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Raymonde A. Brown
PhD, RN, CNE

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

University Park

Phone: 814-863-2235

Email: rab16@psu.edu

Brown is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and a Teaching Professor in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing. Her career has spanned 50 years with an early career focus in critical care and was in the first cohort that obtain certification in Critical Care Nursing. She and late husband were instrumental in forming the Pennsylvania Society of Critical Care Medicine with an annual award presented in their names. Brown is an AACN Fuld Leadership Fellow and has held several leadership positions in critical care and in the Nese CON. She has been a nurse educator for over 30 years and certified in Nursing Education since the certification’s inception. Brown was instrumental in the development of the Online RN to BSN program, the Accelerated RN to BSN program and the Second-degree BSN program and currently has administrative oversight of the undergraduate programs at twelve Penn State campuses and online. Brown has published and presented widely and obtained over 5 million dollars to support student scholarships and program development. Her professional involvement includes NLN, AACN, and the leadership positions in Beta Sigma Chapter, STTI.  Brown has received the awards both in teaching and leadership.

Education

• PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore
• MSN, Penn State
• BSN, Penn State
• DIP, Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing

Awards and Honors

• Janet Williamson Teaching Excellence Award (2019)
• Excellence in Leadership Award, Beta Sigma (2014)

Teaching

Courses Taught

• NURS100: First Year Seminar, Chicken Soup for the Heart in Health and Ilness. (Fall 2019)

Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization

PRIMARY

• Critical Care
• Nursing Education

CERTIFICATIONS

• CNE

Mentorship

• Mentorship Faculty and students for over 30 years
• Program development RN to BSN online Program
• Accelerated RN to BSN Program
• Second Degree Nursing Program

Research

Research & Publications

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

PRIMARY

• Women and Heart Disease

SECONDARY

• Nursing Education

Presentations and Conference Involvement

• 2024: “Gifts”, Invited, Pinning Ceremony Penn State Fayette Campus. May 3, 2024.
• 2023: “Transitions to Practice”, Invited, Beta Sigma Chapter, STTI Induction, March 27, 2023.

Publications and Scholarly Work

• Miner, M. B., Peachey, B. N., Evans, M. M., & Brown, R. A. (2023). The Promotion of Teaching and Learning Scholarship in Undergraduate Nursing Non-Tenure Line Faculty: A Success Story. Book Chapter

Service

Professional Organization Involvement and Fellowships

MEMBERSHIPS

• NLN
• AACN
• Beta Sigma
• STTI

FELLOWSHIP

• AACN Leadership for Academic Nursing Programs, FULD Fellow

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Last updated 8/5/2025