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

Denise Burton, MS, RNC, CNE, FCN

Chair of RN-BSN Program and Associate Professor of Nursing

Stacy Calhoun

Clinical Regulations Specialist

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

Tenured Professor of Nursing

Janice Carr, DNP, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor

Casey Cassidy, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CHSE

Assistant Professor for Nursing

Lauren Castelli

Operations Coordinator

Sherri Christian

Graduate Clinical Specialist

Linda Cook, PhD, PMHCNS, CNE

Associate Dean and Professor

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

Assistant Dean, Chair 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 of Nursing

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

Clinical Assistant Professor

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

Assistant Clinical Professor

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

Assistant Professor

Cheryl Frutchey, PhD, MSN, RN

Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing

Betty Gorrell, EdD, MSN, RN

Tenured Professor of Nursing

Brenda Hedrick

Graduate Program Specialist

Janice James, MSN, RN

Clinical Instructor

Melissa Jennings

Duncan BSN Program Specialist

​Michelle Johnston, DNP, APRN, CNP, CNE

Associate Professor, Lead Faculty Family Nurse Practitioner Track

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

Associate Professor of Nursing; Lead Faculty, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track

Pam Melson, RN, MSN, BC-NC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Ted Metzler

Clinical Assistant Professor, Kramer School of Nursing

Beth Pitman, MSN, ACCNS-AG, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Cindy Rauh, DNP, RN, NE

Duncan Campus Program Coordinator

Shannon Rowland

Traditional BSN Specialist

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

Dean and Professor of Nursing

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

Lanell Taylor

Clinical Instructor

Mary Thompson

Simulation Technology Specialist

Pamela Tucker, MSN, RN, CNE

Clinical Assistant Professor

Danna Weathers, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Clinical Instructor

Crystal Westmoreland, PhD, MSN, RN

Department Chair of the BSN Program & Assistant Professor

Odalie Wildes

RN-BSN Specialist

Vanessa Wright, Ph.D., MSN, RN

MSN Program Coordinator & Associate Professor