School of Nursing

Faculty & Staff Directory

Staff directory
Leadership
Linda Haddad, PhD, RN, FAAN Director and Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor McNeill Hall 3082 910.962.7410 haddadl@uncw.edu
Mary Frere Administrative Specialist McNeill Hall 3081 910.962.7410 frerem@uncw.edu
Matthew J. Gallek, PhD, RN Interim Associate Director for Academic Programs and Associate Professor McNeill Hall 3083 910.962.7647 gallekm@uncw.edu
Elizabeth (Beth) A. Gazza, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE, ANEF Interim Associate Director for Faculty and Staff Development and Professor McNeill Hall 3070 910.962.7097 gazzae@uncw.edu
Tamatha Arms, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C DNP Program Coordinator and Associate Professor McNeill Hall 2034A 910.962.7192 armst@uncw.edu
Debra A. Hrelic, PhD, RNC RN-BSN Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2053 910.962.7325 hrelicd@uncw.edu
Sara L. Hubbell, DNP, RN, FNP-C MSN-FNP Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2029 910.962.0561 hubbells@uncw.edu
April Matthias, PhD, RN, CNE Nurse Educator Program Coordinator and Associate Professor McNeill Hall 3069 910.962.3481 matthiasa@uncw.edu
Penny Sauer, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, CNE Prelicensure Program Coordinator and Associate Professor McNeill Hall 2047 910.962.2768 sauerp@uncw.edu
Diane L. Parker, MSN, FNP-C Graduate Clinical Coordinator and Lecturer McNeill Hall 3045 910.962.7148 parkerdl@uncw.edu
Valerie Tarte, DNP, MSN, RN Prelicensure Clinical Coordinator and Lecturer McNeill Hall 2039 910.962.3267 tartev@uncw.edu
Barbara Pennington, MS, RN Clinical Research Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Lecturer McNeill Hall 3074 910.962.3640 penningtonb@uncw.edu
Susan Sinclair, PhD, MPH, RN, FNAP, FAAN Clinical Research Graduate Program Coordinator and Professor McNeill Hall 3074 910.962.3802 sinclairs@uncw.edu
Robin Cunningham, MSN, RN, LNCC, CNE, CHSE Coordinator Simulation Learning Center McNeill Hall 2011A 910.962.3201 cunninghamr@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 3101A 910.962.7982 alzaghario@uncw.edu
Jane Anderson, DNP, RN, G-CNS-BC, CNE Program Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator and Lecturer McNeill Hall 3094 910.962.7608 andersonj@uncw.edu
Paula Baisden, MSN, PMHRN-BC Lecturer McNeill Hall 3064 910.962.2225 baisdenp@uncw.edu
Barbara J. Barry, MSN, RN, AGNP-BC, CNE Lecturer McNeill Hall 3012 910.962.0517 barryb@uncw.edu
April Bice, PhD, CPNP, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3049 910.962.2594 bicea@uncw.edu
Lisa Anne Bove, DNP, RN-BC Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3098A 910.962.7981 bovel@uncw.edu
Jeeyae Choi, PhD, RN Associate Professor McNeill Hall 2049 910.962.2487 choij@uncw.edu
Renata Conde-Zuege, MSN, FNP-C Lecturer McNeill Hall 3056 910.962.3392 conder@uncw.edu
Clydie Coward-Murrell, MSN, BSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3064 910.962.2250 cowardmc@uncw.edu
B. Suzy Diggle, PhD, GNP, ANP, BC Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2059B 910.962.3559 digglefoxb@uncw.edu
Emily DiGiuseppe, MSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2052 910.962.0515 digiuseppee@uncw.edu
Crystal Heath Dodson, PhD, RN, MSN, BC-ADM, CDE Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3030 910.962.7877 dodsonc@uncw.edu
Kelly Ellington, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3016 910.962.2005 ellingtonk@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 2060A 910.962.7720 ferrella@uncw.edu
Susan Gell, DNP, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2040 910.962.0513 gells@uncw.edu
Kellie M. Griggs, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3052 910.962.7628 griggsk@uncw.edu
Dana El Hajj, PhD, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3098 910.962.7534 hajjd@uncw.edu
Martha Hepler, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE Lecturer McNeill Hall 3095 910.962.7112 heplerm@uncw.edu
Carol Highsmith, MPS, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3011 910.962.2039 highsmithc@uncw.edu
Julie F. Hinkle, PhD, RN, CNE Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2041 910.962.7254 hinklej@uncw.edu
Denise Isibel, DNP, RN, CNE 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
Caroyln W. Jones, PhD, RN, NNP-BC Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2036 910.962.3207 jonescw@uncw.edu
Lindsey Paige Jones, MSN-Ed, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3055 910.962.2891 joneslp@uncw.edu
Jared G. Kerr, BS, MPH, JD Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3072 910.962.7404 kerrj@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, MSN, RN, CNE Lecturer McNeill Hall 3054 910.962.2321 lanelj@uncw.edu
Meen Hye Lee, PhD, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3034 910.962.2402 leemh@uncw.edu
Tamara Link, DNP, FNP-BC Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3065B 910.962.7942 linkt@uncw.edu
Barbara J. Lutz, PhD, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FNAP, FAAN McNeill Distinguished Professor McNeill Hall 2031 910.962.2921 lutzb@uncw.edu
Jim Lyon, Pharm. D Clinical Research Lecturer McNeill Hall 3077 910.962.2936 lyonj@uncw.edu
Jennifer R. McCall, PhD, MBA Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3075 910.962.3171 mcalljr@uncw.edu
Michelle McEwen-Campbell, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB-FNP, LNC, CNE Lecturer McNeill Hall 2037 910.962.2038 mcewenm@uncw.edu
Brandy Mechling, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC Associate Professor McNeill Hall 3013 910.962.7292 mechlingb@uncw.edu
Michele A. Mendes, PhD, RN, CPN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2027 910.962.7265 mendesm@uncw.edu
Amy C. Merritt, MSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3055 910.962.3846 merrittac@uncw.edu
Kathleen E. Molden, MSN, RN, CNE Lecturer McNeill Hall 3093 910.962.7553 moldenk@uncw.edu
Nancy Murdock, MSN, RNC, CNS Lecturer McNeill Hall 2051 910.962.3862 murdockn@uncw.edu
Mary Murray, MSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3054 910.9622772 murraymp@uncw.edu
Ruthanne Palumbo, DNP, RN, CNE Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3065 910.962.7969 palumbor@uncw.edu
Diane K. Pastor, PhD, MBA, NP-C, FNAP Professor McNeill Hall 3038 910.962.3482 pastord@uncw.edu
Annemarie K. Petroff, MS Lecturer McNeill Hall 3075 910.962.3981 petroffa@uncw.edu
Jodi M. Protokowicz, PhD, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2039 910.962.3298 protokowiczj@uncw.edu
Melissa Reedy, DNP, MSNEd, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2025 910.962.7068 reedym@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 Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3065A 910.962.7755 robertoa@uncw.edu
Scott J. Saccomano, PhD, RN, GNP-BC Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2059A 910.962.7055 saccomanos@uncw.edu

Cynthia K. Schweizer, MSN-NE, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2025 910.962.2512 schweizerc@uncw.edu
Melissa D. Scott, PhD, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3095 910.962.7693 scottmd@uncw.edu
Lorie Sigmon, DNP, RN, FNP Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2041 910.962.2598 sigmonl@uncw.edu
Christy Simmerman, MSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2052 910.962.7588 simmermanc@uncw.edu
Andrea Yeager Smith, MSN, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 2040 910.962.0512 smithay@uncw.edu
Stephanie D. Smith, PhD, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 2048 910.962.4222 smithsd@uncw.edu
C. Elise Thompson, PhD, MSN, RN Assistant Professor McNeill Hall 3035 910.962.7428 thompsonce@uncw.edu
Stephanie Turrise, PhD, RN, BC, APRN, CNE Associate Professor McNeill Hall 2048 910.962.3210 turrises@uncw.edu
Colette B. Waddill, DNP, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE, CHSE Lecturer McNeill Hall 3057 910.962.2860 waddillc@uncw.edu
Anita Williams, PharmD, BCPS Lecturer McNeill Hall 3056 910.962.3392 williamsa@uncw.edu
Nina Williams, DNP, MSN-NE, RN Lecturer McNeill Hall 3057 910.962.2298 williamsnd@uncw.edu
Elizabeth K. Woodard, PhD, RN Associate Professor McNeill Hall 3070 910.962.3202 woodarde@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

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Debra Simpson, Executive Assistant 910.962.3784 simpsond@uncw.edu
Diane Bomba, Administrative Associate 910.962.3200 MC 3083A bombad@uncw.edu
Barbara Snyder, Simulation Lab Assistant 910.962.2924 snyderb@uncw.edu

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Mary Frere

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Elizabeth K. Woodard, PhD, RN

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