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  • Julie Honey
    Julie Honey
    Associate Dean of Nursing
    DNP University of North Dakota; MSN University of Pennsylvania; BSN Georgetown University
    Location: Inman 101
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  • Jamie Adam
    Jamie Adam
    Professor
    DNP (Educational Leadership) Case Western Reserve University; MSN (Family Nurse Practitioner) Middle Tennessee State University; BSN (Nursing & Spanish) Pittsburg State University; ASN (Nursing) Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
    Location: McWhorter Hall 304
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  • Diane Allen
    Diane Allen
    Lecturer
    PMHNP-BC (Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner); MSN (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) Vanderbilt University; BSN (Nursing) Belmont University
    Location: Inman Center 202A
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  • Olivia Bahemuka
    Olivia Bahemuka
    Assistant Professor
    Postdoc Fellowship (Global Health Leadership) University of Washington; DNP (Executive Nurse Leadership) University of Alabama at Birmingham; MSN (Management of Health Systems) Queens University of Charlotte; BSN (General Nursing) Queens University of Charlotte; BA (Christian Education) Kuyper College
    Location: McWhorter Hall 354
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  • Robin Bandaccari
    Robin Bandaccari
    BS (Dental Hygiene) Augusta University
    Location: Inman Center 105
  • Lauren Banks
    Simulation Specialist
    Location: McWhorter Hall, Room 103
  • Melissa Bell
    Lecturer
    MSN
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  • Loretta Bond
    Loretta Bond
    Coordinator of Pre-licensure Preparation
    CNE (National League for Nursing-Certified Nurse Educator); PhD (Nursing) Rush University; MSN (Nursing Education) Marquette University; BSN (Nursing) Alverno College; Diploma (Nursing) St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
    Location: Inman Center 103
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  • Tiffany Blalock
    Tiffany Blalock
    Program Assistant
    Location: Inman Center Room 135
  • Martha Buckner
    Martha Buckner
    Professor of Nursing
    PhD (Higher Education Leadership) Touro University International; MSN (Adult Health) Vanderbilt University; BSN Western Kentucky University
    Location: Inman Center 101
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  • Steven Busby
    Steven Busby
    Associate Professor
    PhD (Nursing with Homeland Security Nursing Specialty Graduate Certificate) University of Tennessee; MSN/FNP University of South Alabama; BSN Troy University; AS (EMS Education and Nursing) Hillsborough Community College
    Location: Inman Center 202A
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  • Sara Camp
    Sara Camp
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Belmont University; MSN Rush University; BSN Harding University
    Location: Inman Center 105B
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    Sheryl Campbell-Ellis
    Lecturer
    DNP, MSN University of South Alabama; BSN Remington College of Nursing; BSPH University of south Florida
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  • Sarah Caylor
    Sarah Caylor
    Assistant Director of Graduate Health Science Admissions
    BA (Fashion Merchandising) Middle Tennessee State University
    Location: Freeman Hall
  • Amy Charlton
    Amy Charlton
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Belmont University; CCRN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses-Board Certified CCRN); MSN (Nursing Education) Western Governors University; BSN (Nursing) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Location: Inman Center 303 B
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  • Robin Cobb
    Robin Cobb
    Assistant Professor
    PhD (Microbiology & Immunology) Vanderbilty University; MSN (Nurse-Midwifery) Vanderbilt University; MA (Biology Stonehill College; BS Stonehill College
    Location: Inman Center 303A
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  • Keri Cochran
    Keri Cochran
    Lecturer
    MSN Western Governors University; BSN University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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  • Tiffany Cokkinias
    Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator
    BBA (Music Business) Belmont University
    Location: Freeman Hall
  • Kathryn Dambrino
    Kathryn Dambrino
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Belmont University; BSN University of Mississippi Medical Center
    Location: Inman Center 335
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  • Lucyellen Dahlgren
    Lucyellen Dahlgren
    Associate Professor
    MSN (Nursing Administration) Anna Maria Arial College; Diploma Newton-Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing; BA (Biology) Regis College
    Location: Inman Center 303B
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  • Courtney Daniel
    Courtney Daniel
    Instructor
    Post Master (FNP) Middle Tennessee State University; MSN (Nursing Education) Austin Peay State University; BSN Middle Tennessee State University
    Location: Inman Center 102C
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  • Marita Dell'Aquilla
    Marita Dell'Aquilla
    Instructor
    MS (Clinical Nurse Leader) University of Maryland at Baltimore; MBA (Information Systems & Management) Loyola College; BS (Business Administration/Accounting) West Chester University
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  • Ruby Dunlap
    Ruby Dunlap
    Professor
    ANCC Board Certified as a Gerontology Nurse Practitioner; EdD (Curriculum and Instruction) Tennessee State University; MSN (Advanced Gerontology Nursing Practice), Vanderbilt University; BSN Middle Tennessee State University
    Location: Inman Center 203B
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  • Martha Ezell
    Martha Ezell
    Instructor
    MSN (Nursing Education) Belmont University; BSN (Nursing) Belmont University; BS (Family and Consumer Sciences) Lipscomb University
    Location: Inman Center 202D
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  • Leslie Folds
    Leslie Folds
    Associate Professor
    CNE (Certified Nurse Educator); PMHCNS-BC (Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist-Board Certified); EdD Trevecca Nazarene University; MSN Vanderbilt University; BA (Psychology) Wheaton College
    Location: Inman Center 203A
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  • Lisa Fisher Germano
    Lisa Fisher Germano
    Simulation Specialist
    MSN Belmont University; BSN Belmont University; BS (Biology) University of Akron
    Location: McWhorter Hall, Room 103
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  • Jeannie Geise
    Jeannie Geise
    Associate Professor
    DNP Vanderbilt University; Post-Masters FNP Belmont University; MSN,Vanderbilt University; BSN Tennessee Technological University
    Location: Inman Center 203D
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  • Suzanne Gillson
    Assistant Professor
    PhD (Nursing Science) Texas Women's University; MSN (Nursing Education) University of Houston-Victoria
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  • Laura Gray
    Laura Gray
    Assistant Professor
    Location: McWhorter Hall 304
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  • Liz Hall
    Liz Hall
    Assistant Professor
    Location: Inman Center 235
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  • Beth Hallmark
    Beth Hallmark
    Director of Simulation and Associate Professor
    PhD (Educational Leadership in E-Learning/Simulation) Touro University; MSN (Child and Family Nursing) Vanderbilt University; BS (Nursing) Belmont University; AD (Nursing) Samford University
    Location: McWhorter Hall 209
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  • Megan Hittle
    Program Assistant
    Location: Inman 101
  • Abbey Holthaus
    Abbey Holthaus
    Assistant Professor
    EdD (Instructional Leadership in Nurse Education) University of Alabama; MSN (Case Management) University of Alabama; BSN University of Alabama; BS (Double Major: Law Enforcement Administration and Psychology) Western Illinois University
    Location: Inman Center 208C
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  • Deborah Huntsman
    Deborah Huntsman
    Program Assistant
  • Angela Lane
    Angela Lane
    Associate Professor
    DNP Vanderbilt University; APRN (Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) Vanderbilt University; BSN Middle Tennessee State University
    Location: Inman Center 202B
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  • Lauren Lauzon
    Lauren Lauzon
    Director of Admissions for Graduate Programs & ABSN
    MEd (Higher Education Administration) Georgia Southern University; BA (Biology) Agnes Scott College
    Location: Freeman Hall
  • Tammy Legge
    Tammy Legge
    Assistant Professor
    DNP (Nursing Education) Duquesne University; MSN (Nursing Education) Austin Peay State University; BSN Belmont University; ADN Belmont University
    Location: Inman Center 102A
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  • Julie Longhi
    Simulation Specialist
    MBA (Healthcare) Belmont University; MSN Duquesne University; BSN Duquesne University
    Location: McWhorter Hall, Room 103
  • Rachel Marquart
    Rachel Marquart
    Lecturer
    MSN (Nursing Education) Walden University; BSN Belmont University; BBA Belmont University
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  • Beth Miller
    Beth Miller
    Instructor
    MSN Ed (Nursing Education) University of Phoenix; BSN (Nursing) Belmont University; BS (Family Relations) Lipscomb University
    Location: Inman Center 102A
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  • Elizabeth Morse
    Elizabeth Morse
    Associate Professor
    ANCC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner; DNP Vanderbilt University; MSN (Family Nurse Practitioner) Vanderbilt University; MPH London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Location: Inman Center 105A
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  • Lauren Moss
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Belmont University; MSN Vanderbilt University; MPH Western Kentucky University; BSN (Biology) Western Kentucky University
    Location: Inman Center Room 203 Cube A
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  • Sandy Murabito
    Sandy Murabito
    Undergraduate Program Director and Associate Professor
    EdD Trevecca Nazarene University; MSN (Nursing Administration) Vanderbilt University; BSN Western Kentucky University
    Location: Inman Center 106
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  • Barbara Padovich
    Barbara Padovich
    Instructor
    NCC Certifications (Inpatient Obstetrics and Fetal Monitoring); CCE Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators; MSN (Nursing Education), Belmont University; BSN (Nursing), Richard Stockton College; AD (Nursing) Ocean County College
    Location: Inman Center 202C
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  • R. David Phillippi
    R. David Phillippi
    Instructor
    PhD (Mathematics) University of Tennessee; MS (Mathematics) University of Tennessee; BS (Mathematics) University of Tennessee
    Location: Inman Center 302A
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  • Andrea Poynter
    Assistant Professor
    PhD (Nursing Research) East Tennessee State University; MSN Austin Peay State University; BSN Austin Peay State University
    Location: Gordon E. Inman, Room 208
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  • Amy Rasmussen
    Amy Rasmussen
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Vanderbilt University; MSN (Family Nurse Practitioner) Georgetown University School of Nursing; BSN Loyola University School of Nursing; BA (Psychology) Wheaton College
    Location: Inman Center 235
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  • Meg Rowland
    Meg Rowland
    Graduate Clinical Placement Coordinator
    Location: Gordon E. Inman, Room 208B
  • Jessica Savage
    Jessica Savage
    Instructor
    MSN (Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner) Vanderbilt University; BS (Pre-Nursing) Lipscomb University
    Location: Inman Center 102A
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  • Ashley Scism
    Ashley Scism
    Assistant Professor
    Location: McWhorter Hall 344
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  • Erin Shankel
    Erin Shankel
    FNP Coordinator and Associate Professor
    DNP Belmont University; MSN Vanderbilt University; BA (Biology) Greenville College
    Location: Inman Center 109
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  • Sarah Tarr
    Sarah Tarr
    Instructor
    OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse); MSN (Nursing Education) Duke University; BSN (Nursing) Georgia College & State University
    Location: Inman Center 105B
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  • Jacey Walker
    Jacey Walker
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Belmont University; MSN (Family Nurse Practitioner) Belmont University; BSN (Nursing) Rush University; BS (Biology) Middle Tennessee State University
    Location: Inman Center 305B
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  • Amanda Waterman
    Amanda Waterman
    Undergraduate Clinical Placement Coordinator, Instructor of Nursing
    EdD (in progress) University of West Georgia; MS (Nursing Education) Capella University; BS (Nursing) Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing; BA (Psychology) Quincy University
    Location: Inman Center 108
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  • Molly Williams
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Johns Hopkins; MSN Vanderbilt University; BSN Mercer University; BS (Biology) University of Georgia
    Location: Gordon E. Inman, Room 335
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  • Natasha Wilson
    Instructor
    MSN (Nurse Practitioner - Adult Gerontology) Marquette University; BSN Marquette University
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  • Linda Wofford
    Linda Wofford
    Director of Graduate Nursing and Professor
    DNP University of Kentucky; MSN University of Virginia; BSN University of Mississippi
    Location: Inman Center 104
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  • Tiffinie Zellars
    Tiffinie Zellars
    Assistant Professor
    DNP Vanderbilt University; MSN (Nursing Informatics) Vanderbilt University; MSPH (Health Administration) Meharry Medical College; BSN Tennessee State University
    Location: Inman Center 235
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