a portrait of Sheila Pennell

Sheila Pennell

she/they
PhD, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor

Focusing on Hospice and palliative care, community nursing, and public health.

Location

Skinner Hall

651 N Pleasant St
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Room 125

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Dr. Sheila Pennell is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Marieb College of Nursing and practices as an RN in Hospice care. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she additionally served on campus as the Nurse Manager for the Mullins Center COVID-19 community testing site and assisted the Public Health Promotion Center with the public health and vaccination efforts. During this unusual time, she engaged in evaluation of the PHPC programs and explored their impacts on student mental health with colleagues from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences through qualitative inquiry.

Post-pandemic, Dr. Pennell has been re-focusing on her teaching practice and deepening her commitment to service learning through a fellowship with the UMass Community Engagement and Service Learning Department (23-24).

Education

  • PhD in Nursing, 2017, University of Massachusetts Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
  • MS in Nursing, 2017, University of Massachusetts Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
  • BS in Nursing, 2008, University of Massachusetts Elaine Marieb College of Nursing

Recent Publications

Recent Presentations

  • Emergency Preparedness Summit 2022 April:
    Pennell, S., Becker, A. et al (2021). Collaboration in action: A nurse-led student-centered pandemic
    response on a University campus. Presented April 4-7, 2022.
  • American Public Health Association 2021:
    Pennell, S., Becker, A. et al (2021). Collaboration in action: A nurse-led student-centered pandemic
    response on a University campus. Presented October 24-27, 2021.
  • Association of Public Health Nurses APHN 2021:
    Pennell, S., Becker, A. (2021). Collaboration: An action verb – a university student-centered pandemic
    response. Poster presented April 20, 2021.