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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.

Leadership

Patricia D. Suplee, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN

Director and Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor

McNeill Hall 3082  
910.962.2253
supleep@uncw.edu 

Barbara Waag Carlson, PhD, RN, FGSA

Associate Director for Faculty and Staff Development and Professor

McNeill Hall 3074
910.962.7887
carlsonb@uncw.edu 

Matthew J. Gallek, PhD, RN

Associate Director for Academic Programs and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3082  
910.962.7647
gallekm@uncw.edu

Anita J. Smith, PhD, RN

Associate Director of Administration and Clinical Professor

McNeill Hall 3078A 
910.962.3202
smithaj@uncw.edu 

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

Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3051
910.962.0583
baloghp@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 Programs Coordinator and 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

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Coordinator and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3092 
910.962.7693
scottmd@uncw.edu 

*For questions regarding Prelicensure Nursing admissions, please contact chhsnursingadmission@uncw.edu. 

C. Elise Thompson, PhD, MSN, RN

RN-BSN Program Coordinator and Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3039 
910.962.7428
thompsonce@uncw.edu

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

Simulation Program Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3057
910.962.2860
waddillc@uncw.edu

Nina Williams, DNP, MSN-NE, RN

Bachelor of Science Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3052 
910.962.2298
williamsnd@uncw.edu

Susan Young, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC 

Clinical Coordinator and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3090
910.962.0597
youngs@uncw.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Nancy Ahern, PhD, RN

Professor

McNeill Hall 3041 
910.962.2627
ahernn@uncw.edu

Hannah Altergott, DNP, RN, CNE

Prelicensure Concentration Lead and Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3091
910.962.3659
altergotth@uncw.edu 

Mudassar Iqbal Arain, PhD, PharmD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Veterans Hall 2029D
910.962.2997
arainm@uncw.edu

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

Professor

McNeill Hall 2034A
910.962.7192
armst@uncw.edu

Paula Baisden, EdD, MSN, RN, PMHRN-BC

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3049
910.962.2225
baisdenp@uncw.edu

Sara A. Bennett, MSN, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

McNeill Hall 2060A
910.962.2512
bennettsa@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 

Donald R. Crawford IV, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3030
910.962.0517
crawfordd@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 3101A
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 

Hayley Henrikson Estrem, PhD, MSN, RN 

Associate 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 Research Internship Coordinator and Clinical Instructor

Veterans Hall 2029B
910.962.2843
gattj@uncw.edu

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

Professor

McNeill Hall 3070
910.962.7097
gazzae@uncw.edu

Susan Glose, PhD, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2059B
910.962.3983
gloses@uncw.edu

Kellie Griggs, DNP, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB

MSN Nurse Educator Concentration Lead and Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3051
910.962.0583
griggsk@uncw.edu 

Darlene Hicks, DNP, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3101
910.962.2836
hicksd@uncw.edu 

Carol Highsmith, EdD, RN, NE

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3035
910.962.2039
highsmithc@uncw.edu

Debra A. Hrelic, PhD, RNC

Clinical Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2053
910.962.7325
hrelicd@uncw.edu

Kerstin Hudgins, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, FCCM

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3094
910.962.2097
hudginsk@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

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 2054
910.962.7278
klemanc@uncw.edu

Melissa Kovich, PhD

Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2059A
kovichm@uncw.edu 

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

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration Lead and 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

Associate 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

Professor

McNeill Hall 3074
910.962.7292
mechlingb@uncw.edu

Laurie A. Minns, PhD

Assistant Professor

Veterans Hall 2029D
910.962.3824
minnsl@uncw.edu  

Nancy L. Murdock, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNS, CDP

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3013
murdockn@uncw.edu 

Mary Murray, MSN, RN

Lecturer

McNeill Hall 3053 
910.9622772
murraymp@uncw.edu

Sharon Norris, DNP, RN, IBCLC

Assistant Professor 

McNeill Hall 2035
910.962.7055
norrissm@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, CARN

Post-Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate Concentration Lead and Associate 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 

Takia Starkes Perry, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2060D
starkesperryt@uncw.edu 

Matthew Peterson, PhD, FGSA

Associate Professor

Veterans Hall 2029E
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 Associate 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

Riki R. Seigler, MSN-Ed, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Clinical Instructor

McNeill Hall 3077A
910.962.2250
seiglerr@uncw.edu 

Shamatree Shakya, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2060E
shakyas@uncw.edu 

Lorie Sigmon, PhD, DNP, APRN, RN

Masters-DNP Nurse Executive Leadership Concentration Lead and Associate 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 and Simulation Program Faculty

McNeill Hall 2060B
910.962.3458
simss@uncw.edu 

Andrea Yeager Smith, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor  

McNeill Hall 2036
910.962.0512
smithay@uncw.edu

Kassandra Stoffer, MSN, FNP-C

Clinical Instructor

McNeill Hall 2025
910.962.2836
stofferk@uncw.edu 

Valerie Tarte, DNP, MSN, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 2038 
910.962.3267
tartev@uncw.edu

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

Professor

McNeill Hall 3098
910.962.3210
turrises@uncw.edu

Deborah E. Tyndall, PhD, RN, CNE

Associate Professor

McNeill Hall 3037
910.962.2199
tyndalld@uncw.edu 

Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD, RN, CHSE

Clinical Assistant Professor and Simulation Program Faculty

McNeill Hall 2044
910.962.0528
vaughnj@uncw.edu 

Rhonda Y. Vega, DVM

Clinical Associate Professor

Veterans Hall 2029F
910.962.0512
vegar@uncw.edu 

Erin McKenna Wax, DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

McNeill Hall 3093
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 

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

Tiffany Pettigrew, MBA

Administrative Supervisor
910.962.7410
McNeill Hall 3081
pettigrewt@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