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Adam

Marianne Adam

Teaching Professor; Campus Director; Beta Sigma Governance Committee
Ahn

Sangwoo Ahn

Assistant Professor
Albert

Lisa Albert

Assistant Teaching Professor; Campus Director for Nursing.
Allen Rachel Allen

Rachel Allen

Assistant Research Professor
Almasloukh

Khalid Almasloukh

Assistant Teaching Professor
Axson

Sydney A. Axson

Assistant Professor
Azagba

Sunday Azagba

Professor; Social Science Research Institute Co-funded Faculty Member
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Laurie A. Badzek

Dean and Professor

Baker

Theresa Baker

Assistant Teaching Professor
Balthazar

Monique S Balthazar

Assistant Professor
Barkdoll

Carranda Barkdoll

Campus Director; Assistant Teaching Professor
Barlick-Reed

Natalie Barlick-Reed

Instructor
Barton

Jennifer Barton

Associate Teaching Professor; Nursing Program Hershey Campus Director
Behrens

Liza Behrens

Assistant Professor
Berish Diane Berish

Diane Berish

Associate Research Professor
Birriel

Barbara Birriel

Associate Research Professor

Blackburn

Brianna Blackburn

Instructor
Blasi-Strubeck

Annette Blasi-Strubeck

Assistant Teaching Professor
Boltz

Marie Boltz

Interim Associate Dean for Research & Innovation; Elouise Ross Eberly and Robert Eberly Endowed Chair; Professor
Bransby

Kristen Bransby

Associate Teaching Professor
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Kelly Broderick

Assistant Teaching Professor
Brown

Raymonde A. Brown

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education; Teaching Professor
Cacciotti

Jennifer Cacciotti

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Jennifer Campolong

Instructor
Carey

Melissa Carey

Instructor in Nursing; Simulation Lab Coordinator
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Glenna Cernuska

Assistant Teaching Professor
Clark

Ashley Clark

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Angela Clark

Instructor of Nursing
Coleman Kerrie Coleman

Kerrie Coleman

Assistant Teaching Professor
Criscitello

Amy D. Criscitello

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cummings

Sister Agnes Marie Cummings

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cutezo

Beth Cutezo

Assistant Teaching Professor
Devney

Anne Devney

Assistant Teaching Professor
Dillen

Cathleen L. Dillen

Assistant Teaching Professor; Beta Sigma Secretary; Beta Sigma Website Contact
Dixon

Koren Dixon

Lecturer
Doan William J. Doan

Bill Doan

Former Artist-in-Residence Penn State Laureate, 2019-2020
Doerfler

Eric R. Doerfler

Associate Teaching Professor
Dorn

Lorah D. Dorn

Emerita Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics
Dunn

Maureen Dunn

Assistant Teaching Professor; Campus Director
Eaton

Daniel Eaton

Associate Teaching Professor; Beta Sigma President
Ebling

Todd Ebling

Research Associate
Engeland

Christopher Engeland

Professor; Biobehavioral Health Joint Faculty
Evans

Michael M. Evans

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Education at the Commonwealth Campuses; Teaching Professor; Affiliated Faculty Member, The Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence, Social Science Research Institute, and The Arts and Design Research Incubator
Exten

Cara Exten

Assistant Professor

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Marian Farrell

Teaching Professor
Fick

Donna M. Fick

Elouise Ross Eberly Professor; Director of the Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Fidler

Megan Fidler

Instructor of Nursing
Fields

Sheldon D. Fields

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion; Research Professor

Forrest Edgar

Wendy Forrest Edgar

Assistant Teaching Professor
Fox

Margery Madden Fox
Gallagher

Kelly Gallagher

Assistant Research Professor
Garrison

Chris Garrison

Teaching Professor; Simulation Lab Director
Gatchell

Elizabeth Ann L. Gatchell

Assistant Teaching Professor; Simulation Lab Coordinator
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Megan Gross

Associate Teaching Professor
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Sarah Gutgold

Instructor

Hackenberger Abby Hackenberger

Abby Hackenberger

Associate Teaching Professor
Halbruner

Sandra Halbruner

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Alison Jane Hawk

Assistant Teaching Professor
Hill

Nikki Hill

Associate Professor

Hill

Autumn S. Hill

Nursing Instructor 
Hockenberry

Kristal Hockenberry

Assistant Clinical Professor; Simulation Lab Coordinator
Holtzer Brenda Holtzer

Brenda Holtzer

Associate Teaching Professor; Nursing Program Abington Campus Director
Hrabovsky

Sharilee Hrabovsky

Assistant Research Professor
Hupcey Judy Hupcey

Judith E. Hupcey

Emerita Professor of Nursing & Medicine

Husser

Erica Husser

Assistant Research Professor
Hwang

Pauline Hwang

Assistant Teaching Professor
Jao

Ying-Ling Jao

Associate Professor
Jochen

Alison Jochen

Assistant Teaching Professor
Kargo Jill Kargo

Jill A. Kargo

Associate Teaching Professor
Kehs

Amy Gifford Kehs

Instructor
Kellogg

Victoria Kellogg

Assistant Teaching Professor
Kephart

Tracy L. Kephart

Assistant Teaching Professor
Kitt-Lewis

Erin Kitt-Lewis

Associate Research Professor; Associate Director of Education, Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Knott

Janet Knott

Assistant Teaching Professor; Campus Director
Kolanowski

Ann Kolanowski

Professor Emerita of Nursing; Professor Emerita of Psychiatry, College of Medicine; Academy Professor
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Valerie Kovalick

Instructor
Kowalkowski

Jennifer Kowalkowski

Assistant Professor
Krug

Joan M. Krug

Assistant Teaching Professor; Beta Sigma Treasurer
Kuhn Suzanne Kuhn

Suzanne K. Kuhn

Teaching Professor; Nursing Program Altoona Campus Director; Beta Sigma Leadership Succession Committee
Kustenbauder

Paula J. Kustenbauder

Assistant Teaching Professor; Beta Sigma Faculty Counselor
Lanager

Margaret Lanager

Credentialing Specialist
Lee

Solim Lee

Assistant Professor
Leight

Susan B. Leight

Research Professor and Director of CON Research Initiative; DNP-NP Options Director
LeSuer

Amy LeSuer

Assistant Teaching Professor
Lightner

Christina M. Lightner

Academic Wellness Coordinator; Assistant Teaching Professor
Loeb

Susan J. Loeb

Director, PhD Program; Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing; Professor, Department of Medicine
Malinak

Justina Malinak

Assistant Teaching Professor; Scranton Campus Nursing Program Director
Matter

Sheri Matter

Assistant Dean for Professional Practice Programs; Associate Teaching Professor
Maynard

Susan Maynard

Clinical Placement Coordinator Assistant Teaching Professor
McCombie

Christine A. McCombie

Instructor
McMenamin

Karen McMenamin

Lecturer
Mecca Mary Beth Mecca

Mary Beth Mecca

Instructor in Nursing
Mellett

Chelsea Mellett

Assistant Teaching Professor
Miner

Melissa Miner

Associate Teaching Professor; Nursing Program Campus Director

Miyamoto

Sheridan Miyamoto

Associate Professor; Principal Investigator, SAFE-T Center; Social Science Research Institute Co-funded Faculty Member

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Megan Murphy

Instructor
Nagy

Amy M. Nagy

Assistant Teaching Professor
Nelson

Mary Alyce Nelson

Associate Teaching Professor Nursing Program Campus Director, University Park and World Campus
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Alexis Nicholson

Instructor of Nursing
Nottingham

Rebekah Nottingham

Instructor
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Vinciya Pandian

Associate Dean of Graduate Education Professor of Nursing
Passarelli

Justyne Passarelli

Lecturer of Nursing

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Tiffany Patton

Instructor
Paudel

Anju Paudel

Assistant Professor
Peachey

Brandi Peachey

Assistant Teaching Professor
Perry

Bequie Perry

Lecturer
Peterman

Danielle M. Peterman

Assistant Teaching Professor; Beta Sigma Leadership Succession Committee
Peterson

Nicole E. Peterson

Assistant Teaching Professor; Emeritus Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Iowa College of Nursing
Raines

Kim Raines

Assistant Professor of Nursing; Beta Sigma Leadership Succession Committee
Rhoades

Stefania F. Rhoades

Administrative Support Assistant
Rich

Heidi Rich

Assistant Teaching Professor
Rimbey

Patrice Rimbey

Assistant Teaching Professor
Ryer

Jackie Ryer

Program Coordinator, AG-ACNP DNP Program 
Sanders

Maureen Sanders

Assistant Teaching Professor
Sillner

Andrea Yevchak Sillner

Assistant Professor
Sims

Jaclyn Sims

Lecturer
Smelko

Alaina Smelko

Instructor
Sneeringer

Talisha Sneeringer

Instructor
Stoy Deborah Stoy

Deborah Stoy

Instructor in Nursing
Streiff

Kimberly Streiff

Associate Teaching Professor of Nursing, Nursing Program Behrend Campus Director; Beta Sigma Governance Committee (Chair)
Tomczyk Allison Tomczyk

Allison Tomczyk

Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State Scranton
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Dana Tyree

Instructor
Van Haitsma Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD

Kimberly Van Haitsma

Professor; Associate Director, Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence; Director, PPCLSC
Vanderhoff

Valerie Vanderhoff

Associate Teaching Professor

Ventura

Mary Anne Ventura

Instructor
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Carolyn Voller

Instructor
Ward

Lisa Ward

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Gayle Watson

Associate Teaching Professor
White

Beth Ann White

Associate Teaching Professor; Coordinator, FNP & Adult Gero Primary Care NP Programs
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Deborah Williamson
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Jennifer Wissemann

Associate Teaching Professor
Wolgast

Kelly Wolgast

Associate Teaching Professor; Assistant Dean for Outreach; Professional Development
Womeldorf

Leslie G. Womeldorf

Associate Teaching Professor
Woodley

Jeanette Woodley

Instructor of Nursing
Worozbyt

Kelly Worozbyt

Assistant Teaching Professor
Yoder

Maria Yoder

Assistant Teaching Professor
Yohn

Sheilah Yohn

Assistant Teaching Professor

 

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