a portrait of Sheila Pennell

Sheila Pennell

she/they
PhD, RN
Clinical Associate 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

Sheila Pennell ’08, PhD’17, RN, is a clinical associate professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and practices as an RN in hospice care.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she also served as nurse manager for the Mullins Center COVID-19 community testing site and supported the Public Health Promotion Center’s vaccination and public health efforts. During this period, she collaborated with colleagues from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences to evaluate PHPC programs and explore their impacts on student mental health through qualitative inquiry.

Since the pandemic, Dr. Pennell has refocused on her teaching and deepened her commitment to service learning through a fellowship with the UMass Community Engagement and Service Learning Department for the 2023–24 academic year.

Education

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

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.