Four School of Nursing Faculty Promoted
Four School of Nursing faculty members were promoted effective July 1, 2014.
Lana Sargent, M.S.N., RN, FNP-C, GNP-BC, has been promoted to the term rank of assistant professor in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems. Sargent has clinical experience as a geriatric nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner and associate medical director of a community health center. She earned a bachelor’s degree in research science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Ma., and a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in nursing from Regis College in Weston, Ma.
Carley Lovell, M.S., M.A., RN, WHNP-BC, (B.S. ’06/N, M.S. ’08/N) has been promoted to the term rank of assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing. Lovell, who has clinical experience as a nurse practitioner and a clinical nurse, earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, philosophy, and women’s studies from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in nursing from VCU, and a master’s degree in educational psychology from New York University in New York, N.Y. Lovell is a certified women’s health nurse practitioner.
Victoria Menzies, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems. Menzies’ research has focused on fibromyalgia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Columbia University in New York, N.Y., a master’s degree in psychoeducation from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., and both a master’s degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing and a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.
Lisa Brown, Ph.D., RN, has been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing. In addition to her work as a professor, Brown is a researcher whose program of research focuses on enhancing maternal competence by assessing mother-premature infant feeding interactions and designing interventions to support competence. She earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wi., and a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wi. Brown was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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