Faculty of Resident Instruction

Allison Vorderstrasse, Dean (effective 7/1/2020), BSN, Mount Saint Mary College; MSN and a DNSc, Yale University School of Nursing.

Cynthia Jacelon, Associate Dean (Professor), B.B.S., Trenton State, 1979; M.S., Boston University, 1986; Ph.D., New York University, 2001; Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse; Certified Gerontological Nurse; Fellow Gerontological Society of America; Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Pamela Aselton, Director DNP/CNL Programs, Clinical Associate Professor, B.S.N., Southern Connecticut; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S.N.; Ph.D.; Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.

Rachel Walker, Director PhD Program, Assistant Professor, BS in Nursing 2007, PhD in Nursing 2013, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

MaryAnn Hogan, Director The Nursing Major/RN to BS Online, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1976; M.S., Anna Maria, 1985.

Katharine Green, Director Accelerated Track, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., University of Pennsylvania, 1982; M.S., University of Minnesota, 1991; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst 2018; Certified Nurse Midwife.

Margaret Curnin, Simulation Director (Amherst/Springfield) Clinical Assistant Professor, Diploma, Saint Vincent Hospital, 1974; B.S., Worcester State, 1981; M.S.N., Anna Maria College, 1989.

Gabrielle Abelard, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst Nursing, 1997; M.S. in Mental Health Nursing, Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2001; Post Masters Certificate, Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 2013; DNP (Integrative Health), Regis College, Weston MA, 2014.

Ann Becker, Lecturer, BS in Nursing, Simmons College, Boston MA, 1984; DNP, Public Health Nurse Leader, 2017

Terrie Black, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Pennsylvania State, 1988; M.B.A., Western New England, 1996; D.N.P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015.

Carrie-Ellen Briere, Assistant Professor, B.S., University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, Ct, 2009; M.S., University of Connecticut School of Nursing, 2013, Ph.D., University of Connecticut School of Nursing, 2014.

Mary Ellen Burke, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Rutgers, 1988; Frontier College of Midwifery and Family Nursing Community-Based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, KY; M.S.N., Frances Payne Bolton College of Nursing, Case Western Reserve, 2000; Post Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education, Graduate School of Nursing University of Massachusetts Worcester, 2012; D.N.P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018.

Lucia Giuggio Carvalho, Clinical Instructor, ADN Springfield Technical Community College, 1975; BS in Nursing, University of Amherst Massachusetts, 1982, MS, Community Health Nursing, Boston College, 1983; Post Masters Certificate Program, Nurse Eductor, University of Massachusetts, Worcester MA, 2012.

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

Jeungok Choi, Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Seoul National University, Korea, 1983; M.S.N., 1987; M.P.H., Tufts, 1999; Ph.D., Boston College, 2001.

Joohyun Chung, Assistant Professor, BS, Korea University, Seoul Korea, 1999; PhD Nursing Informatics, University of Utah, USA; MS Statistics in Biostatistics, University of Utah, USA., 2013.

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

Kimberly Dion, Clinical Assistant Professor, A.S. (Nursing), Holyoke Community, 1996; B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2001; M.S.N., University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, 2006; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing, 2015.

Edith Dundon, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S. (Nursing) University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996; M.S. (Nursing), 1999; Ph.D. (Nursing), Connecticut, 2011.

Constance Flynn, Clinical Assistant Professor, BS 1982/MS University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 1987; DNP University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA. 2018

Karen Giuliano, Associate Professor, BS major in Nursing, Boston College, 1983; MSN, University of Rhode Island, 1989; PhD Nursing, Boston College, 2005. MBA, Global Management, Babson College, 2009.

Linda Gourlay, Clinical Instructor, BS in Nursing, University of Iowa, 1982; MS in Nursing, Yale University, CT; Post-Master’s Certificate in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Yale University, CT, 2012.

Stephanie Griggs, Clinical Assistant Professor, A.S. (Nursing), Holyoke Community, 2005; B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009; M.S.N., American International, 2011; Ph.D., Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Nursing, 2017.

Heather Hamilton, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N. (Nursing), Rutgers; M.S.N. (Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist); Ph.D. Connecticut.

Elizabeth Henneman, Professor, B.S.N., Boston College, 1979; M.S., Colorado, 1985; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1998.

Karen Kalmakis, Assistant Professor, R.N., N.E., Baptist College, 1976; B.S.N., Elms, 1986; M.S.N., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; Ph.D., Nursing, 2008.

Erin Lamoureux, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S. Nursing, American International College, 1981; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing, 1996; PhD, University of Massachusetts College of Nursing, 2018; AACN Certification as a Clinical Specialist in Gerontology.

Raeann LeBlanc, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989; M.S.N., Southern Maine, 1996; D.N.P.(c), University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012.

Maud Low, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Simmons, 1983; M.S., Boston College, 1987.

Lori Anne Lyne, Lecturer, BS., University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing, 1993; M.S.N., University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Nursing; DNP, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018.

Yeon Sik Noh, Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the College of Nursing and the Electrical Computer Engineering Department, B.S. (Biomedical Engineering), Yonsei University, South Korea, 2006; M.S. (Biomedical Engineering) Yonsei University, South Korea, 2008; Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering) Yonsei University, South Korea, 2013.

Hyeyoung Park, Assistant Professor, BS Seoul National University College of Nursing, 2009; MS in Nursing, Seoul National University College of Nursing, 2013; Ph.D., Duke University School of Nursing, 2019.

Mary Paterno, Assistant Professor, B.S.N., Johns Hopkins, 2006; M.S.N., Johns Hopkis University, Baltimore, MD, 2010; Certificate of Nurse-Midwifery, Shenandoah University, 2010; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2012; B. Mus., Boston University, 2006.

Sheila Pennell, Clinical Assistant Professor, BS in Nursing, 2008, MS in Nursing, 2017, PhD in Nursing, 2017, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Kristy Pereira, Clinical Assistant Professor, B.S. (Nursing), College of Our Lady of the Elms, 2002; M.S. (Nursing), American International College, 2012.

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Assistant Professor, C.G.M., Certificate in General Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1992; M.P.H. 2001; B.P.H., 1997; M.P.H.C, 2007, Flinders, Australia; Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan, 2007.

Memnun Seven, Assistant Professor, BSN, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, School of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey, 2003; MSN, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Health Science Institute, Ankara, Turkey, 2008; PhD, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, School of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey; 2012; Postdoctural Fellowship: University of Iowa, College of Nursing Iowa City, IA, USA (Genetics), 2015.

Leonora Thomas, Clinical Instructor, Placement Coordinator, BS, Boston College School of Nursing, 1985; MS, Boston College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences-Nursing, 1990; Post-Master’s Program, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL , 1996.