OUR FACULTY

Elizabeth Blunt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP

Clinical Professor
Editor-in-Chief Holistic Nursing Practice
Margaret Brace, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence
Associate Professor
Jennifer Brown, DNP, MSN, RN
Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Second-Degree Accelerated BSN program
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Catherine Curley, PhD, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of the Center for Global and Public Health
Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, RN, AFN-C, IVES-C, FAAN
Professor Coordinator Undergraduate Research and BSN Honors Nursing Program Coordinator
Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Dean for College and Student Services
Director, LEAD Professional Development Program
(610) 519-4905
Gail Furman, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
Executive Director Simulation Center
Clinical Professor
(610) 519-6596
Anne Marie Gregor,MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Track Coordinator, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC
Associate Professor
Macy Scholar


Gwendolyn Hamid, PhD, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Donna Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN
Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor
Loretta Jemmott
M. Louise Fitzpatrick Endowed Professor of Community and Home Health Nursing
Laura Kelly, PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS
Clinical Professor
Track Coordinator Psych/Mental Health NP Track
Director of the NP Program
(610) 519-5937
Michelle M Kelly, PhD, CRNP, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor, Villanova University
Susan Kilroy
Kreider Endowed Professor in Healthcare Simulation and Innovation
Deborah King, PhD, MSNed, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Brittany Koons, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Patricia Kostelnak, DNAP, CRNA
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of DNP CRNA program
Evie Lengetti, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Associate Dean of the Health Care Professional Development Program; Assistant Professor
Michelle Lockett, DNP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Catherine Lovecchio, PhD, RN
Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Margaret (Peggy) Lyons, DNP, RN, CRNI
Clinical Associate Professor
Catherine Todd Magel, EdD, RN
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Bette Mariani, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor and Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment
Carlene McLaughlin PhD, CRNA, CHSE
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Simulation and Director of DNP Projects, Nurse Anesthesia DNP Program
Jim Mendez, PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC
Clinical Associate Professor
Susan K. Meyers, PhD, RNC, CNE, CPNP-PC
Clinical Associate Professor
Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Diane L. & Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed Chair in Nursing Research
Nurse Scientist; Co-Program Director of VA Interprofessional Fellowship in Patient Safety, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia
VA Office of Nursing Service, Nursing Research Field Advisory Committee (Mission is to develop, implement, and evaluate a strategic plan for nursing research in the VA health system), 2019 - present; Chair Elect, March 2022 to February 2023; Chair, March 2023 to February 2024.
Gwendolyn D. Morris, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Rebecca C. Mueller, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CRNP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Nurse Practitioner Programs
Coordinator, Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Tracy L. Oliver PhD, RDN, LDN
Associate Professor
Jaclyn Parkinson MSN, RN, PCCN, CHSE
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Heather Polidori
Visiting Clinical Assistant Instructor
Bing Bing Qi, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(610) 519-7067
Sara J. Reeder, PhD, RN
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Kathryn Reynolds, MSN, CPNP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professor in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations
Immediate Past Chair, National Advisory Committee, American Nurses Association (ANA)/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA)Minority Fellowship Program
Commissioner, ANA National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing
Founder & Director, Research for Equity and Justice Collective (REJC)
Katlyn Schieler, DNP, CRNA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anne P Schneider, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Debra Shearer, EdD, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Kristen Simmons
Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Director Nurse Anesthesia Program
Barbara Stephen, MSN, RN, OCN
Director, Traditional and Transfer BSN Track
Mary Terhaar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for the Graduate Program
Christie Viscanti
Director of Clinical Placements and Community Partnerships
Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF
Associate Professor
Adviser, Villanova University Chapter, Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP-Villanova)
Guy M. Weissinger (Barnard) PhD, MPhil, RN
Diane Foley Parrett Endowed Assistant Professor
Jesse Wool, PhD, MBE, RN
Assistant Professor
(610) 519-4916
Kathleen Williams Yates, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor