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Ann Wolbert Burgess
Professor, Psychiatric/Mental Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
the impact of trauma on victims; forensic nursing; cyberstalking; Internet sex crimes; abuse in nursing homes; serial offenders; links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency and later criminal activity. Prof. Burgess is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse.
617.552.6133ann.wolbertburgess.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/burgess.html
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Joellen Hawkins
Professor Emeritus, Maternal/Child Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
B.S.N. Northwestern University
M.S. Boston College
Ph.D. Boston College
Women's health issues; domestic violence; community coalition building to address violence; outcomes of nurse-managed models of prenatal care delivery; women's self-care and abuse during pregnancy; the role of the nurse practitioner; nursing history; oral history of women's health nurse practitioners. Editor-in-chief of Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners: The International Journal of NPACE. Co-author or editor of the books Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in Gynecologic Settings and Diversity in Heath Care Research: Strategies for Multisite, Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Projects. Course focus includes nursing theory and advanced practice role; Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Theory and Practice.
617.552.4252
joellen.hawkins.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/hawkins.html
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Barbara Hazard
Dean, Connell School of Nursing
B.S., M.S. University of Rhode Island
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Storrs
Importance of prenatal care; barriers to obtaining prenatal care; the role of psychosocial factors in delayed prenatal care; the link between educational status and level of prenatal care; negative consequences of inadequate prenatal care; short-term and long-term problems for low-birth weight babies; nursing research; research methods; statistics; clinical research studies; nursing education; advanced degrees in nursing; trends in nursing school applications; the job market for nurses. Co-author of articles including "Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders"; "Effects of nurse specialist transitional care on patient outcomes and cost: Results of five randomized trials"; "Maternal Factors That Influence Inadequate Prenatal Care" and "Factors that Influence Decisions about Clinical Nurse Specialization: A National Survey." Author of the book Statistical Methods for Health Care Research. Courses include: "Statistics: Computer Application and Analysis of Data."
617.552.1710
barbara.hazard@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/hazard.html
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June Andrews Horowitz
Professor, Psychiatric/Mental Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
B.S. Boston College
M.S. Rutgers University
Ph.D. New York University
Postpartum depression; symptoms and risk factors for postpartum depression; postpartum adjustment; the mothering experience; parenting; coping/support networks in single-parent versus two-parent households; family health; issues facing interfaith couples, particularly in a Jewish/Christian mix; interfaith couples negotiating Christmas and Hanukkah. Registered nurse. Co-author of the book Parenting Reassessed: A Nursing Perspective. Author of the articles "Postpartum Depression: Issues in Clinical Assessment"; "Identification of Risk Factors and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression: Linking Research to Practice," and "A Conceptualization of Parenting: Examining the Single Parent Family." Principal investigator for March of Dimes Foundation on "Promoting Healthy Responsiveness between Depressed Mothers and their Infants." Courses include: "Advanced Practice and Theory in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing."
617.552.4258
june.horowitz.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/horowitz.html
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Ronna Krozy
Associate Professor, Community Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
B.S., M.S. Boston College
Ed.D. Boston University
Community nursing; visiting nurses programs; need for home health care; sex education; sexuality and older adults; sexuality and aging; AIDS risk factors for health care professionals; AIDS risk assessment training for health care professionals; health care and education needs in Latin America, especially in Ecuador. A registered nurse. Originated and participates in the Por Cristo-Boston College Connell School of Nursing Health Project, founded as a volunteer health education mission which has evolved into a for-credit clinical experience in community health nursing. Under the auspices of Por Cristo, a Quincy, Mass.-based medical missionary, BC nursing students spend two weeks in Guayaquil, Ecuador, performing a variety of nursing-related duties, conducting classes with families and schoolchildren, and helping construct needed facilities. The BC nursing students also discuss local health issues with their counterparts at the Catholic University School of Nursing in Guayaquil and present classes on topics requested by the faculty. Named 1994 Por Cristo Volunteer of the Year. Courses include: community health nursing.
617.552.8816
ronna.krozy.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/krozy.html
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Judith Shindul-Rothschild
Associate Professor, Psychiatric/Mental Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
B.S. Boston College
M.S.N Yale University
Ph.D. Boston College
Health care policy and finance; nursing labor issues; staffing and quality of care; managed care, international nursing manpower issue; use of unlicensed assistive personnel in hospitals; nurses' job security under managed competition; restructuring and redesigning the role of nurses; rationing of health care under managed competition; consumers' health care rights; health care reform. Registered nurse and author or co-author of numerous articles and opinion pieces on managed care and health care reform. Served on several committees on health care financing for the Massachusetts Nurses Association and American Nurses Association. Conducted a survey of Massachusetts registered nurses which indicated a decrease in the quality of care in hospitals from 1989 to 1994, under managed care financing. Recipient of the 1999 Excellence in Academic Nursing Education Award, District V, Massachusetts Nurses Association. Appointed member of the American Nurses Association's expert panel on Principles for Staffing in Acute Care Hospitals. Courses include "Systems of Psychotherapy"; "Advanced Psychopharmacology."
617.552.4270
judith.shindul-rothschild@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/shindulrothschild.html
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Judith A. Vessey
Carroll Professor
Connell School of Nursing
B.S.N. Goshen College
M.S.N. and Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
M.B.A. Johns Hopkins University
Bullying and teasing, particularly among middle school-aged children; cyber bulling; childhood pain; children with chronic conditions; economics and business practices of health care. Prof. Vessey is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and a lead ing nurse researcher in the field of developmental pediatrics with a specialty in childhood pain. She co-developed CATS, Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale, to identify targets of chronic bullying.
617.552.8817
vessey@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/carroll/
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Barbara Wolfe
Professor, Psychiatric/Mental Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
B.S.N. Syracuse University
M.S.N. Yale University
Ph.D. Boston College
Symptoms, risk factors for, and psychobiology of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa). She is co-author of the article "Caring for the hospitalized patient with an eating disorder." She has been published in Neuropsychopharmacology and International Journal of Eating Disorders.
617.552.1804
barbara.wolfe.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/wolfe.html
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Robin Wood
Associate Professor, Adult Health Department
Connell School of Nursing
Breast cancer screening and early detection: intervention programs with high-risk populations (older women); new media technology: computer video applications; Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR); consulting practice. Wood developed breast health kits for women over 60 to encourage breast self-exams and mammogram screenings. President of HealthWood, a health education consulting organization.
robin.wood@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/son/faculty/wood.html
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