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