Nursing School Faculty & Staff

Laura Ables, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

Joseph Gracy Amalraj, MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Linda Barren, EdD, MSN, RNC, CNE

Associate Professor

Candice Black

Communications and Outreach Coordinator

Stacy Calhoun

Clinical Regulations Specialist

Dia Campbell-Detrixhe, PhD, RN, FNGNA, CNE, FCN

Director of Research and Scholarship & Professor

Janice Carr, DNP, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor

Casey Cassidy, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CHSE

Director of the Meinders Simulation Center & Assistant Professor

Lauren Castelli

Operations Manager

Sherri Christian

Graduate Clinical Specialist

Linda Cook, PhD, PMHCNS, CNE

Associate Dean & Professor

Gina Crawford, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP, CNE

Assistant Dean, Chair of Advanced Practice Program, & Associate Professor

Meredith Crowder

Clinical Assistant Professor

Megan Dernaika, MSN, APRN, CNP, FNP-C

Part-Time Clinical Faculty

Elizabeth Diener, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE

Chair of Graduate Education & Professor

Christine Fisher, PhD (c), MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Katy Fisher-Cunningham, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Toni Frioux, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, CNE

Assistant Professor

Cheryl Frutchey, PhD, MSN, RN

Clinical Associate Professor

Betty Gorrell, EdD, MSN, RN

Professor

Janice James, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

Melissa Jennings

Duncan BSN Program Specialist

​Michelle Johnston, DNP, APRN, CNP, CNE

Assistant Professor & Lead Faculty Family Nurse Practitioner Track

Cene' Livingston, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-C, CNE

Associate Professor & Lead Faculty Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track

Pam Melson, RN, MSN, BC-NC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Beth Pitman, MSN, ACCNS-AG, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Cindy Rauh, DNP, RN, NE

Duncan Campus Program Coordinator & Clinical Assistant Professor

Shannon Rowland

Traditional BSN Specialist

Lois Salmeron, Ed.D, RN, BSN, MAT, MS, CNE, ANEF

Dean & Professor

Brandi Stanley, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

Jeri Striplin, DNP, APRN, CNP, ACNP-BC

Clinical Instructor

Staci Swim, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

Debbie Taber

Intake Specialist

Mary Thompson

Simulation Technology Specialist

Pamela Tucker, MSN, RN, CNE

Chair of RN-BSN Education & Clinical Assistant Professor

Danna Weathers, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Clinical Instructor

Crystal Westmoreland, PhD, MSN, RN

Chair of Traditional BSN Program & Assistant Professor

Odalie Wildes

RN-BSN Specialist

Vanessa Wright, PhD, MSN, RN

MSN Program Coordinator & Associate Professor