Dr. Jennifer Brown Named Director of Second-Degree Accelerated BSN

The College of Nursing announces the appointment of Jennifer Brown, DNP, MSN, RN, as a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Program.

Dr. Brown joins FCN from the College of Public Health at Temple University, where she served as a faculty member and a developer of its recently approved Accelerated BSN program. A principal investigator and co-investigator on several initiatives to procure funding to establish a pipeline for future nurses, she also participated the recent revision of Temple’s traditional BSN curriculum and held a faculty role in the Frances M. McGuire School of Nursing and Health Professions at Gwynedd Mercy University.

Passionate about nursing education, Dr. Brown believes that a solid foundation in teaching, service and scholarship is required to ensure that students are equipped to provide the highest quality of nursing care while advancing health care. She also has nearly 20 years of experience at various levels of management in secondary education, quality assurance, revenue management and operational leadership. 

Her impressive history of university service includes roles as a leader and President of the Iota Kappa Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and faculty counselor for the Student Nurses Association of PA for Accelerated BSN students.

Dr. Brown earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Walden University and both her MSN and BSN from Gwynedd Mercy University. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Education (magna cum laude) from the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and an Associate of Science in Culture, Science and Technology from the Community College of Philadelphia.