Nursing Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Eileen T. Breslin, Professor, Dean of the School of Nursing, and Interim Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, B.S., Northern Arizona, 1977; M.S.N., Arizona, 1983; Ph.D., Colorado, 1992.

Carol Picard, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S.N., Fitchburg State, 1972; M.S., Boston College, 1976; Ph.D., 1998.

Ann H. Cary, Clinical Professor, B.S.N., Louisiana State, 1972; M.P.H., Tulane, 1974; Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1983.

Genevieve Chandler, Associate Professor, B.S.N., D'Youville College, 1971; M.S.N., Boston University, 1975; Ph.D., Utah, 1986.

Jean DeMartinis, Associate Professor, B.S., Ball State, 1977; M.A., 1979; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1991.

Jennifer W. Foster, Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Rochester, 1976; M.P.H., John Hopkins, 1981; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2002; Certification from the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1982.

Dorothy A. Gilbert, Associate Professor, B.S., Cornell, 1967; Ph.D., Columbia, 1977; M.S., Wisconsin at Madison, 1988.

Eileen Hayes, Associate Professor, B.S.N., Worcester State, 1980; M.S.N., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988; Ph.D., 1997.

Renee Hembrough, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Lowell, 1980; M.S.N., California at San Francisco, 1989.

Beth Henneman, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Boston College, 1979; M.S., Colorado at Denver, 1986; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1998.

Cynthia Jacelon, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S., Trenton State College, 1980; M.S.N., Boston University, 1986; Ph.D., New York University School of Education, 2000.

M. Christine King, Associate Professor, B.S., Maryland, 1974; M.S., Boston University, 1976; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988.

John McAvoy, Part-time Clinical Assistant Professor, A.D.N., Holyoke Community College, 1982; B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987; M.S., 1994.

Karen Plotkin, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Fitchburg State, 1980; M.S.N., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1994; Ph.D., 2004.

Cheryl A. Reilly, Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Boston College, 1982; M.S., 1991; Ph.D., California at San Francisco, 1999.

Joan Roche, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.A., Dayton, 1968; M.S.N., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1993; Ph.D., 2004.

Jeanne Marie Stacciarini, Assistant Professor, B.S., Catholic University of Goias, 1985; M.S., School of Nursing in Ribeirao Preto/Universit Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1991; Ph.D., Institute of Psychology in the University of Brasilia, Brazil, 1999.

Jean Elizabeth Swinney, Associate Professor, B.S.N., New York University, 1964; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1992.

Rachel Tierney, Part-time Clinical Associate Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1962; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1990.

Edward Tessier, Part-time Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S., Rhode Island, 1981; M.P.H., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988; Pharm.D., Idaho State, 1995.

Eleanor V. Vanetzian, Associate Professor, B.S., Boston College, 1977; M.S., 1978; Ph.D., 1989.

Mary H. Wilde, Associate Professor, B.S.N., Boston College, 1970; M.S., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1985; Ph.D., Rochester, 1999.

Donna Zucker, Assistant Professor, B.S., Loyola, 1980; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990; Ph.D., Rhode Island, 1999.

Faculty Emeriti

Mary Anne Bright, Professor Emerita (2004).

Alice Friedman, Professor Emerita (1984). 

Leda McKenry, Professor Emerita (2004).

Brenda Millette, Professor Emerita (2000).

Josephine Ryan, Professor Emerita (2004).

Ann E. Sheridan, Professor Emerita (1998).

Jeanine Young-Mason, Professor Emerita (2004).