2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Nursing Department
Sarah Elise Abrams
Associate Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
BA 1974 California State University
MS 1987 Yale University
PHD 1992 University of California
Jean E. Beatson
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1998
RN 1974 Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing
BA 1994 Trinity College
MS 1996 University of Vermont
EDD 2004 University of Vermont
Marilyn M. Benis
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
AS 1982 University of Vermont
NNP 1993 Georgetown University
MS 1999 Northeastern University
BSN 1999 Northeastern University
Carol Lou Blattspieler
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1988
RT 1974 University of Iowa
BSN 1980 University of Vermont
Mary Louise Botter
Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2003
BSN 1976 Duke University
MSN 1984 University of Pennsylvania
PHD 1998 University of Pennsylvania
Carol L. Buck-Rolland
Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Nursing
Appointed in 1992
BSN 1976 University of Southern Maine
MSN 1981 Virginia Commonwealth University
EDD 2010 University of Vermont
Jeanine M. Carr
Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1994
AD 1983 Castleton State College
BS 1987 Clemson University
MS 1989 Clemson University
PHD 1994 University of South Carolina Aiken
Ellen Burke Ceppetelli
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
BSN 1968 University of Massachusetts Amherst
MS 1982 Boston College
Martha Elizabeth Churchill
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Appointed in 1992
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
BSN 1986 Georgetown University
MSN 1989 University of Pennsylvania
Jean S. Coffey
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1994
ADN 1977 University of Vermont
BSN 1992 Norwich University
MSW 1996 University of Vermont
PNP 1999 Northeastern University
Judith Ann Cohen
Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1981
BS 1975 University of Vermont
MS 1981 University of Michigan Ann Arbor
PHD 1994 Wayne State University
Alice Angel Collins
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
AAS 1983 Forsyth Technical Community College
BA 1987 University of North Carolina
AD 1992 Norwich University
MS 1998 University of Vermont
Jeanette Marie Conner
Lecturer I of Nursing
Appointed in 2001
BS 1986 University of Washington
MN 1990 University of Washington
MS 1996 Dartmouth College
PHD 2001 Dartmouth College
David George Curry
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1993
BA 1970 Boston University
BSN 1977 Boston University
MSN 1981 Simmons College
Rosemary Louise Dale
Chairperson of Nursing
Clinical Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1976
AAS 1967 CUNY Bronx Community College
BA 1970 College of Mount Saint Vincent
MS 1974 Ball State University
EDD 1976 Ball State University
Elizabeth Jones Davis
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1988
BA 1958 University of New Hampshire
BS 1961 Columbia University
MPH 1980 Harvard University
Diane T. Dulude
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2001
AS 1978 University of Vermont
BS 1990 Johnson State College
CNM 1995 Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
MSN 1996 Case Western Reserve University
Karen L. Graves Farrell
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
HDIP 1969 Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
BSN 1993 Regis College
MS 1996 Northeastern University
Margaret Przybylowicz Gagne
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1994
BSN 1979 McGill University
MS 1985 University of Arizona
Linda MacDonald Glenn
Lecturer I of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
AB 1977 Douglass College
JD 1981 Western New England College
Carol Ann Green
Clinical Educator of Nursing
Appointed in 1997
BSN 1967 University of Vermont
MS 1985 Russell Sage College
Brenda Pauline Hamel-Bissell
Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1981
BS 1970 University of Vermont
MS 1974 Boston University
EDD 1981 Boston University
Linda A Hunter
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
AS 1982 Three Rivers Community College
BSN 1992 University of Rhode Island
MSN 1995 University of Rhode Island
Anne Marie Ireland
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1993
BN 1984 University New Brunswick
MSCN 1990 University of Toronto
Karol Jane Josselyn
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1998
RN 1961 Chestnut Hill College
MA 1994 Antioch University New England
Toni H. Kaeding
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1997
BS 1975 University of Minnesota Twin Cities
MS 1983 Saint Michaels College
MS 1997 Dartmouth College
Christina Algiere Kasprisin
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing Emerita
Appointed in 1993
BS 1972 SUNY Stony Brook
MS 1974 Rutgers University New Brunswick/Piscataway
MS 1980 University of Illinois Chicago
EDD 2003 University of Vermont
Kathleen Carrigan Keleher
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1979
BA 1969 Northeastern University
BSN 1975 University of Connecticut
MPH 1979 Johns Hopkins University
Cheryl A. Laskowski
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
BS 1978 Niagara University
MS 1985 SUNY Buffalo
DNS 1995 SUNY Buffalo
Jennifer S. Laurent
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2001
BS 1991 University of Connecticut
Ellen Leff
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1997
BA 1970 Wellesley College
BSN 1978 University of Vermont
MS 1988 Saint Michaels College
Benjamin Littenberg
Professor of Medicine - General Internal
Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
General Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
BA 1979 Case Western Reserve University
MD 1983 Case Western Reserve University
Jane Andrews Luria
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
BS 1978 University of New Hampshire
MS 1984 Simmons College
Estelle P. Maartmann-Moe
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1996
AS 1968 Northeastern University
Dorothy Malone-Rising
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1995
BSN 1976 Boston College
Hendrika J. Maltby
Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
BA 1975 University of Windsor
BSCN 1976 University of Windsor
MSCN 1986 University of Western Ontario
PHD 1997 Curtin University of Technology
Loretta Dow Marriott
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1986
BS 1970 University of Vermont
Carole H. McCay
Clinical Educator I of Nursing
Appointed in 1997
BSN 1979 Widener University
MSN 1983 University of Pennsylvania
Iris S. McDonald
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1989
BS 1964 University of Vermont
MS 1982 Russell Sage College
Christina S. Melvin
Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1992
BS 1974 University of Vermont
MS 1979 Boston College
Gabrielle Mikula
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
AS 1985 University of Vermont
BS 1987 University of Vermont
MSW 1996 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sharon Moffatt
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1997
BS 1975 University of Vermont
MS 1979 University of Vermont
Nancy Schappler Morris
Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1996
BS 1980 Salve Regina University
MS 1986 Boston College
PHD 1997 Boston College
Catharine Ashley Muskus
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
BA 1975 Windham College
BS 1995 University of Vermont
MS 2002 University of Vermont
Colleen E. Nadolski
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
BSM 1974 Fitchburg State College
MS 1984 Clemson University
Deborah Lynn Norton
Clinical Educator of Nursing
Appointed in 1992
BS 1990 Russell Sage College
MS 1991 Russell Sage College
EDD 1998 University of Vermont
David Aldrich Osgood
Adjunct Lecturer of Nursing
Appointed in 1973
BA 1966 University of Vermont
MPH 1971 Yale University
EDD 1991 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mary Val Palumbo
Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2004
BA 1976 East Stroudsburg University
MSN 1985 MGH Institute of Health Professions
DNP 2004 Rush Medical College
Carl J. Possidente
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
RPH 1975 University of Connecticut
PHMD 1998 Albany College of Pharmacology
Betty A. Rambur
Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
BS 1978 University of Mary
MS 1988 Rush Medical College
DNSC 1991 Rush Medical College
Victoria E. Rinehart
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2002
AAS 1977 Mohawk Valley Community College Utica
BS 1981 SUNY Albany
MS 1986 Russell Sage College
Marcia E. Ring
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2003
AA 1977 Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health
BSN 1995 George Mason University
MSN 2001 Catholic University of America
PhD 2006 Catholic University of America
Mary Lee Ritter
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Appointed in 1994
RN 1968 Saint Francis Medical Center School of Nursing
BSN 1979 Northeastern University
Diane R Sande
Lecturer of Nursing Emerita
Appointed in 1988
BS 1972 Boston College
MS 1980 Russell Sage College
Kathleen R. Scacciaferro
Lecturer II of Nursing
Appointed in 2001
BA 1975 Hartwick College
BSN 1982 University of Vermont
MSA 1994 Saint Michaels College
Barbara E. Segal
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
RN 1971 University of Pennsylvania
BS 1978 Boston University
MS 1982 Boston University
Hollie G. Shaner-McRae
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1998
AAS 1976 Gloucester County College
BA 1983 University of Vermont
MSA 1995 Saint Michaels College
DNP 2008 Rush Medical College
Judith S. Shaw
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research Associate Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
RN 1977 Children's Hospital
BLS 1986 Yale University
MPH 1997 Boston University
Brenda Kay Smith
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
ADN 1994 New Mexico State University
Nancy A. Sowan
Associate Professor of Nursing Emerita
Appointed in 1996
BS 1971 Montana State University Bozeman
MS 1972 University of California San Francisco
PHD 1996 University of Colorado Boulder
Anne T. Standish
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
BA 1977 University of Vermont
MS 1982 Pace University
Sherrilyn R. Sytsma
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 2000
BSN 1989 CUNY City College
MED 1991 Plymouth State University
CNP 1994 University of Pennsylvania
Linda R. Thomson
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
BSN 1972 Hartwick College
PNP 1975 Northeastern University
MSN 1977 University of Massachusetts Amherst
PHD 2001 American Pacific University
Joan Estella Webber-Jones
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1991
BS 1963 Moravian College
EDM 1968 Boston University
Stuart Luhn Whitney
Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing
Coordinator of Nursing
Appointed in 1987
BS 1981 Saint Joseph's College of Maine
MS 1987 University of Arizona
EDD 2004 University of Vermont
Darla E. Witmer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Appointed in 1999
BSN 1979 Northeastern University
MSN 1981 Simmons College
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