Introduction of Faculty and Staff

SON Administration

Mary Tedesco-Schneck, Ph.D., RN, CPNP
Interim Director
Associate Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Pediatrics, Nursing Education, Health Assessment
Areas of Interest: Adverse Childhood Experiences & Resilience, Pediatric Dermatology, Feminist Pedagogy

Kathryn Robinson, Ph.D., MHA/ED., RN
Associate Director
Associate Professor of Nursing
Teaching Areas: Evidence-based Practice for Healthcare, Genetics/Genomics, Nursing Workforce, Social Determinants of Health
Areas of Interest: Genetics/Genomics in Nursing

Full-Time Faculty

Kelley Strout, Ph.D., RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Community and Population Health, Evidence-Based Practice, Aging
Areas of Interest: Wellness, Health Promotion, Aging, Cognition

Sarah Hanscome, MSN, RN
Lecturer of Nursing
Teaching Area: Medical-Surgical Nursing, Simulation; Areas of Interest: Simulation, Acute Adult Care

Amanda Henderson, MSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, CCE
Lecturer in Nursing/Director of Learning Resource and Simulation Education Center
Teaching Areas: Maternal Newborn Nursing, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Simulation

Valerie Herbert, DNP, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing, Graduate Program Coordinator
Teaching Area: Senior Clinical Reflection Seminar, Senior Clinical Practicum, Simulation and Nursing Informatics; Areas of Interest: Healthcare Informatics, Nursing Education, Leadership and Adult-Critical Care

Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA, APRN, Med/Surg-BC, CCM, PHNA-BC, CNE, NEA-BC, FNP-BC, FNAP
Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Pharmacology; Areas of Interest: Cultural competency, Public health nursing

Meryl McCarthy, MSN, APRN, CPNP
Lecturer in Nursing
Teaching Area: Pediatrics, Medical-Surgical Nursing Area of Interest: Pediatrics, Health Promotion, Wellness

Kara O’Donnell, MSN, RN
Lecturer in Nursing
Teaching Area: Community Health
Area of Interest: Community Health Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Forensics Nursing

Annie Smith, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, CNE
Lecturer of Nursing
Teaching Area: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Areas of Interest: Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Forensic Nursing

Susan A. Tardiff, MSN, RN
Lecturer in Nursing
Teaching Area: Pharmacology, Medical-Surgical Nursing
Area of Interest: Pharmacotherapeutics, Cardiac Care, On-line Education, First-Year Retention

Amanda Savage, DNP, MEd, BSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Simulation, Adult Health II
Area of Interest: Simulation-based education

Katherine Weatherford Darling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Teaching Area: Evidence-Based Practice for Healthcare
Area of Interest: Sociology, Feminist science studies, Public health and bioethics

Part-Time Faculty

Jordan Porter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Lecturer in Nursing
Teaching Area: FNP Program, Pathophysiology
Area of Interest: Substance Use Disorder

Eva Quirion, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Lecturer in Nursing
Teaching Area: FNP Program
Area of Interest: Substance Use Disorder

Sean Sibley, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, PhD (c)
Lecturer in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator
Teaching Areas: Family Medicine, Health Assessment, Nursing Education; Areas of Interest: Geriatrics and Simulation in Nurse Practitioner Education

Professional

Amy Barnes, BSN, RN
Learning Resource Center Manager

Kaitlin Robinson, MSN, RN
Clinical Coordinator

Dyan Walsh, MSW
School of Nursing Project Manager

Classified Staff

Cindy Therrien
Administrative Specialist CL2

Emeritus Faculty

Elizabeth H. Bicknell, MSN, RN, NEA-B.C.
Associate Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Community Health Nursing, Leadership and Management; Areas of Interest: Community/ Public Health, Gerontologic Nursing, Rural Health Environmental Health, Leadership/Management

Ann Sossong, PhD, RN, CAS, NE-BC
Undergraduate Program Coordinator Professor of Nursing
Teaching Area: Medical-Surgical Nursing, Ethics, Health Policy Leadership, Cardiovascular Nursing, Nursing Research, and Nursing Education; Areas of Interest: Medical-Surgical, Ethics, Health Policy Leadership, Oncology and Cardiovascular Nursing, Nursing Research, and Nursing Education