Faculty of Resident Instruction

Allison Vorderstrasse, Dean (Professor), BSN, Mount Saint Mary College, 1996; MSN (Adult Nurse Practitioner-Diabetes Specialty Concentration) Yale University School of Nursing 2002; DNSc (Chronic Illness Self-Management) Yale University School of Nursing, 2006; Certificate, NIH/NINR Summer Genetics Institute, 2011. Fellow in the Amherican Academy of Nursing.

Cynthia Jacelon, Executive Associate Dean of Academics, Research and Engagement (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.

Karen Kalmakis, Director DNP/CNL Programs, Associate 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.

Mary Ellen Burke, Director MS Program, Clinical Associate 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.

Rachel Walker, Director PhD Program, Associate Professor, BS in Nursing 2007, PhD in Nursing 2013, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

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. Fellow in the American College of Nurse Midwives.

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.

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

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

Terrie Black, Clinical Associate Professor, B.S.N., Pennsylvania State, 1988; M.B.A., Western New England, 1996; D.N.P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015. Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

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.

Jeungok Choi, Associate 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.

Tracey Cobb, Clinical Instructor, BSN, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA; MSN, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.

Jessica Dillard-Wright, Assistant Professor, BS in Science, Technology, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004; MA, Women's History, Sarah Lawrence College, 2006; MSN (CNL), Medical College of Georgia, 2009, MSN (Community-based Nurse-Midwifery), Frontier Nursing University, 2015; PhD in Nursing, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 2020

Kimberly Dion, Clinical Associate 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.

Brenda Fionte, Clinical Instructor, BS (Nursing) University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015; MS (Nursing Education) Grand Canyon University, 2018.

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.

Gina Grabowski, Lecturer/Lab Tutor Springfield, BS in Nursing, UMass Amherst, 2001, MSN (Nursing Education), Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, 2018<

Heidi Haghighi, Lecturer/Lab Tutor Amherst, BS Nursing (ABSN), UMass Amherst, 2008, MS in Nursing, UMass Amherst, 2021, DNP UMass Amherst (in progress)

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

Favorite Iradukunda, Assistant Professor, Diploma (Nursing and Midwifery), Ecole des Sciences Infirmieres Sainte Elisabeth, Kabgayi, Rwanda 2007; BS (Nursing) University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda, 2012; MS (Nursing) University of Cape Town Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2016; PhD (Nursing) University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020.

Sohyun Kim, Assistant Professor, BS Nursing, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, 2007; MSN (Gerontological Care Nurse specialty), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2012; PhD, Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2022.

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 Associate 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, PhD (Nursing) University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2021.

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.

Julia McDougal Ronconi, Clinical Instructor, BA (Biological Sciences) University of Colorado, Boulder (1992); BS (Nursing) University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1996; MS (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing) University of Utah, Salt Lake City 2004; DNP© University of Massachusetts, Boston (exp. Grad May 2021)

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.

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, Associate 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.

Celeste Surreira, Clinical Assistant Professor, BS in Nursing (RN to BS), UMass Amherst, 1996; MS in Nursing (CNL), UMass Amherst, 2011; DNP (Family Nurse Practitioner; 2014.

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.