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Name/
Rank
Scholarly/Research
Interests
Clinical/Applied
Interests
Populations of
Interest
Methods
Barnes, ChristianM.S.,
Senior Lecturer
  • Pedgogical innovations
  • Optimizing academic performance in laboratory settings 
  • College age 
  • Applied research
  • Mixed Methods 

Brown, Kirk, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor

  • Curriculum instruction and design in higher education
  • Assessment of student learning in a competency-based education program
  • Clinical proficiency assessment
  • Evaluation using evidence-based practice 
  • University/college athletic training students
  • Quantitative Methodology
  • Survey Research
Canan, Sasha, Ph.D., M.Ed. Associate Professor
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexual violence/consent
  • LGBT health
  • Sex education
  • N/A
  • LGBTQ communities
  • Mixed methods (more trained in quantitative methods)
  • Measurement development
Catalano, Hannah, Ph.D., CHES,
Associate Professor
  • Instrument development and validation
  • School health education
  • Sexually transmitted infection prevention
  • Professional preparation of public health educators 
  • Curriculum development
  • Needs assessment
  • Pedagogy
  • Program evaluation 
  • Adolescents
  • Campus community
  • School-age children
  • Young adults 
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed Methods  
Cathorall, Michelle, DrPH., MPH,
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Engaging undergraduates in research
  • Global health
  • Malaria in rural Uganda
  • Applied research interests focuses on working with communities to understand mosquito net use in Uganda & using the information to develop appropriate interventions to increase use
  • Community-led coalitions
  • International partner organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
Chen-Edinboro, Lenis, Ph.D., Ed.M.,
Associate Professor
  • Lifestyle factors associated with mental health, including nutrition and sleep
  • Gerontology
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly as it relates to public health
  • Nutrition and behavior
  • Sleep medicine
  • Older adults
  • Individuals across the lifespan
  • Quantitative 
Cherry, Sabrina, DPH, MSPH, MTS,
Associate Professor
  • HIV/AIDS
  • HIV and aging
  • HIV criminalization
  • Health disparities
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
  • Community-engaged research
  • Community needs assessments
  • Asset mapping
  • African-American women
  • Qualitative: Narrative
  • Mixed Methods
  • CBPR
Cochran, Randyl, Ph.D., MPA, Assistant Professor
  • Mental/behavioral health
  • Mental health stigma
  • Racism
  • Health information technology (barriers to adoption/ utilization, outcomes)
  • Healthcare organization performance
  • Health disparities & social determinants of health
  • N/A
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Medical/healthcare Organizations
  • School settings
  • Quantitative methods
  • Mixed methods
Elliott, Steven, Ph.D.,
Director & Professor
  • Effective teaching strategies in K-12
  • Active teaching strategies in large college classes
  • Administration/leadership in higher education
  • Supervisors and evaluation of K-12 teachers
  • Childhood physical activity
  • Obesity
  • Children in K-12 schools
  • Children with special needs
  • College students enrolled in large classes
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed-Methods 
Fisher, Dan, Ph.D., MHA, Assistant Professor
  • Access to Healthcare Resources-EHR, mental/behavioral health resources
  • Patient driven healthcare
  • Workforce utilization
  • Innovation in healthcare
  • SoTL - gamification of learning
  • Healthcare Administration
  • Healthcare Systems
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Health Economics
  • Health Literacy - focus on navigating healthcare system, insurance, resources
  • Healthcare systems and organizations
  • Healthcare leaders
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
Fox, Sara, M.S.,
Instructor of Practice
  • Coping in hospital environments
  • Physical fitness and children with disabilities
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Aquatic Therapy
  • Children with physical
  • disabilities
  • Children with chronic illness
  • Aquatic Therapy
  • Adapted Sports
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical disabilities
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
Franzidis, Alexia, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Community-based tourism
  • Study abroad
  • Tourism transformation
  • Responsible tourism development
  • Third-sector organizations in tourism 
  • Tourism impacts
  • Tourism best practice 
  • Residents of less economically developed regions
  • Students
  • Qualitative 
Fugate-Whitlock, Elizabeth, Ph.D., MA,
Senior Lecturer
  • Access to health care
  • Disasters and social determinants of health 
  • Disaster planning
  • Service learning 
  • Older adults 
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Research that incorporates service-learning
Gordon, Jean
Assistant Professor
  • Job satisfaction
  • Leadership
  • Turnover in healthcare
  • Retention in healthcare
  • Human resource management
  • Nursing
  • Healthcare organizations
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs
Gray, Cara, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS,
Associate Professor
  • Nature & mental health
  • Mental/behavioral health
  • Access/equity (programs & services)
  • Inclusion
  • Community support
  • Social wellness
  • Interprofessional education (IPE) & interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) in community mental/behavioral health
  • Social Skills Programming for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Coping Skills and Emotional Regulation for Adolescents with Mental/Behavioral Health Disorders
  • Access to services
  • Protocol Development
  • Legislation/Policy
  • Any/All
  • Mixed methods
  • Primary: Qualitative
Hardy, Charles, Ph.D., M.S.,
Professor
  • Social influences and determinants of health and human performance
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Obesity
  • Team building and organizational change
  • Public Health
  • Underserved communities and vulnerable populations (i.e., children and young adults) 
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed Methods
  • Multivariate Data Analysis 
Harrison, Andrew, Ph.D., Lecturer

In Health/ Physical Education Exercise Science, Sport, and Recreation settings: 

  • Leadership
  • Instruction and pedagogy
  • Participant attitude and behavior
  • Health and Human Performance
  • Youth and Collegiate Athletics
  • Intervention for health, fitness, and wellness improvement
  • Youth and Adolescents
  • College Students
  • Adults
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods
Hawkins, Brent, Ph.D.,
Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Military veterans
  • Mental and physical health and injury
  • Community reintegration
  • Recreation as physical and mental rehabilitation and therapy
  • Outcome measurement & evidence-based practice
  • Assisting military veteran service organizations evaluate their services
  • Producing evidence-based research to inform therapeutic practices and programs
  • Collaborative research with other health-related disciplines
  • Any/All
  • Mixed Methods
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Heijnen, Michel, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
  • Biomechanics
  • Gait analysis
  • Motion analysis
  • Kinematics
  • EEG
  • Locomotion
  • Motion capture
  • QEEG
  • Falls
  • Fall prevention
  • Young, middle-aged, and older adults
  • Quantitative
Huelskamp, Amelia (Kit), Ph.D., M.A.,
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Youth health issues - food insecurity, obesogenic behaviors
  • Access to comprehensive sex education 
  • Health education methods and curriculum development
  • Teacher education pedagogy
  • Teacher candidate assessment
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Minority women 
  • Mixed methods
  • Qualitative
  • Cross-sectional 
Johnson, Dan, Ph.D., LRT, CTRS,
Associate Professor
  • Health of persons with disabilities
  • Wheelchair & adapted sports
  • Community recreation therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • Persons with disabilities and their families
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed Methods
Lima de Albuquerque, Lidio, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
  • Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
  • Neurophysiology of Movement
  • Motor Control/Learning
  • Neuroscience
  • Aging
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Development of Performance-enhancing Methods
  • Older Adults
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Other Neurological Disorders
  • Athletes
  • Healthy Adults
  • Children
  • Not for profit organizations,
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • International partner organizations
  • Experimental
  • Quantitative
Lothes, John, Ed.D.,  M.A., LPA,
Senior Lecturer
  • Mindfulness
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Test anxiety
  • Domestic violence
  • Sexual assault prevention
  • Exercise and mental health 
  • Efficiency of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in community settings & outpatient practices
  • 18+
  • College students
  • Mental health clinical populations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods 
McDaniel, Alex, DHSc, LAT, ATC, CSCS,
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
  • mTBI prevention. Suspension Training as a modality for Stress/Anxiety reduction
  • Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
  • Suspension Training as a modality for rehabilitation
  • MAPS (Mobility, Activation, Posture, Symmetry) Assessment for to determine quality movement patterns
  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Applied Kinesiology
  • Human Performance
  • Military Paratroopers
  • Military Special Operations Command
  • Youth & adolescent athletes
  • Not for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Clinical Intervention Based
Morris, LauraEd.D., M.S.,
Associate Professor
  • Happiness and well-being
  • Smart leisure
  • Leisure behavior
  • Healthful living/wellness
  • Campus recreation
  • Youth sports
  • Happiness in the workplace
  • Service Learning
  • All
  • Mixed Methods
Nanney, Lindsey, M.S., CHWC, PAPHS, GFS,
Associate Director
  • Wellness and its promotion
  • Motivation for healthy behaviors
  • Behavior change theories and strategies
  • Wellness interventions in university, community and faith settings
  • Use of activity trackers and impact on motivation for activity
  • College students/ young adults
  • Sedentary
  • Overweight/obese
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Newsham, Tina, Ph.D.,
Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Pedagogy of gerontology (particularly service-learning and community engagement)
  • Career opportunities in gerontology
  • Sustainability
  • Social justice
  • N/A
  • Older adults (65+)
  • College students (traditionally-aged and non-traditional students)
  • ot for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • School settings
  • Some survey research
  • Mixed methods
  • Qualitative (content analysis and in-depth/phenomenological interviews)
Schroeder, Lindsey, Ph.D., M.S.,
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
  • Concussion Prevention
  • Psychosocial Aspects of Athletic Training
  • Job Satisfaction, Retention, and Leadership in Athletic Training
  • Healthcare and Sports Administration
  • Preceptor training
  • Work-life balance in Athletic Trainers
  • College students
  • Military
  • Athletic trainers working in all settings
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • International partner organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods
Seaman, Alana, Ph.D., M.S.,
Associate Professor
  • Links between popular culture (particularly literature, film, and television)
  • Tourism
  • Heritage Tourism
  • Semiotics
  • Place-making
  • Tourist performance
  • Humanistic geography
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • N/A
Shields, Ann (Tamlyn), M.A., BCBA,
Senior Lecturer
  • Behavioral interventions for healthful living
  • Effects of exercise on spontaneous physical activity, and insulin resistance
  • Access and physical activity levels
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Policy and environmental changes that promote physically active lifestyles
  • All
  • Quantitative
  • Behavioral Research Designs
Sprod, Lisa, Ph.D., MPH,
Associate Professor
  • The effects of physical activity on cancer and cancer treatment-related side effects
  • Research involving the “Blue Zones” and longevity
  • Improving quality of life of cancer survivors (physiological and psychological outcomes)
  • Public health
  • Cancer survivors
  • Apparently healthy older adults
  • Quantitative
Todd, Marsha, M.S.,
Senior Lecturer
  • Stress management in the work place
  • Ten leading causes of Death for the United States- Indiana and Vigo County
  • Physical activity stress
  • Management nutrition
  • College students
  • Corporate wellness
  • Statistical Analysis
Tseh, Wayland, Ph.D.,
Professor
  • Body composition
  • Ergogenic aids
  • Equipment validity and reliability
  • Blue Zones
  • CVD risk factors
  • Apparently Healthy
  • Quantitative
Weber, Jordan, Ed.D., M.Ed., ABD,
Senior Lecturer
  • Adapted physical education
  • Yoga for autism and military
  • Obesity prevention
  • Bodybuilding
  • Zen literature
  • Curriculum
  • Elementary and PE health
  • Yoga
  • Yoga for COPD
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Anxiety and education programming
  • Adapted physical education programs
  • COPD
  • Alzheimer's
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Individuals with disabilities
  • Down-Syndrome
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods
  • Video

School of Nursing

School of Nursing Collaborators
Name/
Rank
Scholarly/Research
Interests
Clinical/Applied
Interests
Populations of
Interest
Methods
Ahern, NancyPh.D., RN,
Professor
  • Adolescent risk and resilience
  • Risky behaviors of youth and adolescents
  • Applied learning in pedagogies
  • Use of art in the classroom
  • Online learning
  • Perinatal loss and grief
  • Maternal-fetal attachment 
  • Maternal-child nursing
  • Youth, adolescents, and families
  • Mothers and babies
  • College students
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative (Flanagan Critical Incident technique)
Arain, Mudassar, Ph.D., PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Adverse Drug reactions studies
  • Cervical cancer
  • Pap smear
  • Diabetes Educations
  • Quality of Life among various disease
  • Cannabis Research
  • Drug evaluations
  • Biomarkers
  • Detection of Adverse drug reactions
  • Clinical trials/ Phase IV
  • KAP studies
  • Clinical Educations
  • Interprofessional education
  • All types of ages and communities
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • Survey
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Prospective/Retrospective
Arms, TammyDNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C,
Professor 
  • Geropsychiatry 
  • Adult/geriatrics
  • Family past medical history 
  • Older adults 
  • Quantitative mixed methods
  • Critical incident
Baisden, Paula, Ed.D., MSN, PMHRN-BC,
Assistant Professor
  • How Nursing Students Learn
  • Affective Domain in Teaching and Learning
  • Using Media in Education
  • Nursing Education
  • Nursing Faculty
  • Nursing Students
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods
Chen, Yea-Jyh, Ph.D., RN, MSN,
Associate Professor
  • Complementary alternative therapy
  • Brain health
  • Developing an online teaching effectiveness instrument for distance higher education
  • Self-care in rural communities
  • Cost-effective home-based interventions for patients and family caregivers in a holistic approach
  • Clinical outcomes: quality of life, symptom management
  • Outcomes of online teaching and student learning
  • Community old adults with chronic conditions
  • Cancer patients
  • Family caregivers
  • Faculty and students in higher education
  • Quantitative and mixed methods
  • Instrument development and psychometrics testing
Choi, Jeeyae, Ph.D., RN,
Professor
  • Artificial intelligence in healthcare, data mining, knowledge management, health information systems
  • Developing Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) on mobile and web platforms, building risk prediction models by machine learning algorithms, virtual reality for nursing education and a diverse population
  • Older adults in diverse communities, nursing students, people with chronic diseases (depression, cognitive impairment, addictions)
  • N/A
Crawford IV, Donald R, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Effects of pollution on health
  • Infectious disease
  • Preventing school violence
  • Incivility in nursing
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Epidemiology
  • Community health & engagement
  • Adult health issues
  • Clinical simulation
  • Southeastern NC and surrounding geographical regions
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • International partner organization
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Diggle, B Suzy, Ph.D., GNP, ANP, BC,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Older Adult Sexuality (50 +)
  • Gerontology
  • Preventative Care
  • How to Live Longer, Healthier with increased Quality of Life
  • People who work with or have Dementia, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
  • Older Adult Sexuality (50 +)
  • Gerontology
  • Preventative Care
  • How to Live Longer, Healthier with increased Quality of Life
  • People who work with or have Dementia, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
  • Gerontology, adults
  • Community care
  • Public Health
  • People who work with or have Dementia, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Government organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative

Dodson, Crystal, Ph.D., RN, MSN, BC-ADM, CDE,
Associate Professor

  • Precision medicine
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Genomics
  • Continuing education
  • Oncology
  • Diabetes 
  • Healthcare providers-all population
  • Nursing students 
  • Mixed methods
Estrem, Hayley, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
  • Pediatric feeding disorder (PFD): How does it develop? How can we measure symptoms systematically through a child's development? How do we know it is helping when families are home? What is most important to measure? How can we best facilitate optimized feeding for child- and family-centered care?  How is PFD different from ARFID?
  • Valid clinical measurement for children in feeding treatment, and their families  
  • Families of children with chronic complex conditions, developmental disabilities, and/or feeding disorder 
  • Qualitative and mixed methods
  • Concept analysis
  • Scoping review
  • Measure development

Ferrell, Anastasiya (Ana), Ph.D., RN, TTS,
Assistant Professor

  • Regulation of novel tobacco products
  • Tobacco-related trends among youth and young adults
  • Tobacco prevention and cessation among vulnerable populations and minorities
  • Health effects of novel tobacco products
  • Public Health
  • Tobacco use cessation
  • Vulnerable populations and minorities
  • Youth
  • Young adults
  • Campus community
  • Policy and lawmakers
  • Quantitative
Gallek, Matthew, Ph.D., RN, CNRN,
Associate Director & Associate Professor
  • Neurological injuries/diseases
  • The influence of genetics/genomics on outcomes
  • Functional outcomes following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and ischemic stroke
  • Influence of gene expression on surgical outcomes following temporal lobe resection for epilepsy
  • N/A
  • N/A
Gazza, Elizabeth (Beth), Ph.D., RN, LCCE, FAACE,
Professor
  • Nursing faculty development
  • Leadership
  • Scholarly writer development
  • Online education
  • Healthful work environments Mentoring
  • Online education
  • Women's Health
  • Nursing faculty
  • Online educators
  • Qualitative
  • Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Highsmith, Carol, MPS, RN,
Lecturer
  • Service learning with undergraduate nursing students
  • Reducing health disparities in vulnerable populations
  • Underrepresented populations in Allied Health Programs in higher education 
  • Reducing health disparities in vulnerable populations
  • Health aging in Geriatric populations
  • Impacts of mentorship in student learning in higher education
  • Under-represented populations
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Geriatric populations
  • Quality improvement
  • Service learning 
Hinkle, Julie, Ph.D., RN, CNE,
Associate Professor
  • Adaptive/personalized learning
  • Personalized interventions
  • Innovative technology
  • Adaptive/personalized learning
  • Personalized interventions
  • Innovative technology
  • Adults
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods
Hrelic, Debra, Ph.D., RNC,
Clinical Associate Professor
  • Academic success in nursing
  • RN-BS success
  • BS Nursing students
  • Communication/families/
    students
  • Student anxiety/therapy animals/emotional support animals (ESA)
  • Maternal child nursing
  • Interview
  • Communication
  • Adolescents
  • Child-bearing families 
  • Quantitative
  • Phenomenological
  • Qualitative 
Hubbell, Sara,
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C,
Clinical Associate Professor
  • Trauma
  • Burnout
  • Moral injury
  • Resilience
  • Nursing Workforce
  • Spiritual Care
  • Mental health stigma
  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Group Traumatic Event Protocol (G-TEP)
  • Nurses
  • Healthcare workforce
  • Individuals, families, and communities who have experienced an adverse life event
  • Marginalized populations
  • Not-for-profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Mixed methods
Isibel, Denise, DNP, RN, CNE,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Health literacy
  • Chronic disease management
  • Aging populations
  • Quality improvement
  • Outpatient
  • Community Health
  • Health literate organizations and communities
  • Translational mixed methods
Jeffries, Amanda, MSN, RN,
Lecturer
  • Preventing critical care admissions in chronically ill
  • Best practices in online learning
  • Critical care nursing
  • Experiential learning
  • Underserved and critically ill
  • Online students
  • N/A
Jones, Carolyn, Ph.D., RN, NNP-BC,
Assistant Professor
  • Family-centered care
  • Stress and coping of families in NICU
  • Provision of mother's own milk in the NICU
  • Teamwork in the NICU
  • Use of simulation to improve patient outcomes
  • Access to care for individuals with disabilities and chronic illness
  • Care coordination through healthcare transitions
  • Children with chronic illness and their families
  • Individuals with disabilities
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
  • Instrument development
Jones, Lindsey Paige, MSN-Ed, RN,
Lecturer
  • Maternal/newborn outcomes
  • Physical activity/wellness
  • Women's and children's health 
  • High risk antepartum and postpartum
  • Newborns
  • Community
  • N/A
Kim-Godwin, Yeoun Soo, Ph.D., MPH, CNE, RN,
Professor
  • Health promoting self-care intervention
  • Spirituality and spiritual care
  • Mental health
  • Substance abuse
  • Online education
  • N/A
  • Minority and vulnerable populations
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led organizations
  • School settings
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods
Kleman, Carolyn, Ph.D., MHA, BSN, RN,
Associate Professor
  • Patient work in chronic illness
  • Patient advocacy
  • Health policy
  • Global health
  • Cardiovascular
  • Chronic illness
  • Adults with a chronic illness(es)
  • Mixed methods
  • Descriptive survey
  • Qualitative
Kovich, Melissa, Ph.D., MSN, RN, Assistant Professor
  • Happiness and well-being of individuals and communities
  • Health promotion and wellness
  • Positive psychology
  • Coaching
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Yoga
  • Public health
  • Global health
  • College students
  • Young adults
  • Youth
  • International populations
  • Manufacturing employees
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led
  • Coalitions
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • International partner organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Laham, Kelly, DNP, ANP-BC, CNE,
Assistant Professor
  • Rural health
  • Migrant health
  • Mental health 
  • Student learning
  • Applied learning for NP students
  • Depression screening in rural health
  • Music in mental health
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Graduate nursing students
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • School settings
  • Survey
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
  • QI
Lane, Lawone, MSN, RN, CNE,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Chronic illness
  • Nursing education
  • Nursing education
  • Clinical education
  • Adult health/gerontology
  • Nursing students
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
Link, Tamara , DNP, FNP-BC,
Clinical Associate Professor
  • Antibiotic Stewardship in outpatient settings
  • Military Populations
  • Outpatient Urgent Care
  • Primary Care
  • NPs
  • PA
  • Physicians in outpatient settings
  • Quantitative
Lutz, Barbara, Ph.D., RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FNAP, FAAN,
McNeill Distinguished Professor
  • Community-based models of care for adults with chronic/disabling illnesses
  • Family caregiving
  • Gerontology
  • Public Health
  • Rehab nursing
  • Aging adults
  • Adults with chronic illness
  • Qualitative research w/expertise in Grounded Theory

Matthias, April, Ph.D., RN, CNE, Professor

  • Nursing history
  • Entry-level Nursing Education Programs
  • Online Nursing Education Pedagogies
  • Professional identity and role development of the nurse
  • Nursing practice differentiation
  • Self-reflection learning activities
  • Nursing students
  • Entry‐level nurses
  • Historical Research
  • Qualitative Research
McCall, Jennifer, Ph.D., MBA,
Associate Professor
  • Drug discovery and development
  • Pharmaceutical mechanism of action
  • Applied learning in online education
  • Translational science and commercialization
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • Chemical, cellular and molecular analysis 
McEwen-Campbell, Michelle, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB-FNP, LNC, CNE,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Nursing self-efficacy
  • Promoting chain-of-command
  • Self-efficacy in nursing students
  • Patient safety
  • Promotion of healthy maternal/fetal outcomes
  • Removing educational barriers for male nursing students
  • Maternal/child
  • Evaluating chain-of‐command
  • Self‐efficacy through high‐fidelity
  • Student‐directed, Obstetrical simulation
  • Prelicensure BSN students
  • Labor and delivery nurses
  • Male BSN students
  • Quantitative
Mechling, Brandy, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC,
Professor
  • Child and adolescent risk & resilience
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  • Young (Emerging) adult outcomes
  • Impact of parental mental illness on children and adolescents
  • Parental depression and the impact on the parent‐child relationship
  • Youth caregiving of a parent with mental illness
  • Ambiguous Loss Theory
  • Retrospective self‐report
  • Mental Health nursing
  • Family mental health
  • Psychotherapy with children, adolescents and young adults
  • Community partnerships
  • Youth, adolescents, & families
  • Young (Emerging) adults/ college students
  • Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI)
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods
  • Interviews focus groups
Murdock, Nancy, MSN, RNC, CNS,
Lecturer
  • N/A
  • Labor and delivery
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Pediatrics
  • Community Partnership in Education 
  • N/A
  • N/A
Murray, Mary, MSN, RN,
Lecturer
  • Clinical nursing faculty orientation, self-efficacy, satisfaction, and retention
  • N/A
  • School settings
  • N/A
Palumbo, Ruthanne, DNP, RN, CNE, CARN Associate Professor
  • Substance use disorders
  • Opioid use disorder
  • Risk assessment and intervention
  • Harm reduction
  • Nursing education
  • Addictions nursing
  • Med-surg and cardiac
  • Young adults and adults
  • Nurses and nursing students
  • Not-for-profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Government organizations
  • Internal partner organizations
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
Parker, Diane, DNP, MSN, FNP-C,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Pediatric asthma
  • Pediatric/adolescent
  • behavioral health
  • Underserved
  • populations and outreach
  • N/A
  • Pediatrics
  • Women’s health
  • N/A
Peterson, Matthew, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
  • Exercise
  • Aging
  • Mobility
  • Research design
  • Analysis
  • Clinical exercise physiology
  • Technology for mobility assessment
  • Older adults
  • Veterans
  • Government organizations
  • Advanced statistics
  • Validation studies
  • Epidemiologic study designs and analysis
Petroff, Annemarie, M.S.,
Lecturer
  • N/A
  • Cardio-pulmonary
  • Autonomic Nervous Systems
  • Cardiac Rehab
  • N/A
  • N/A
Protokowicz, Jodi, Ph.D., RN,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • High-risk Obstetrics
  • Mental health and Obstetrics
  • Nursing student retention
  • Maternal and newborn health
  • Online learning
Obstetrics; High-risk pregnancy; and RN to BSN
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Reid, Paula, Ph.D., RNC, WHNP-BC,
Associate Professor
  • Identifying strategies that individuals living with HIV utilize to self-manage and cope with their conditions, to improve the quality of their lives
  • Computer Assisted Instruction as a strategy for HIV/AIDS education and training for Healthcare Professionals
  • Exploring the role of self-efficacy and self-esteem for HIV positive women managing their HIV
  • Women's Health issues
  • Women's Health
  • HIV management 
  • Women's Health
  • HIV positive women
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
Roberto, Anka, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, MPH,
Associate Professor
  • Well-being
  • Trauma and resilience
  • Spirituality
  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR),
  • Sand Tray/Play Based Therapy
  • Individuals, families, and communities who have had an adverse life event, are marginalized, and identify as minority
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • School settings
  • Mixed methods
Sauer, Penny, Ph.D., RN, CCRN, CNE,
Associate Professor
  • Nurse bullying
  • Incivility
  • Nurses workforce issue
  • Adult critical care
  • Nurses workforce issues
  • Nurses
  • Quantitative
  • Focus groups
Scott, Melissa, Ph.D., RN,
Associate Professor
  • Online Nursing Education
  • Foundations Critical Care
  • Online Nursing Students/Faculty
  • Geriatrics
  • Mixed methods
Sigmon, Lorie, DNP, RN, FNP,
Associate Professor
  • Interprofessional education and collaborative practice
  • Student leadership attributes
  • Critical care (SICU, CTICU & PACU)
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Diabetes
  • Leadership
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
Simmerman, Christy, MSN, RN,
Lecturer
  • N/A
  • Teaching strategies in simulation
  • Pediatrics
  • N/A
Smith, Stephanie, Ph.D., RN,
Assistant Professor
  • Leadership
  • Health and social service systems
  • Indicators of community well-being
  • Organization and program evaluation, performance measurement and accountability
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • N/A
Suplee, Patricia D., Director and Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor
  • Maternal and women's health
  • Breast cancer - decision making
  • Maternal and women's health
  • Breast cancer - decision making
  • Nurse leadership and education
  • Not for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Government organizations
  • Qualitative
Thompson, C Elise, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, 
Associate Professor,
RN-BSN Program Coordinator
  • Teaching and nursing education 
  • Simulation
  • Online learning
  • Escape rooms
  • Immersive virtual reality
  • Medication administration
  • Nursing students
  • Nurse educators
  • Nurses
  • Patients
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods 
Turrise, Stephanie, Ph.D., RN, BC, APRN, CNE,
Professor 
  • Chronic illness trajectories
  • Transitions in care-particularly in CHF and Cardiovascular Disease (outcomes research, & treatment adherence)
  • Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Education
  • Cardiovascular Nursing
  • Adults and older adults
  • CHF
  • Adults; Older adults; Vulnerable populations; and Chronically ill
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Surveys
Waddill, Colette, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE, CHSE,
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Maternal-infant health
  • Breastfeeding/lactation
  • Simulation learning
  • Maternal-child nursing
  • Lactation
  • Simulation in healthcare
  • Mother and infants
  • Nursing students
  • Quality
  • Quantitative
Williams, Nina, MSN-NE, RN,
Clinical Assitant Professor
  • Obstetric emergencies
  • Neonatal opioid addiction
  • Legislative changes and effects in maternal-newborn outcomes
  • Maternal-child nursing
  • Staff nurses working at bedside
  • Mothers & babies
  • Postpartum mothers & babies
  • Labor & delivery;
  • Nurses & staff
  • Participatory
  • Mixed methods 
Woo, Seoyoon, Ph.D., RN,
Assistant Professor
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related stigma
  • Impact of COPD-related stigma on psychological well-being, help-seeking behavior, medication adherence, self-management, quality of life
  • Scale development
  • Health care disparity
  • Physical activity
  • Mindfulness
  • Breathing technique
  • Populations: 1) people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (from diverse cultures in the future) and people with other stigma-related chronic conditions (e.g., people with lung cancer, people with diabetes mellitus, etc); 2) those who live in the community (or community-setting), medical/healthcare organizations
  • Qualitative methods: grounded theory
  • Quantitative methods: survey, experiment, secondary data analysis

School of Social Work

School of Social Work Collaborators
Name/
Rank
Scholarly/Research
Interests
Clinical/Applied
Interests
Populations of
Interest
Methods
Brooks, Lisa, MSW, LCSW
Lecturer
  • Encouraging self-advocacy, growth, and holistic self-care amongst mental health professionals that are exposed to high levels of stress and trauma in the workplace
  • Trauma-focused CBT
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Child traumatic grief
  • Child abuse/neglect
  • N/A
  • N/A
Conley, David, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
  • Political social work
  • The behavioral health policy process (policies & policymakers)
  • Behavioral health stigma
  • Legislative stigma
  • N/A
  • People with behavioral health concerns
  • State & federal policymakers/legislators, stakeholders involved in the behavioral health policy process
  • Not for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Corporate/for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Government organizations
  • International partner organizations
  • Quantitative content analysis
  • Qualitative thematic analysis
  • Survey creation & administration
  • Advocacy intervention creation
  • Administration
  • Evaluation
  • Stats-logistic regression, multivariate regression, structural equation modeling
  • Latent class analysis
Dugan, Lori, MSW, LCSW
Lecturer
  • Field education
  • Diversity  
  • Inpatient Psychiatric Social Work
  • School Social Work
  • Residential Diagnostic Social Work for children who have experienced trauma/abuse 
  • N/A
  • N/A
Frankel, Arthur, Ph.D., MSW
Professor
  • Community program evaluation
  • Community development
  • Obesity
  • Psychotherapy issues
  • Marital Therapy
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy 
  • Low-income populations 
  • Program Evaluation
  • Quantitative 
Hall, J Christopher, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Professor
  • The effectiveness of clinical counseling in real world settings
  • The effectiveness of teaching clinical counseling skills
  • The development and application of clinical practice and support models for direct and preventative care
  • The use of manualized treatments in mental health
  • Fidelity to a model of practice
  • If fidelity correlates to outcomes
  • All
  • Quality Improvement Projects
Hohn, Kris, Ph.D., MSW, Associate Professor
  • Health disparities among marginalized populations
  • Impact of trauma, stigma, and rejection among sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQIA+)
  • Mothers experiencing homelessness
  • Suicide prevention
  • Resilience
  • Mental and physical health
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities
  • Racial/Ethnic Minorities
  • Marginalized Communities
  • Mothers/motherhood
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods
Jones, Andrea, Ph.D., MSW, LSW
Associate Professor
  • Volunteerism
  • Civic engagement
  • Service learning
  • Veterans’ issues
  • End-of-life decision making
  • Health policy
  • Development, dissemination and evaluation of community programs supporting vulnerable older adults
  • Intergenerational programs and multi-generational co-housing
  • Veterans
  • Older adults
  • Applied Research
Kolomer, Stacey, Ph.D., MSW
Director & Professor
  • Caregiving
  • Aging
  • Burn injury
  • Interprofessional education
  • Older adults
  • Interprofessional education 
  • Older adults
  • Family caregivers 
  • Survey research
  • Secondary data
  • Qualitative interviews 
Lee, Jacquelyn, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Associate Professor
  • Social work education/innovative pedagogical methods
  • Social work practice with children and families with a focus on mental health
  • Workforce development 
  • Mental health (trauma, self‐care, mindfulness, and field education)
  • Health policy
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Social workers
  • Children
  • Older adults
  • Grandparents (raising grandchildren)
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Program evaluation
  • Analysis
Mapson, Kristin, Ph.D., MSW
Interim Associate Director, Associate Professor
  • Program evaluation
  • Healthy psychological development
  • Evidence base of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • Violence prevention
  • Re-entry programs
  • Assisting human service agencies establish and achieve program evaluation goals
  • Resilience across the lifespan
  • Healthy psychological development
  • Program evaluation
  • Violence prevention
  • Evidence base of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 
  • Any/all
  • Program evaluation
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative 
Rowan, Noell, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, LCAS
Professor
  • The overarching areas of gerontology
  • LGBT population and alcohol and other drug addictions
  • Spirituality
  • The impact on social work education and practice
  • Substance abuse
  • Work with older adults
  • LGBT populations
  • Older adults
  • Substance addicts
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
Sellon, Alicia, Ph.D., MSW, Associate Professor
  • Volunteerism
  • Civic engagement
  • Individual and community resilience
  • Older adults
  • Older adults with disabilities
  • Community-engaged research
  • Opportunities to increase volunteerism/community participation for older adults, particularly those with disabilities
  • Older adults
  • Older adults with disabilities
  • Not-for profit organizations
  • Community-led coalitions
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed Methods
  • CBPR
Van de Motter, Amy, MSW, LCSW
Lecturer
  • N/A
  • Behavioral change related to health conditions
  • Motivational strategies
  • Comprehensive wellness
  • MI recovery
Adults diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness; Geriatrics; and Chronic disease
  • N/A
Vandenberg, Angie, MSW, LCSW, VSP
Lecturer
  • N/A
  • Clinical work with local CAC
  • Trauma-informed therapeutic approaches
  • Play therapy and other practice approaches to use with children
  • DSS/Domestic violence
  • crisis intervention
  • N/A
  • N/A

Taylor Yates, Helen, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor

  • Women's health and wellness including HIV and other chronic diseases
  • Manualized behavioral intervention development
  • Pilot testing behavioral interventions that improve wellness among women living with HIV
  • Using Solution Focused Brief Therapy in a group counseling modality in community health settings and non-profit organization
  • Social determinants of health
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker trained in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and other strengths oriented and culturally humble counseling and case management methods
  • Experience in community mental health, non-profits and public health agencies
  • Women
  • African American women and families
  • People living with HIV in the Southern United States
  • Not for profit organizations
  • Medical/healthcare organizations
  • Government organizations
  • Quantitative and qualitative behavioral intervention research including pilot testing
  • Focus groups and data analysis for small sample sizes to determine phase 1 clinical trial results and ongoing behavioral intervention manual adaptation
  • Scoping reviews
  • Longitudinal data analysis
  • Epidemiology of HIV and other chronic health conditions

Contact CHHS Research & Innovation

Dr. Kristin Mapson, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

McNeill Hall 1055

chhsrandi@uncw.edu