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UNC Wilmington's School of Nursing faculty and staff bring their healthcare expertise to life as educators. They are dedicated to teaching, learning and service, as well as maintaining active practices. Faculty and staff are committed to preparing the nurse leaders of tomorrow in an atmosphere of excellence.

Faculty & Staff

Leadership

Matthew J. Gallek, PhD, RN

Interim Director and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3082  
910.962.7647
gallekm@uncw.edu

Elizabeth (Beth) A. Gazza, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE, ANEF 

Associate Director for Faculty and Staff Development and Professor

McNeill Hall 3078A 
910.962.7097
gazzae@uncw.edu

Carolyn W. Jones, PhD, RN, NNP-BC

Interim Associate Director for Academic Programs and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3078
910.962.3207
jonescw@uncw.edu

Stephanie Turrise, PhD, RN-BC, APRN, CNE, CHFN, FAHA

Associate Director for Administration and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3083
910.962.3210
turrises@uncw.edu

Daphne Foushee, MPA

Administrative Supervisor

McNeill Hall 3081
910.962.7410
fousheed@uncw.edu 

Jane Anderson, DNP, RN, G-CNS-BC, CNE

Program Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3094
910.962.7608
andersonj@uncw.edu

Sara L. Hubbell, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C

DNP Program Coordinator and Clinical Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2029
910.962.0561
hubbells@uncw.edu 

Jared G. Kerr, JD, MPH

Clinical Research Graduate Program Coordinator and Clinical Associate Professor

Veterans Hall 2029C
910.962.7404
kerrj@uncw.edu 

April Matthias, PhD, RN, CNE

Nurse Educator Program Coordinator and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3069
910.962.3481
matthiasa@uncw.edu

Diane L. Parker, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN

Graduate Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3045
910.962.7148
parkerdl@uncw.edu

Annemarie K. Petroff, MS

Clinical Research Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Lecturer

McNeill Hall 2029A
910.962.3981
petroffa@uncw.edu

Melissa D. Scott, PhD, RN, CNEcl

Prelicensure Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3092 
910.962.7693
scottmd@uncw.edu 

C. Elise Thompson, PhD, MSN, RN

RN-BSN Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3039 
910.962.7428
thompsonce@uncw.edu

Colette B. Waddill, DNP, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE, CHSE

Simulation Learning Center Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3057
910.962.2860
waddillc@uncw.edu

Nina Williams, DNP, MSN-NE, RN

Prelicensure Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3052 
910.962.2298
williamsnd@uncw.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Nancy Ahern, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3041 
910.962.2627
ahernn@uncw.edu

Omar Alzaghari, PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2035
910.962.7982
alzaghario@uncw.edu

Tamatha Arms, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2034A
910.962.7192
armst@uncw.edu

Paula Baisden, EdD, MSN, PMHRN-BC

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3049
910.962.2225
baisdenp@uncw.edu

Pamela Balogh, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, FNP-C

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3051
910.962.0583
baloghp@uncw.edu 

Lisa Anne Bove, DNP, RN-BC

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3088 
910.962.7981
bovel@uncw.edu

April A. Braswell, PhD, APRN, CPNP, CNE

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3043 
910.962.2594
braswella@uncw.edu 

Yea-Jyh Chen, PhD, RN, MSN

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3072
910.962.0584
chenyj@uncw.edu

Jeeyae Choi, PhD, RN

Professor

McNeill Hall 2049
910.962.2487
choij@uncw.edu

Renata Conde-Zuege, DNP, APRN,FNP-C

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3028
910.962.3392
conder@uncw.edu 

Amanda Culp-Roche, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC 

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3091
910.962.3983
culprochea@uncw.edu 

Marie W. Dawkins, DNP, MHA, MSN, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2025
910.962.2906
dawkinsm@uncw.edu 

B. Suzy Diggle, PhD, GNP, ANP, BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2028
910.962.3559
digglefoxb@uncw.edu

Emily DiGiuseppe, MSN, RN

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 2060D
910.962.0515
digiuseppee@uncw.edu

Crystal Heath Dodson, PhD, RN, MSN, BC-ADM, CDE

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3038
910.962.7877
dodsonc@uncw.edu

Stephanie R. Duea, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2048
910.962.4222
dueas@uncw.edu

Crystal Earp, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3064
910.962.2835
earpc@uncw.edu 

Dana El Hajj, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3098
910.962.7534
hajjd@uncw.edu

Hayley Henrikson Estrem, PhD, MSN, RN 

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2034
910.962.7581
estremh@uncw.edu

Anastasiya (Ana) Ferrell, PhD, RN, TTS  

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2052
910.962.7720
ferrella@uncw.edu

Shannon H. Ford, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC, CNE

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2051
910.962.2827
fords@uncw.edu 

Jason Gatt, MBA   

Clinical Instructor

Veterans Hall 2029B
910.962.2843
gattj@uncw.edu

Susan Gell, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3101A
910.962.0513
gells@uncw.edu

Carol Highsmith, EdD, RN, NE

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3035
910.962.2039
highsmithc@uncw.edu

Julie F. Hinkle, PhD, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2041
910.962.7254
hinklej@uncw.edu

Debra A. Hrelic, PhD, RNC

Clinical Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2053
910.962.7325
hrelicd@uncw.edu

Denise Isibel, DNP, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3014
910.962.7215
isibeld@uncw.edu

Amanda Jeffries, MSN, RN

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3095
910.962.7793
jeffriesa@uncw.edu

Lindsey Paige Jones, MSN-Ed, RN

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3050 
910.962.2891
joneslp@uncw.edu

Yeoun Soo Kim-Godwin, PhD, MPH, CNE, RN

Professor

McNeill Hall 3067
910.962.3926
kimy@uncw.edu

Carolyn C. Kleman, PhD, MHA, BSN, RN

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2054
910.962.7278
klemanc@uncw.edu

Kelly B. Laham: DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CNE

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2050
910.962.2386
lahamk@uncw.edu

Lawone J. Lane, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3054
910.962.2321
lanelj@uncw.edu

Tamara Link, DNP, FNP-BC

BSN-DNP FNP Concentration Lead and Clinical Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2042
910.962.7942
linkt@uncw.edu 

Barbara J. Lutz, PhD, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FAAN

McNeill Distinguished Professor

McNeill Hall 2031
910.962.2921
lutzb@uncw.edu

Jennifer R. McCall, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor

Veterans Hall 2029F
910.962.3171
mcalljr@uncw.edu

Michelle McEwen-Campbell, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB-FNP, LNC, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3030 
910.962.2038
mcewenm@uncw.edu

Brandy Mechling, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3013
910.962.7292
mechlingb@uncw.edu

Laurie A. Minns, PhD

Assistant Professor

Veterans Hall 2029D
910.962.3824
minnsl@uncw.edu  

Mary Murray, MSN, RN

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3053 
910.9622772
murraymp@uncw.edu

Coleen O’Brien, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3093 
910.962.7553
obrienc@uncw.edu

Ruthanne Palumbo, DNP, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2037 
910.962.7969
palumbor@uncw.edu

Jason Payne, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3055
910.962.4200
payneje@uncw.edu 

Barbara Pennington, MS, RN

Lecturer

Veterans Hall 2029E 
910.962.3640
penningtonb@uncw.edu

Matthew Peterson, PhD, FGSA

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3096
910.962.0516
petersonmj@uncw.edu 

Jodi M. Protokowicz, PhD, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2039
910.962.3298
protokowiczj@uncw.edu

Lecia Reardon DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3065
910.962.4121
reardonl@uncw.edu 

Paula Reid, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3040
910.962.2340
reidp@uncw.edu

Anka Roberto, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, MPH

BSN-DNP PMHNP Concentration Lead and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3065A  
910.962.7755
robertoa@uncw.edu

Penny Sauer, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, CNE

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2047
910.962.2768
sauerp@uncw.edu

Lorie Sigmon, PhD, DNP, APRN, RN

Masters-DNP Nurse Executive Leadership Concentration Lead and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2040
910.962.2598
sigmonl@uncw.edu

Christy Simmerman, MSN, RN

Lecturer 

McNeill Hall 2060C 
910.962.7588
simmermanc@uncw.edu

Stephanie Sims, MSN, RN, CHSE

Clinical Instructor

McNeill Hall 2060B
910.962.3458
simss@uncw.edu 

Andrea Yeager Smith, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor  

McNeill Hall 2059B 
910.962.0512
smithay@uncw.edu

Kassandra Stoffer, MSN, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

McNeill Hall 3101
910.962.2836
stofferk@uncw.edu 

Valerie Tarte, DNP, MSN, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2038 
910.962.3267
tartev@uncw.edu

Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD, RN, CHSE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2044
910.962.0528
vaughnj@uncw.edu 

Erin McKenna Wax, DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2060E
910.962.3702
waxe@uncw.edu

Anita Williams, PharmD, BCPS

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3056 
910.962.3392
williamsa@uncw.edu 

Seoyoon Woo, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3089
910.962.3843
woos@uncw.edu 

Susan Young, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC 

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3090
910.962.0597
youngs@uncw.edu

Emeritus Faculty

  • Peri Bomar, PhD, RN, Professor Emeritus of Nursing
  • Jane Fox: PhD, RN, Professor Emeritus of Nursing
  • Bettie J. Glenn, EdD, RN, Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing
  • Dr. Carol Heinrich, RN, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing
  • Jeanne K. Kemppainen, PhD, RN Professor Emeritus of Nursing
  • RuthAnne Kuiper: PhD, RN, CNE, Professor Emeritus of Nursing

Staff

Diane Bomba

Administrative Associate

910.962.7844
McNeill Hall 3083A
bombad@uncw.edu

Brenda Bowden

Administrative Specialist

910.962.3251
McNeill Hall 3075
bowdenb@uncw.edu 

Jeff Griffin, MLIS

Data Support Technician

910.962.2569
McNeill Hall 3077B
griffinjt@uncw.edu 

Annette Richards

Administrative Assistant

910.962.7851
McNeill Hall 3075
richardsa@uncw.edu  

Kate Sausman

Research Specialist

910.962.3916
MARBIONC 1015
sausmank@uncw.edu 

Debra Simpson

Administrative Associate

910.962.3200
McNeill Hall 3080
simpsond@uncw.edu

Barbara Snyder

Simulation Operations Specialist

910.962.2924
McNeill Hall 2006
snyderb@uncw.edu 

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