter@utmb.edu View Profile Colburn, Andrea DNP, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN Assistant ProfessorAGACNP Track Coordinator accolbur@utmb.edu View Profile Day, Cheryl MSN, RN, CNS Assistant Professor ccday@utmb.edu View Profile Feng, Juan PhD, MA, RN, CNE Associate Professor jufeng@utmb.edu View Profile Ferguson, Laurie Anne DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-C, CPNP, FNAP, FAANP Professor laufergu@utmb.edu View Profile Ford, Meredith PhD, MSN, RN, CNE Assistant ProfessorHonors Program Policy and Leadership Track Coordinator and Advisor meford@utmb.edu View Profile Forest, Sharron DNP, APRN, NNP-BC ProfessorDNP Program DirectorWill Bivens Singleton Professorship in Pediatric Nursing shforest@utmb.edu View Profile Garey, Amanda Ph.D., RN, NPD-BC, NPDA-BC, EBP-C Assistant Professor amgarey@utmb.edu View Profile Gibb, Vera DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AQH, CCTP Assistant Professor vdgibb@utmb.edu View Profile Glaze, Carol EdD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE Assistant Professor tcglaze@utmb.edu View Profile Graves, Letitia Y. PhD, RN Assistant Professor legraves@utmb.edu View Profile Hawkins, Bridget PhD, MBA, CRA Director, Research Innovation and Scientific Excellence (RISE) Center behawkin@utmb.edu View Profile Hibbs, Sarah DNP, RN, NE-BC Assistant Professor serobert@utmb.edu View Profile Hice, Karmen A. MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl Assistant Professor kahice@utmb.edu View Profile Hickerson, Latia PhD, MPH, APRN, WHNP-BC Assistant ProfessorHonors Program Health Equity and Advocacy Track Coordinator lwhicker@utmb.edu View Profile High, Amber DNP, APRN, CRNA, NC-BC Assistant ProfessorAssistant Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program aethomps@utmb.edu View Profile Hodgkins, Frances EdD, MSN, CNE, NE-BC, PMH-BC, RN Assistant Professor frhodgki@utmb.edu View Profile Johnson-Vaught, Linda (Denise) DNP, APRN, ENP, ACNP-BC Assistant ProfessorEmergency Nurse PractitionerAcute Care Board Certified linjohns@utmb.edu View Profile Jones, Deborah PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN Senior Vice President and Dean, School of NursingChief Integration OfficerRebecca Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair debjjone@utmb.edu View Profile Jose, Mini PhD, RN, FNP-C Associate Professor mmjose@utmb.edu View Profile Joy, Shinu DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, OCN Assistant ProfessorUndergraduate Program HEC Liaison shjohn@utmb.edu View Profile Juarez, Adrian PhD, RN Assistant Professor axjuarez@utmb.edu View Profile Juneau, Cheryl DrPH, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Associate ProfessorFNP Track CoordinatorJesse and Alicia Dunn Endowed Professorship in Nursing cajuneau@utmb.edu View Profile Junious, DeMonica PhD, RN, CNE Assistant ProfessorInterim ENL Track Coordinator dejuniou@utmb.edu View Profile King, Shatoi PhD, MSN-Ed, RN-BC, CNE Assistant ProfessorHonors Program Research Track Coordinator sthodge@utmb.edu View Profile Klesel, Deborah PhD, MSN, RN Assistant Professor dkklesel@utmb.edu View Profile Lea, Patricia DNP, MSEd, RN, CCRN Interim Department Chair for Undergraduate StudiesAssociate ProfessorBaccalaureate and RN-BSN Program Director palea@utmb.edu View Profile Lesser, Susan R. PhD, MSN, RN-BC Assistant Professor srlesser@utmb.edu View Profile Lorenzo, Elizabeth PhD, RN Assistant Professor ellorenz@utmb.edu View Profile Luke, Sheba DNP, APRN, FNP-C, NEA-BC Associate ProfessorMSN Program DirectorInterim NE Track Coordinator saluke@utmb.edu View Profile Manakatt, Bushra DNP, APRN, MSN, FNP-C Assistant Professor bmmanaka@utmb.edu View Profile Martin, Dora Elizabeth DNP, WHCNP, MSN, RNC Assistant Professor emartin@utmb.edu View Profile Mathers, Tina DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNE Assistant Professor tmmather@utmb.edu View Profile McDonald, Jo DNP, MSN, RN, CEN, CA/CP-SANE Assistant Professor jmrobert@utmb.edu View Profile Meyers, Stephanie PhD, MEd, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC Assistant Professor semeyers@utmb.edu View Profile Murphy, M. Kathleen DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CGNC, FAAN Associate Dean for Global Health and Community EngagementProfessorAlice O. Stubblefield, Professorship in Nursing kamurphy@utmb.edu View Profile Nguyen, Hoang PhD Associate ProfessorBiostatistician hnguyen@utmb.edu View Profile Nibert, Ainslie T. PhD, RN, FAAN Department Chair for Graduate StudiesProfessorEdgar and Grace Gnitzinger Chair in Geriatric Nursing atnibert@utmb.edu View Profile O'Brien, Karen PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC Associate Professor klobrien@utmb.edu View Profile Oji, Obiamaka DNP, APRN, FNP-BC Assistant Professor oboji@utmb.edu View Profile O'Keefe, Mary PhD, JD, APRN, CNS P/MH, LPC, FAAN ProfessorConstance Brewer Koomey Professorship in Nursing meokeefe@utmb.edu View Profile Patel, Darpan PhD Vice Dean for Research and ScholarshipProfessorLena Finke Distinguished Chair of Nursing Arts daipatel@utmb.edu View Profile Priest, Sandra DNP, RN, NNP-BC Assistant ProfessorInterim NNP Track Coordinator sapriest@utmb.edu View Profile Prokopiou, Carmelita DNP, MBA, APRN-CNS, AOCN, CPHQ, NE-BC, CPHON, CNE Assistant Professor caprokop@utmb.edu View Profile Rabe, Cora DNP, CRNA, APRN, CHSE, CPHQ Associate ProfessorNurse Anesthesia Program Director colwilso@utmb.edu View Profile Rosser, Stephanie DNP, APRN, ACNPC, CCRN-CMC, CNE, NEA-BC Assistant ProfessorBSN-DNP Track Coordinator sdrosser@utmb.edu View Profile Rounds, Linda PhD, APRN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN Associate Dean for Professional DevelopmentProfessorBetty Lee Evans Nursing Professorship lrounds@utmb.edu View Profile Rumsey, Kimberly Anne DNP, MSN, RN, CNE Associate ProfessorBSN Junior Track Coordinator kirumsey@utmb.edu View Profile Sadler, Christen MSN, CNM, CNE, LCCE, FACCE Assistant Professor chsadler@utmb.edu View Profile Savard, Patricia DNP, MSN, RN, ANP-C Assistant Professor pasavard@utmb.edu View Profile Starnes-Ott, Kristen PhD, BS, CRNA, FAANA, FNAP Vice Dean for Academic AffairsProfessorBetty P. Akins Endowed Chair in Nursing ykstarne@utmb.edu View Profile Svoboda, Jacquelyn DNP, APRN, WHNP-C Director of Educational InnovationsAssociate ProfessorJoseph B. and Mary Alice Collerain Professorship of Nursing jdnegrot@utmb.edu View Profile Tombrella, Josie DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC Assistant ProfessorAGPCNP Track CoordinatorGraduate Program HEC Liaison jltombre@utmb.edu View Profile Touw, Margaret DNP, MS, RN Assistant Professor matouw@utmb.edu View Profile Trahan, Roy PhD, RN, CCRN Associate ProfessorBSN Senior Track Coordinator rltrahan@utmb.edu View Profile Tzeng, Huey-Ming PhD, RN, FAAN Professor hutzeng@utmb.edu View Profile Ulrich, Beth EdD, RN, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN Professor elulrich@utmb.edu View Profile Verklan, M. Terese PhD, RNC, FAAN, CCNS Professor mtverkla@utmb.edu View Profile Wagner, Lisa PhD, MPH, BA, RNC, CNE Assistant Professor lrwagner@utmb.edu View Profile Watson Campbell, Rebeka PhD, RN, CNE Associate Professor rebwatso@utmb.edu View Profile Webster, Bonnie K. MS, RN, BC Assistant Professor bkwebste@utmb.edu View Profile West, Cindy DNP, APRN, CRNA Assistant Dean for Opportunity, Belonging, and EnrichmentAssistant Professor ciwest@utmb.edu View Profile Woods-Chinn, Kaci MA Behavioral Science/IOPsych, BS Psychology, BS Business Assistant ProfessorAcademic Counselor kvwoods@utmb.edu View Profile Close