Nursing Faculty
Theresa Broderick, MSN, ARNP
Miles Hall 213
502.272.8420
Research Interests: Prenatal loss
Denise Burd, Masters in Education
RD. LD
Adjunct Faculty
Vicki Ellison Burns, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Miles Hall 238
502.272.3903
Research Interests: Adolescent pregnancy, women's health,
spirituality in health care
Linda Cain, PhD, RN
Miles Hall 209
502.272.8101
Research Interests: End of life care, administration and
compassion fatigue in care givers
Connie Cooper, EdD, RN
Miles Hall 217
502.272.7995
Research Interests: Childhood obesity, informatics, community health
Sherill Nones Cronin, PhD, RN, BC - MSN Director
Miles Hall 203
502.272.8149
Research Interests: Evidence based practice, caring research, outcomes research, nursing work environment
Susan Davis, EdD - Dean
Pasteur Hall 110
502.272.8217
Research Interests: Nursing education, health policy and
non-traditional students
Teena Darnell, MSN, RN
Miles Hall 232A
502.272.8635
Research Interests: Adult and child obesity
Elizabeth Fitzgerald, EdD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC
Miles Hall 306
502.272.8238
Research Interests: Children exposed to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) and their parents and caregivers; tobacco cessation in low-income minority pregnant women; barriers to accessing care and satisfaction with care of Latino/Hispanic persons; cultural competence of pre-professional and graduate nursing students and faculty; best practices: teaching English as a foreign language to health care students and professionals; interpersonal violence in nursing.
Lynette M. Galloway, MSN, APRN, PNP
Miles Hall 200
502.272.7466
Research Interests: Pediatric nurse practitioner, school health, prevention
Kathy Hager, DNP, FNP-BC, CDE
Miles Hall 301
502.272.8103
Research Interest: Evidence based practice in diabetes care; healthy aging and end of life care; pain and symptom control in nursing home population, and cancer care.
Beverley Holland, PhD, ARNP - BSN Chair
Miles Hall 202
502.272.8279
Research Interests: Geriatric issues
Megan Hoskins, MSN, ARNP
Clinical Coordinator
Miles Hall 200
502.272.8215
Michael Huggins, EdD, MSN, ARNP, NPT-BC, TNP-BC
Miles Hall 200A
502.272.7994
Research Interests: Disparities in access to healthcare
Dr. Barbara Jackson
Assistant Professor
502.272.8215
Hope Jones, MSN, RN
Simulation Lab Coordinator
Barbara Lee, MSN, MEd, RN-BC, CWOCN
Miles Hall 214
502.272.8416
Research Interests: Caring, minority student success
Joan Masters, EdD, MBA, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Miles Hall 212
502.272.8281
Research Interests: Severe mental illness, faculty development
Patricia McEachron, MSN, RN
Miles Hall 218
502.272.7410
Research Interests: Childhood obesity
Dana McNeeley, MSN, RN
Miles Hall 303
502.272.8421
Research Interests: Distress at end of life, technology in nursing education
Lori Minton, MSN, RN
Miles Hall 239
502.272.7967
Research Interests: Clinical decision making
Mary Ellen Pike, MSN, MA, RN
Miles Hall 206
502.272.8265
Research Interests: Nursing education, health care history
Gayle Ramierez
Part-time Adminstrative Assistant
Miles Hall 204
502.272.8215
Melody Reibel, MSN, RN
Miles Hall 208
502.272.8215
Research Interests: Differences in coping with neuropathic pain associated with chronic illness
Gwendolyn Rinker, PhD, MPH, APRN
Miles Hall 225
502.272.863
Research Interests: lung cancer prevention and control, including radon risk reduction behavior, combined radon and tobacco smoke exposures in Southeastern Kentucky, and lung cancer survival in Appalachia.
Carol Smith, PhD (c), MSN, RN
Miles Hall 208
502.272.8215
Research Interests: Cardiac (MI signs and symptoms) women's health and critical care
Sally Sturgeon, MSN, RN, SANE
Miles Hall 240
502.272.7973
Research Interests: Prelicensure program development/evaluation by regulatory bodies, forensic nursing
Nettie Wilson, BA, MALS Nursing Adminstrative Assistant
Miles Hall 204
502.272.8215
Nancy York, PhD, RN, CNE
Miles Hall 201
502.272.8639
Research Interests: Tobacco-free policy and health policy