Dean & Professor, Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
Chicago born and raised; Cubs Fan (quit laughing out there) Obtained a diploma in Nursing from St. Thomas School of Nursing in Nashville, TN BSN from University of Illinois Chicago MS in Nursing from University of Colorado Health Sciences Campus in Denver PhD in Higher Ed Admin from Loyola University Chicago Member of a local hospital Board of Trustees and committess there of Member of the Illinois Center for Nursing (inaugural member and still serving) Member and past officer of many professional organizations, state-wide, regionally, and nationally and committees thereof
Pubs focused on pediatric and neonatal/perinatal issues and have evolved into articles about the role of the dean etc Numerous presentations on neonatal/perinatal issues and more recently on higjer ed and nursing ed issues Research focused primarily on pre-term tocoloysis particularly Magnesium Sulfate Teaching spanned undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels.