ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Educational advancement from diploma in nursing to PhD:
- PhD in Nursing: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- MSN: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- BSN (with honors): North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
- Diploma: Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia
PUBLICATIONS
Click HERE for a list of publications; drawn from more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, 4 books and 20 book chapters.
ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP RECOGNITIONS
- Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society for Nursing,
- Inducted 1977 Zeta Pi
- Mentor, Nurse faculty Leader Academy
- American Academy of Nursing Fellow Induction 2001
- Leadership Texas 1994, Foundation for Women’s Resources, Austin, TX.
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
- President’s Mentoring Award, Committee on the Status of Women,
- Award for Outstanding Performance in Nursing Education Award,
Texas Nurses Association First Annual Nursing Celebration, Houston, TX. - Distinguished Mentor Faculty Development for Graduate Nurse Educators,
Southern Council on Collegiate Education in Nursing, Atlanta, GA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing,
- Laurel Archer Copp Literary Award
- Magnet Appraiser 2006-2009
- Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, Atlanta, GA
- Outstanding Achievement in Research, Wall of Honor Charter Induction.
- Distinguished Alumnus
- Who’s Who Among Students
- North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
- Most Outstanding Nursing Student
- Highest Academic Honor
