Faculty
william f. connell school of nursing

Nancy A. Allen, Ph.D., ANP-BC
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 306 | 617-552-0192 | nancy.allen@bc.edu
Physical activity and type 2 diabetes; obesity, especially in vulnerable populations; technology as a motivator for behavior change

Jane E. Ashley, Ph.D., RN
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 304 | 617-552-4155 | jane.ashley@bc.edu
Nursing care of the surgical patient; strategies to improve test performance

Stacey Hoffman Barone, Ph.D., RN, CNS
Associate Clinical Professor
Cushing Hall 308 | 617-552-8059 | stacey.barone@bc.edu
Chronic illness and adaptation

Dorean Behney, RN, M.S.N.
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 418 | 617-552-1037 | dorean.behney@bc.edu
Adult health; critical care; trauma

Viola G. Benavente, Ph.D., RN, CNS
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 425 | 617-552-0180 | viola.benavente@bc.edu
Cardiovascular health disparities among Latinas and other Hispanics; coronary heart disease prevention and health promotion; cardiovascular risk and symptom management; preventive science and gender differences

Ellen M. Bishop, M.S., FNP-BC
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 336J | 617-552-0179 | ellen.bishop@bc.edu
primary care; family and women's care

Stewart M. Bond, Ph.D., RN, AOCN
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 336D | 617-552-4275 | stewart.bond@bc.edu
Cancer symptom management; neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with cancer; delirium; care of older adults with cancer; frailty

Ann Wolbert Burgess, D.N.S., RNCS, FAAN
Professor
Cushing Hall 414 | 617-552-6133 | ann.wolbertburgess@bc.edu
Psychiatric/mental health response patterns of crime victims; internet crimes against children

Rosemary F. Byrne, RN, M.S., FNP-BC
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 419 | 617-552-1834 | rosemary.byrne@bc.edu
Care of underserved populations, particularly the Hispanic population; international work in Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

Maureen Connolly, RN, APRN, BC
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 418 | 617-552-0166 | maureen.connolly.2@bc.edu

Donna L. Cullinan, M.S., RN, FNP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 419 | 617-552-1926 | donna.cullinan@bc.edu
Health promotion especially with vulnerable populations, eating disorders, school health, geriatric home care, the homeless

Susan DeSanto-Madeya, Ph.D., RN, CNS
Clinical Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 309 | 617-552-0371 | susan.desanto-madeya@bc.edu
Palliative care, end of life care

Joyce K. Edmonds, RN, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 422 | 617-552-2838 | joyce.edmonds@bc.edu
maternal health; health seeking behavior; social networks

Susan Emery, Ph.D., CRNA
Nurse Anesthesia Program Director
Cushing Hall 326 | 617-552-6844 | susan.emery@bc.edu
Chemistry and physics of nurse anesthesia practice; pharmacology of anesthetics; anesthesia for geriatrics patients; endocrine and renal physiology and pathophysiology; operating room communication

William Fehder, Ph.D., RN, CRNA
Clinical Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 310 | 617-552-4250 | william.fehder@bc.edu
Salivary biomarkers of pain and anxiety as measures for nursing research and care

Jane M. Flanagan, Ph.D., ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 336I | 617-552-8949 | jane.flanagan@bc.edu
Patient and family experiences of chronic illness; the integration of nursing theory and aesthetics into nursing care; spirituality, forgiveness and healing

Holly B. Fontenot, Ph.D., RN, WHNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 302 | 617-552-1846 | holly.fontenot@bc.edu
Women’s health, human papillomavirus (HPV), sexual health and safety, forensic nursing

Susan Gennaro, RN, Ph.D., FAAN
Dean and Professor
Cushing Hall 203E | 617-552-1710 | susan.gennaro@bc.edu
Perinatal nursing practice; perinatal education; stress in families with preterm infants; global women’s health

Pamela J. Grace, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 336E | 617-552-1246 | pamela.grace.2@bc.edu
All aspects of nursing and healthcare ethics especially issues of professional obligation towards individuals and society; ethical decision making; problem analysis; philosophy of nursing

Katherine Gregory, Ph.D., RN
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 318 | 617-552-1246 | katherine.gregory.2@bc.edu
Preterm infant nutrition and enteral feeding regimens; preterm infant growth-development; necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants; measures of physiologic stability in NICU; patterns of maternal-infant interaction

Sandra Hannon-Engel, Ph.D., RN, CNS, PMHNP
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 334F | 617-552-3232 | sandra.hannon-engel@bc.edu
Eating disorders; neurobiology; pharmacogenomics; life threatening behaviors

Allyssa L. Harris, RN, Ph.D., WHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 302 | 617-552-0550 | allyssa.harris@bc.edu
Urban health, healthcare disparities, women’s knowledge development and decision-making, adolescent health and contraception

June Andrews Horowitz, Ph.D., RN, PMH CNS-BC, FAAN
Professor
Cushing Hall 336 M | 617-552-4258 | june.horowitz@bc.edu
Postpartum depression including mother-child interaction; family mental health research, including children's teasing and bullying experiences; parenting and couples' interaction and negotiation processes

M. Katherine Hutchinson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Professor
Cushing Hall 202 M | 617-552-2613 | kathy.hutchinson@bc.edu
Adolescent and young adult HIV-related sexual risk behaviors; family and community influence of adolescent health and sexual risk behaviors; parent-tenn sexual communication; family-based HIV risk reduction interventions; global family health

Dorothy A. Jones, Ed.D., RNC, ANP, FAAN
Professor
Cushing Hall 336B | 617-552-4058 | dorothy.jones@bc.edu
Patient recovery at home following ambulatory surgery with local and general anesthesia; psychometric properties of Functional Health Pattern Screening Assessment Tool (FHPSAT) across populations and cultural groups; evaluation of Professional Practice Model and impact of nurse empowerment, decision making and satisfaction; development and testing of a practice model grounded in Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding consciousness

Susan Kelly-Weeder, Ph.D., FNP-BC
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 420 | 617-552-8018 | susan.kelly-weeder@bc.edu
Women's experiences with infertility; women's health and health risk reduction in women; disordered eating; binge drinking in college aged women; disordered eating and alcohol use in college aged women

Ellen K. Mahoney, RN, Ph.D., FGSA
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 426 | 617-552-4262 | ellen.mahoney@bc.edu
Human responses in chronicillness/disability; patterns of behavior in persons with dementia;nursing interventions to promote functional ability in the elderly;recovery from stroke

Kathleen Mansfield
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 303 | 617-552-2133 | kathleen.mansfield@bc.edu
Pediatrics

Natalie McClain, Ph.D., RN, CPNP
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 424 | 617-552-6379 | natalie.mcclain@bc.edu
Pediatrics and forensic nursing; childhood sexual abuse; factors that influence disclosure and outcomes of delayed disclosure; sexual assault

Luanne Nugent, D.N.P., RN, M.S.N., CNS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 336J | 617-552-8011 | luanne.nugent@bc.edu
Nursing care of the adult medical-surgical patient, omissions of nursing care, "Nursing Scene Investigator Model"

Nanci Peters, M.S.N., RN, CPNP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Cushing Hall 336L | 617-552-4271 | nanci.peters.2@bc.edu
Urgent and primary care experience; home-care, rehab and case management; caring for pediatric patients with a variety of diagnoses and special health care needs.

Catherine Yetter Read, Ph.D., RN
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program and Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 202G | 617-552-6418 | catherine.read@bc.edu
Health promotion and psychological adaptation in persons with or at risk for genetic disease; genetics in nursing education; excellence and diversity in baccalaureate nursing education

Richard Ross, S.J. RN
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 305 | 617-552-3425 | richard.ross@bc.edu
Women's and children's health; professional ethics

Sr. Callista Roy, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Professor & Nurse Theorist
Cushing Hall 336F | callista.roy@bc.edu
Involving families in cognitive recovery of patients with mild head injury; nurse coaching as an intervention for patients after ambulatory surgery; conceptualizing and measuring coping; philosophical basis of adaptation nursing and distinction between veritivity and relativity; emerging nursing knowledge and practice outcomes

Judith Shindul-Rothschild, Ph.D., RNPC
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 334C | 617-552-4270 | judith.shindul-rothschild@bc.edu
Female athlete triad; eating disorders; staffing and quality of care; licensure and discipline of registered nurses; psychopharmacology

M. Colleen Simonelli, Ph.D., RN
Clinical Associate Professor and Department Assistant Chair
Cushing Hall 334E | 617-552-4926 | colleen.simonelli@bc.edu

Amy Smith, M.S.N., CNM, D.N.P.
Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Clinical Learning and Simulation Centers
Cushing Hall 404 | 617-552-4586 | amy.smith.9@bc.edu
Patient safety in labor and delivery, the use of simulation based clinical teaching in undergraduate nursing programs, evaluating the value of the nursing process among labor and delivery nurses

Lori Solon, RN, M.S.N., PMHCNS-BC
Clinical Instructor
Cushing Hall 334G | 617-552-6542 | lori.solon@bc.edu
Life cycle issues of women; postpartum adjustment issues, including postpartum depression; and major mental illness.

Kelly Stamp, Ph.D., APRN, ANP-C
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 307 | 617-552-2119 | kelly.stamp@bc.edu
Nurse-led educational interventions; heart failure patients' symptom recognition and decisions regarding their self-care management; barriers to self-care maintenance and management using telehealth technology; integrating technology into the curriculum

Sherri St. Pierre, M.S., APRN, PNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 336L | 617-552-8008 | sherri.stpierre@bc.edu
Patient/parent education; student evaluation

Melissa Sutherland, Ph.D., FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 421 | 617-552-8814 | melissa.sutherland@bc.edu
Intimate partner violence; STDs/HIV; health consequences of violence

Patricia A. Tabloski, Ph.D., GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 417 | 617-552-4065 | patricia.tabloski@bc.edu
Sleep disturbances and non-pharmacologic nursing management of agitation in the elderly; palliative care

Pamela A. Terreri, M.S. RN/PC
Assistant Clinical Professor
Cushing Hall 334D | 617-552-6442 | pamela.terreri@bc.edu
Symptom management in young adults struggling with anxiety and mood disorders.

Denise Testa, CRNA, M.S.N.
Nurse Anesthesia Assistant Program Director
Cushing Hall 315 | 617-552-6936 | denise.testa@bc.edu

Judith A. Vessey, Ph.D., DPNP, M.B.A., FAAN
Lelia Holden Carroll Endowed Professor
Cushing Hall 427 | 617-552-8817 | judith.vessey@bc.edu
The effect of chronic teasing and bullying on psychological and physical health of children and adolescents; bullying in the workplace care coordination

W. Jean Weyman, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Dean, Continuing Education
Service Building 211F | 617-552-0519 | jean.weyman@bc.edu
Fatigue in working women; RN refresher/reentry

Danny G. Willis, D.N.S., PMHCNS-BC
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 336K | 617-552-6838 | danny.willis@bc.edu
Mindfulness based stress reduction, meditation of compassion and wisdom; men's mental health; healing; marginalizing and/or traumatic human experiences; qualitative methods; nursing theory/philosophy; spirituality; ancient healing systems/methods; sense of personal and social wellbeing

Barbara E. Wolfe, Ph.D., RN, CS, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Cushing Hall 433A | 617-552-1804 | barbara.wolfe@bc.edu
Eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; serotonin; neurotransmitter regulation; dieting behavior; impulsivity; depression; psychobiology.

Robin Y. Wood, Ed.D., RN
Associate Professor
Cushing Hall 407A | 617-552-4088 | robin.wood@bc.edu
Breast cancer screening and early detection: intervention programs with high-risk populations; breast cancer risk appraisal; education intervention using high fidelity simulation and human patient simulators

Lichuan Ye, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor
Cushing Hall 423 | 617-552-1711 | lichuan.ye@bc.edu
Symptom presentation, daily functioning, and treatment outcomes in sleep disorders; women with obstructive sleep apnea; gender differences in sleep disorders