Barbara Broome, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Mary K. Anthony, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Yea-Jyh Chen, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Jo A. Dowell, Ph.D., ARNP, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
Lynn Gaddis, DNP, APRN, CNP-BC
Education: DNP, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |
Dana M. Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Timothy W. Meyers, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Evaluation and Measurement, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Tracey M. Motter, DNP, RN
Education: DNP, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Denice K. Sheehan, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, University of Akron, Akron, OH |
Yvonne M. Smith, Ph.D., APRN-CNS Dr. Smith’s research focuses on curriculum and instruction in nursing education. Her previous mixed methods research explored nursing faculty perceptions of experiences, strategies, and intensity while teaching in the online environment. She is interested in evaluating how building relationships in nursing education and practice influences both learning and practice-related outcomes, and she has participated in self-studies of teaching practices as a qualitative research methodology. Nurse leadership is another emerging research area for Dr. Smith, and she is developing an instrument to study service by nurse leaders on governing boards. Education: Ph.D., Education, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Pamela L. Stephenson, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Wendy Ann Umberger, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Patricia E. Vermeersch, Ph.D., APRN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Andrea Warner Stidham, Ph.D., MSN, RN
Education: Ph.D., Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Faculty Research Interests
At the Center for Nursing Research, we are dedicated to improving education, practice, and patient outcomes through science.
We work to provide infrastructure support, leadership, and mentoring for faculty and assistance for students pursuing research and scholarly endeavors.
Kent State’s nursing research faculty have a wide variety of research interests, including:
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- Self-management of acute and chronic disease across the lifespan
- Wellness in health, caregiver, occupational, and vulnerable populations within and across family systems
- Health-related care systems and outcomes
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- Global and cultural health and wellness
- Emerging education, translational and research methodologies
- End-of-life/palliative care
Below is a listing of our research faculty.