Nursing Faculty

Graduate Faculty

Research Interests

Mary Baroni, PhD, RN
Professor
Program Director
Cornell University, 1988
(Human Development and Family Studies)
Office:  UW1-211E
Phone:  425.352.3543
Email:  mbaroni@uwb.edu

1. Ecological model of human development
2. Advanced Practice Nursing - role delineation, credentialing, and policy issues
3. Interdisciplinary education, practice, and research mentoring and professional development
4. Nursing Education
5. Quantitative analyses

Mary Abrums, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
University of Washington, 1995 (Sociocultural Anthropology)
Office:  UW1-238
Phone:  425.352.5323
Email:  mabrums@u.washington.edu

1. Poverty, faith and health in the African-American community.
2. Narrative analysis and ethnography
3. Diversity and disparity issues in health care
4. Issues in women's health
5. Maternal and child health--especially adolescents
6. Interdisciplinary education
7. Cultural issues in health care
8. Global/Community Health

Cheryl Cooke, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Washington, 2002
(Nursing Science)
Office: UW1-303
Phone: 425.352.3625
Email:  ccooke@uwb.edu

1. The effects of incarceration on individual, family, and community health
2. Health disparities
3. Feminist, critical, and interpretive methodologies
4. Healthcare systems management

Andrea Kovalesky, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
University of Washington, 1997
(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-231
Phone:  425.352.5367
Email:  AKovalesky@uwb.edu

1. Community level interventions for persons with substance abuse disorders
2. Health in faith-based communities
3. Historical aspects of community nursing and historical research
4. Qualitative research, using grounded theory, focus groups, and/or content analysis

Carol Leppa, PhD, RN
Professor
University of Illinois, Chicago, 1990(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-234
Phone:  425.352.5325
Email:  leppa@u.washington.edu

1. End of life care/palliative care
2. Health care ethics and policy
3. International comparative health care systems
4. Quality of life in long term care
5. Internet-assisted education
6. Critical thinking in nursing education

Anne Loustau, RN, PhD 
Professor Emeritus
Email Address: loustau@u.washington.edu

Selina Mohammed, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Washington, 2004
(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-147
Phone:  425.352. 3619
Email: selinam@u.washington.edu

1.  Health disparities
2.  American Indian health
3.  Interpretive and critical research methodologies
4.  Using social justice as a framework to promote population well-being

Heidi Petry, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Washington, 2000
(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-355
Phone:  425.352.3593
Email:  hpetry@uwb.edu  

1. Gerontology and in particular older women's health
2. Interpretive and critical approaches to research
3. Nursing theory

Suzanne Sikma, PhD, RN
Professor
University of Washington, 1994
(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-255
Phone:  425.352.5324
Email:  ssikma@uwb.edu

1. Consumer direction and self-determination in home and community based services, policy and systems
2. Gerontological nursing, specifically community-based long term care practice
3. The process of clinical staff development
4. Health program planning and evaluation
5. Gerontologic Nursing Education

Linda Westbrook, PhD, RN
Senior Lecturer
University of Washington, 1994
(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-247
Phone:  425.352.5328
Email:  LWestbrook@uwb.edu 

1. Understanding the work of nurse managers within health care systems, including the design and evaluation of systems that support effective nursing practice
2. Occupational health as it relates to clinical nurses
3. Innovation in community based health promotion program development

Other Nursing Faculty

Research Interests

Bonnie Blachly, RN, MN 
Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator
University of Washington Bothell(Nursing)
Office: UW1-242
Phone: 425.352.5290
Email:  blachb@u.washington.edu

1. Gerontology
2. Hospice and Palliative care
3. Leadership and management in long-term care
4. Nursing ethics

Mabel Ezeonwu, PhD, RN

Acting Assistant Professor

Beth Madison, Ph.D., RN
Lecturer
University of Washington, 2007
(Nursing Science)
Office: UW1-246
Phone: 425.352.3542
Email: emadison@uwb.edu

1. Effective Education of Nurses
2. Creating an educational environment that is inclusive of and interesting to students who come from a variety of life experiences.
3. Education of American Indian nursing students
4. Areas of practice are community health, women's health and tribal health.

Elayne Puzan, PhD, RN
Lecturer
University of Massachusetts, 1997(Nursing Science)
Office:  UW1-246
Phone:  425.352.3651
Email:  epuzan@uwb.edu

1. Promoting Women's Health
2. Qualitative Research
3. Multicultural Education
4. Nursing History
5. Health Care Policy And Politics

Jerelyn Resnick PhD, RN
Lecturer
University of Washington, 2002
(Education)
Office: UW1-153
Phone: 425.352.3645
Email: jerelyn@u.washington.edu

1. Teaching & Learning Strategies
2.Culture Diversity
3.Disparities in Healthcare

Jamie Lynn Shirley, PhD, RN

Lecturer