Department of Nursing

Kimberly Christopher, Dean of College

Karen Barnett, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies

June Horowitz, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research

Uloma Onubogu, Assistant Dean of Online Learning

Undergraduate Faculty and Fields of Interest

Deborah Armstrong, Full Time Lecturer, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN

David Baba, Clinical Associate Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN

Gulcan Bagcivan, Associate Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, School of Nursing

Jessica Bowen, Clinical Lecturer, Adult Nursing, MSN-Ed, RN.

Maryellen Brisbois, Associate Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, University of Massachusetts Worcester. Specializations: Breast cancer, health disparities, global health, student exchange, chronic illness, vulnerable populations, quality of life, uncertainty.

Gerri-Lyn Boyden, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, PMH-BC, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: Psychological trauma and resilience, chronic mental illness, vulnerable populations, de-escalation in healthcare settings, humanistic nursing & nursing education, first year nursing student experience.

Joyce Cadorette, Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, CAPA, CPAN. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Specializations: clinical nursing leadership, transition to practice, reflective practice.

Natalie Correia, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, FNP-BC, DNP, Walden University. Specializations: nursing education, psychiatric nursing, primary care, acute care.

Carissa Culhane, Clinical Lecturer, Adult Nursing, MS, RN, Capella University.

Melissa Desroches, Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, CNE. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Nursing, Disability and Health Policy, Leadership, Nursing Education.

Ouida Dowd, (RN-BS Program Track Coordinator) Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, ONE. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: critical care, neurosurgical critical care, professional development, engagement pedagogy, clinical reasoning.

Melissa Duprey, (MS Program Director) Clinical Associate Professor, Community Nursing, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, Walden University. Specializations: benefits of simulation in preparing nurses, innovative/experiential technology in nursing education, incorporating HPS into nursing curriculum, preparation of future nurse educators.

Kathleen Elliott, (Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator), Clinical Associate Professor, Adult Nursing, DNP, ANP-BC, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: nursing education, NP education, primary/urgent care, substance use disorders.

Kristin Gill-Bonanca, Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, DNP, MBA, RN CCNRN, NE-BC, Chamberlain University.

Michelle Glowny, Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, CNE University of Massachusetts Worcester. Specializations: Patient and Family Engagement, Qualitative Research, Cardiovascular Genetics/Genomics

Stephanie Gouldrup, Clinical Lecturer, Adult Nursing, MSN, RN

Susan Hunter Revell, Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, University of Rhode Island. Specializations: Adult health, theory, spinal cord injury, technology in the classroom.

Kristopher Jackson, Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, MPH, MSN, AGACNP-BC, University of New Mexico Albuquerque

Peeranuch LeSeure, Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, University of Missouri-Columbia. Specializations: Adult and older adults’ health promotion, chronic illness, diabetes self-management, mobile phone application development, social determinants of health, community-based participatory research, underserved populations, particularly Portuguese Americans.

Kristin Corey Magan, Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Specializations: family caregiving, chronic stress and coping, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, long-term effects of dementia caregiving, older adults, chronic illness, long-term care.

Jennifer Mammen, Associate Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, FNP, University of Rochester, Specializations: Qualitative/Mixed Methods, Symptom mapping, Chronic illness, Parkinson’s, Asthma.

Mary McCurry, (PhD Program Director) Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RNBC, ANP, ACNP, Boston College. Specializations: Adult Nurse Practitioner, theory and philosophy, family caregivers, technology in the classroom, stigma and opioid use disorder.

Mary Rose McDonough, Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, C-EFM

Michelle Pinto, Assistant Teaching Professor, Community Nursing, MSN, RN, CNEn, Framingham State University

Christine Saba, Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, DNP, AGNP-BC, ACNS-BC, Simmons University. Specializations: acute care, oncology nursing, primary care, nursing education and leadership.

Usama Saleh, Clinical Associate Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, University of Kentucky.

Monika Schuler, (Chairperson) Associate Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE Northeastern University. Specializations: Role development, teaching, learning and evaluation in nursing education, substance use disorders.

Valerie Seney, (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator), Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, MA, LMHC, PMHNP-BC, Endicott College. Specializations: Nursing education, PMHNP education, leadership, substance use disorder, psychiatric nursing, barriers to care, Qualitative research.

Kristen Sethares, Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, CNE, FAHA, FHFSA, Boston College. Specializations: Adult health, chronic cardiac illness, self-care of illness, meta-cognitive learning strategies, quantitative research methods.

Yan Su, Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, University of Washington, Specializations: statistics, quantitative research, gerontology.

Mirinda Brown Tyo, Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, TCRN. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: Substance use disorder, caregiver burden, nursing leadership, nursing education, simulation, new graduate nurse transition, and emergency nursing.

Jennifer Viveiros, (Chairperson) Associate Professor, Adult Nursing, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE University Massachusetts Dartmouth. Specializations: Memory, cognitive impairment, simulation, education, heart failure.

Martha M. Whitfield, Assistant Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Queen’s University Kingston, ON. Specializations: substance use disorders, harm reduction, rural primary care, nurse practitioner role development and education, qualitative research methodologies, nursing philosophy.

Ilknur Yesilcinar, Associate Professor, Community Nursing, PhD, RN, Health Science University Gülhane Nursing School Health Sciences Institute