Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

professor & nurse theorist

Office

Cushing Hall 336 F
callista.roy@bc.edu

Assistant to the Nurse Theorist
Emily Caskey caskeye@bc.edu

educational history

Post Doc Fellow University of California, San Francisco
PhD University of California, Los Angeles
MA University of California, Los Angeles
MS University of California, Los Angeles
BA Mount Saint Mary's College

recent publications

Journal Articles

Barone, S., Roy, C., & Frederickson, K. (2008). Instruments Used in Roy Adaptation Model Based Research: Review, Critique and Further Directions. Nursing Science Quarterly. 21(4), 353-362. additional references
Roy, C. (2008). Adversity and Theory: The Broad Picture. Nursing Science Quarterly. 21(2), 138-139.
O'Connor, A. & Roy, C. (2008). Electric Power Plant Emissions and Public Health. American Journal of Nursing. 108(2), 62-70.
Magee, T. & Roy, C. (2008). Predicting School Age Behavior Problems: The Role of Early Childhood Risk Factors. Pediatric Nursing, 34(1), 37-43.
Willis, D., Grace, P., & Roy, C. (2008). A Central Unifying Focus for the Discipline: Facilitating Humanization, Meaning, Choice, Quality of Life and Dying. Advances in Nursing Science. (31)1. online only: www.advancesinnursingscience.com
Chayput, P. & Roy, C. (2007). Psychometric testing of the Thai version of coping and adaption processing scale—short form (TCAPS-SF). Thai Journal of Nursing Council, 22(3), 29-39.
Roy, C. (2007). Update from the future: Thinking of Theorist Callista Roy. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20(2), 113-116.
Roy, C. (2007). The Roy Adaptation Model: Historical and Philosoph-ical Foundations. In Maria Elisa Moreno, et al. (Eds.) Applicacion Del Model Adaptacion en el Ciclo Vital Humano, 2nd Edition. Chia, Columbia: Universidad de La Sabana.
Roy, Sr. C.& Jones, D. (Editors). (2007). Nursing knowledge development and clinical practice. New York: Springer.
Roy, C. & Lindendoll, N. (2006). Defining International Consensus on Mentorship in Doctoral Education. Journal of Research in Nursing, 11(4), 345-353.
Roy, C. (2003). Reflections on Nursing Research and the Roy Adaptation Model. Igaju-syoin Japanese Journal, 36(1), 7-11.
Whittemore, R. & Roy, C. (2002). Adapting to Diabetes Mellitus: A Theory Synthesis. Nursing Science Quarterly, 15(4), 311-317.

Books

Roy, C. (2009). The Roy Adaptation Model, 3rd edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Health.
Roy, C. & Jones, D. (2007). Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice. New York: Springer Publishing.
Roy, C. & Andrews, H. (1999). The Roy Adaptation Model, 2nd Ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange.
Boston Based Adaptation Research in Nursing Society. (1999). Roy Adaptation Model-Based Research: 25 Years of Contributions to Nursing Science. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau International, Center Nursing Press.
Riehl, J.P. & Roy, C. (1980). Conceptual Models for Nursing practice (2nd ed.). New York: Appleton-Century Crofts.

Chapters, Proceedings & Other

Roy, C. & Zhan, L. (in press). Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model and Its Applications. In Parker, M. and Smith, M. (Eds.). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice 3rd ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.
Roy, C. (2007). Fundamental History and Philosophy of the Roy Adaptation Model. In Guitierrez, M. dC (Ed.) Adaptacion y Cuidado en el ser Humano: Una Vision de Enfermeria. Bogota: Editorial El Manual Moderno, Universidad de la Sabana, 1-12.
Morgillo-Freeman, S. & Roy, C. (2005). Cognitive Behavior Therapy and the Roy Adaptation Model: A Discussion of Theoretical Integration. In S.M. Freeman & A. Freeman (Eds.), Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Nursing Practice. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 3-27.
Roy, C. & Gray, M. (2005). Role of the supervisor/mentor. In Ketefian, S. & McKenna, H.P. (Eds.). Doctoral Education in Nursing International Perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Roy, C. (2001). Alterations in Cognitive Processing. In C. Stewart-Amidei & J.A. Kunkel (Eds.), AAN’s Neuroscience Nursing: Human Responses to Neurologic Dysfunction, (2nd Ed.), Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co.

Callista L. Roy, RN, PhD, is a Professor and Nurse Theorist at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, where she teaches doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate students. Dr. Roy is best known for her work on the Roy adaptation model of nursing. Her current clinical research is an intervention study to involve lay study partners in cognitive recovery of patients with mild head injury. Her other scholarly work includes conceptualizing and measuring coping and developing the philosophical basis for the adaptation model and for the epistemology of nursing. Roy has been named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing and the Massachusetts Registered Nurses Association. Roy has numerous publications, including books and journal articles, on nursing theory and other professional topics. Her works have been translated into many languages all over the world. With her colleagues of the Roy Adaptation Association, she has critiqued and synthesized the first 350 research projects published in English based on her adaptation model. Dr. Roy also has delivered invited papers, lectures, and workshops throughout North America and 30 other countries over the past 31 years on topics related to nursing theory, research, curriculum, clinical practice, and professional trends for the future. She began her education at Mount Saint Mary’s College located in Los Angeles, the city where she was born. Dr. Roy has master’s degrees in pediatric nursing and sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she also earned her PhD. She holds honorary doctorates from four other institutions. Her postdoctoral studies in neuroscience nursing were at the University of California at San Francisco.

research interests

Cognitive recovery of patients with mild head injury; conceptualizing and measuring coping and other key concepts of the Roy Adaptation Model; philosophical basis of adaptation nursing and distinction between veritivity and relativity; emerging nursing knowledge and practice outcomes