Biography
I am a tenured Associate Professor of Nursing within the School of Nursing at Western
Carolina University鈥檚 College of Health and Human Sciences and serve as the Interim
Director of Nursing for the School of Nursing. I was appointed to this position on
July 31, 2019. My responsibilities include the complete overall direction of the School
of Nursing, including curriculum, personnel issues, financial fiscal responsibility,
and overseeing faculty, staff, and student issues. Additionally, I serve as a Visiting
Professor of Nursing at Edinburgh, Napier School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social
Care in Edinburgh, Scotland. I additionally teach courses in the graduate program
of the School of Nursing (Research 697) and lead nursing graduate students through
thesis and projects for meeting graduate school requirements each academic year.<br><br>I
am also responsible for the establishment of the International Nursing Course Program
with Kings College of London, England, Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, the
Royal Infirmary Hospital, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland.
I sponsor and take nursing students and nurses to Great Britain each year during spring
break for clinical mentoring with nurses in the hospital and community environment.
Additionally, I coordinate an online international nursing course with the University
of Lahti, Finland and Edinburgh Napier University schools of nursing during the fall
of each academic year.
Teaching Interests
Nursing Leadership and Management<br>International Nursing and Leadership<br>Diversity
and Nursing<br>Mentoring in Nursing
Research Interests
Nursing Leadership and Management<br>International Nursing and Leadership<br>Mentoring
and Diversity in Nursing<br>International Collaborative Leadership Mentoring
