Faculty Spotlight

Promotions - Congratulations

Dr. Susan Feeney as she is being promoted to serve as the Associate Dean for Advanced Practice Programs. Dr. Mechelle Plasse will be the Director of Nurse Practitioner Tracks and Mental Health Programs. Dr. Shari Harding will be the Coordinator of the DNP Programs.

Sullivan-Bolyai, S., O’Neil, W., Boucher, J., Coco, An., Dowd-Foley, D., Dumas, V., Gravlin, G.& Pellegrini, L. (2023). Intraprofessional nursing students coming together through an academic interprofessional practice partnership experience: Are you a caregiver? Teaching and Learning in Nursing, https:// bit.ly/3nMAfYR (Article in press April 2023)

Aronowitz, T., Amoah, R. K., Fisher, M. A., Manero, C., Peterson, K., Terrien, J. M., Wassef, M. E., & Morris, N. (2023). Facilitating diversity of thought in learning environments for nursing students. Journal of Professional Nursing, 46, 141-145. https://bit.ly/3pkN90R

Dr. Teri Aronowitz, professor and two PhD students Chyla Bingham-Hendricks and Autaquay PetersMosquera presents about “Indigenous Students Speak: Experiences and Perspectives” at the Structural Determinants of Health: Trauma of the Indigenous People in North America a one day virtual symposium at Boston College. This symposium endeavors to examine and shine a light on the Structural Determinants conditions among Native American and Indigenous (NAI) peoples.

Dr. Thin (Aung) Malatesta, Assistant Professor in the Graduate Entry Pathway Program (GEP) contributed to an article entitled “Bankrupting the system: High utilization of travel nurses still causing financial strain” in the Worcester Business Journal. Thin talks about her experience as a traveling nurse. Read the whole article here: https://bit.ly/3APlMhM

Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Associate Professor has three presentations to give May 22-25 at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) National Teaching Institute (NTI). We will have more Information next month about these presentations.

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