Administration & Faculty

School of Nursing Leadership

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Dean of the School of Nursing; Associate Chief Nurse Executive for Academic Partnerships and Innovation, Duke University Health System; Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, ANEF, Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN, Vice Dean for Research

Barbara S. Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development; Interim Chair, Clinical Health Systems and Analytics Division; Elizabeth P. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Eleanor L. Stevenson, PhD, RN, Interim Vice Dean for Global and Community Health Affairs

Angie Keith, MBA, Vice Dean for Finance and Administration

Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs for Duke University School of Nursing and Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive (DUHS)

Donald (Chip) E. Bailey, Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN, Chair, Healthcare in Adult Populations Division

Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, Chair, Health of Women, Children and Families Division

Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN, Assistant Dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman, DNP, RNC-MNN, Assistant Dean, Pre-Licensure Programs

Mitchell R Knisely, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC FAAN, Assistant Dean, PhD in Nursing Program

Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FAANP, Assistant Dean, Master of Science in Nursing Program

Jessica Szydlowski, DNP, RN, CRNA, CHSE-A, FAANA, FAAN, Assistant Dean and Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program

Sara Aghajanian, MPH, Associate Dean, Marketing and Communications

Kate Gray, Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations

Mitchell T Heflin, MD, MHS, Associate Dean, Interprofessional Education and Care

Jacquelyn M. McMillian-Bohler, PhD, RN, CNM, CNE, Associate Dean, Innovation and Evaluation, Director of Educational Excellence

Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP-BC, CARN, FAAN, Associate Dean, Community Engaged Science, Director of Rural Health Equity, Center for Nursing Research

School of Nursing Faculty

This list of faculty is accurate as of July 2025. A current, searchable listing of School of Nursing faculty is available at nursing.duke.edu/directories.

Marissa Abram, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, Assistant Professor

Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor

Tara Albrecht, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, Associate Professor

Khaled Bader, PhD, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor

Donald E. Bailey, Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Ayomide Bankole, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Donna J. Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN, CPH, FAAN, Professor

Nicole (Nikki) Petsas Blodgett, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Professor

Thomas Blodgett, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, Assistant Professor

Margaret T. (Midge) Bowers, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHSE, FAANP, FAAN, FACC, Professor

Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, Professor

Jill Brennan-Cook, DNP, RN, GERO-BC, CNE, Associate Professor

Casey Brown, DNP, RN, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP, Assistant Professor

Margaret (Peggy) Bush, PhD, MBA, RPh, Professor

Allen Cadavero, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, Assistant Professor

Becky Carson, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, Instructor

Michael P Cary, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Sean P Convoy, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, Associate Professor

Nancy Crego, PhD, RN, CCRN, CHSE, FAAN, Assistant Professor

Jennie De Gagne, PhD, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, Professor

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-BC, PMHS, FAANP, ANEF, Professor

Jihui Diaz, PhD, Faculty

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Alison H. Edie, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor

Irene Felsman, DNP, MPH, RN, C-GH, Associate Professor

Emily Funk, DNP, RN, CRNA, Associate Professor

Kais Gadhoumi, PhD, Assistant Professor

Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman, DNP, MSN, RNC-MNN, Associate Professor

Derrick Glymph, PhD, DNAP, RN, CRNA, CHSE, CNE, COL, USAR, FAANA, FAAN, Associate Professor

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Professor

Bradi B. Granger, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Professor

Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, Faculty

Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine

Cristina C. Hendrix, DNS, GNP-BC, FNP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Bonnie Hepler, PhD, RN, MSPH, MSW, Assistant Professor

Rémi M. Hueckel, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CHSE, FAANP, Associate Professor

Stephanie Ibemere, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Ragan Johnson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, Associate Professor

Elaine D. Kauschinger, PhD, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, Assistant Professor

Mariam Kayle, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, Associate Professor

Maryellen Kelly, DNP, RN, CPNP, MHSc, Assistant Professor

Brandon Knettel, PhD, Associate Professor 

Mitchell R. Knisely, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC, FAAN, Associate Professor

Amie Koch, DNP, RN, FNP-C, ACHPN, FAANP, Associate Professor

Kathryn E. Kreider, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Professor

Christina Leonard, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-C, CNL, Associate Professor

Allison Lewinski, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Lisa Lewis, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, Associate Professor

Isaac M. Lipkus, PhD, Professor

Jamison Lord, DNP, MSN, RNC, PMHNP-BC, Assistant Professor

Eleanor S. McConnell, PhD, MSN, RN, BC, Associate Professor

Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

Kara McGee, DMS, MSPH, PA-C, AAHIVS, Associate Professor

Jacquelyn M. McMillian-Bohler, PhD, RN, CNM, CNE, Associate Professor

Marta Mulawa, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor

Desi Newberry, DNP, RN, NNP-BC, Associate Professor

Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP-BC, CARN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Thelma M. Ingles Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Tolu O. Oyesanya, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

Blanca Iris Padilla, PhD, MBA, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Duke University Presidential Fellow, Associate Professor

Wei Pan, PhD, Professor

Darina V. Petrovsky, PhD, RN, Elizabeth C. Clipp Term Chair of Nursing, Assistant Professor

Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C, AAHIVS, DFAAPA, Professor

Schenita D. Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, FAAN, Associate Professor

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, Professor

Staci Reynolds, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, CPHQ, FAAN, Professor

Sharron (Shari) Rushton, DNP, MS, RN, CCM, CNE, Associate Professor

Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, MBA, RN, ACNP, GNP, CHSE, CNE, ANEF, FAANP, FAAN, Professor

Ryan J Shaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Susan G. Silva, PhD, Associate Professor

Virginia (Chris) Simmons, DNP, RN, CRNA, CHSE-A, FAANA. FAAN, Professor

Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FAANP, Provost Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor

Sophia K. Smith, PhD, MSW, FAOSW, Associate Professor

Allison Stafford, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Eleanor L. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor

Jessica Szydlowski, DNP, RN, CRNA, ACNP, Assistant Professor

Paula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, FAEN, FAAN, Laurel Chadwick Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Malinda Teague, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, Assistant Professor

Carolina (Callie) Tennyson, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, AACC, CHSE, FAANP, Associate Professor

Deirdre K. Thornlow, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CNE, Associate Professor

Kathryn J. Trotter, DNP, RN, CNM, FNP-C, CHSE, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Hideyo Tsumura, PhD, DNP, RN, CRNA, Assistant Professor

Barbara S. Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Elizabeth P. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Kathleen M. Turner, DNP, RN, Associate Professor

Julia K. Walker, PhD, Helene Fuld Health Trust Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Professor of Medicine

AnnMarie L. Walton, PhD, RN, MPH, OCN, CHES, FAAN, Term Chair for the Dorothy L. Powell Professorship, Associate Professor

Michelle Webb, DNP, RN, CHPCA, Assistant Professor

Hanzhang Xu, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Qing Yang, PhD, Associate Professor

Tracey L. Yap, PhD, RN, CNE, WCC, FGSA, FAAN, Professor

Michael E. Zychowicz, DNP, RN, ANP, ONP, FAAN, FAANP, FNAON, Professor

Other Faculty Appointments

Dean Emeritus: Mary T. Champagne, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Ruth A. Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN; Mary T. Champagne, PhD, RN, FAAN; Linda Lindsey Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN; Catherine L Gilliss, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN; Janice Humphreys, PhD, RN, FAAN; Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN; Katherine Pereira, DNP, RN, FNP, ADM-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Dorothy Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN; Theresa M. Valiga, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Kirsten Corazzini, PhD; Susan Denman, PhD, RN, FNP-BC; Judith C. Hays, PhD, RN; Constance Johnson, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN; Ada Most, EdD, RN; Jerri Moser Oehler, PhD, FNP; Beth Phillips, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE; Marva L. Mizell Price, DrPH, RN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN; Susan Schneider, PhD, RN, AOCN, ACNS-BC, FAAN; Nancy Short, RN, MBA, DrPH; Queen Utley-Smith, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Penny Stout, DNP, FNP-BC, CCRN; Donna W. Hewitt, MN, BS; Marcia S. Lorimer, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC; Ruth M. Ouimette, MSN, RN, ANP; George Turner, III, MA, RPh