Faculty Directory
Full-Time Nursing Faculty
Julie Bekius, RN, DNP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Emily Bemben, DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Rachel Bishop, RN, MSN, RNC-OB
Affiliate Faculty
Christopher Bouma
Assistant Professor
Maria Brouwer, RN, MSN, BSN
Affiliate Faculty
Beth Bufink, RN, PhD, MSN
Assistant Professor
Natalie Busch
Affiliate Faculty
Michelle Byars
Assistant Professor
Heather Chappell, RN, DNP, FNP-BC
Affiliate Professor
Kristin Cooper, RN, DNP, MSN, MPH
Senior Affiliate Faculty
Catherine D'Amour, RN, MSN, BSN
Affiliate Faculty
Kelli Damstra, RN, DNP, MSN
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Davis, RN, DNP, CNL
Associate Professor
Leigh Anne DeNotto, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Andrew Deschaine, RN, DNP, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Genevieve Elrod, RN, PhD, CNE
Associate Professor
Chelsea Ericson DNP, MSN, RN
Affiliate Faculty
Leda Evans
Assistant Professor
Sherri Fannon, RN, DNP, CHSE
Associate Dean for Interprofessional Simulation and Innovation, Assistant Professor
Shelby Fredricks, RN, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor
Angela Girard, RN, MSN
Affiliate Faculty
Angela Girard, RN, MSN
Affiliate Faculty
Hannah Gorden, RN, MSN
Affiliate Faculty
Nicole Harpold, RN, DNP, AGPCN-BC
Program Director, DNP and Graduate CertificatesAssistant Professor
Susan Harrington, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Barbara Hooper, RN, DNP, MSN, CNSE, NE-BC
BSN Program Director, Associate Professor
Briana Hutchinson, RN, MSN, PCCN, DNP
Affiliate Faculty
Jackeline Iseler
Program Director, MSN and MSN to DNP, Associate Professor
Jay Knight, RN, DNP, MSN
Assistant Professor
Mary Kooyer, RN, DNP, CHSE, IBCLC
Assistant Professor
Susan Littler, RN, DNP, AG-ACNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Amy Manderscheid, RN, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, AGNP-C, CMSRN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor
Wendy Marlowe
Affiliate Faculty
Sarah Martin, RN, DNP
Assistant Professor
Joel McVeigh, RN, MSN, BSN
Affiliate Faculty
Cindy Mendez, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Katherine Moran, RN, DNP, CDCES, FADCES, FNAP
Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Lifelong Learning, Associate Professor
Sylivia Mupepi, RN, PhD
Professor
Kimberly Oosterhouse
Associate Professor
Lisa Pentinga-Brown, RN, MSN, BSN
Affiliate Faculty
Christine Plummer, RN, MSN, BSN
Affiliate Faculty
Christina Quick, RN, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CHSE
Director of KCON Undergraduate Simulation, Assistant Professor
Lora Rademacher, RN, MSN, CMSRN
Affiliate Faculty
Clay Reeves, RN, DNP, NP-C
Affiliate Faculty
Kellie Riley, RN, DNP, NP, FNP-BC
Director of KCON Undergraduate Simulation, Assistant Professor
Donna Rinker, RN, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP
Affiliate Faculty
Amy Rohn, RN, DNP
Assistant Professor
Maria Roche-Dean
Associate Professor
Emily Schaechterle, RN
Professor
Alida Semrinec, RN, DNP
RN to BSN Program Director, Assistant Professor
Luanne Shaw, RN, DNP, CEN, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Savanah Smith, RN, MSN
Affiliate Faculty
Sally Stockdale, RN, MSN
Affiliate Faculty
Tricia Thomas, RN, PhD, MSN, FACHE, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, CNL
Professor
Lauren Vachon, RN, DNP, AGNP-C
Affiliate Faculty
David Vander Ark, RN, DNP, MSN, RN-BC
Assistant Professor
Cheryl VerStrate, RN, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, OCN
Assistant Professor
Janet Winter, RN, DNP, FNAP
Professor
Bethany Zelski, RN, MSN, CPNP
Affiliate Faculty