Faculty & Staff Profiles

I have been at Loyola since 2016. Prior to serving in my current role at Parkinson, I was an assistant professor in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and associate dean for graduate programs. From 2004 to 2016, I worked at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Nursing as faculty and the inaugural director of the Center for Simulation. My area of scholarship is focused on the use of best practices in nursing education, including the use of simulation as a teaching modality. I have been actively published and presented nationally and internationally on simulation, served as the chair of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Formal Affinity Training Group, and serve as a member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties simulation committee. In 2016, I was a simulation fellow for the National League for Nursing where I continue to provide expertise. With funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration, I have promoted the growth of graduate nurses within underserved clinical areas in Chicago and developed a national telehealth toolkit for nursing faculty during the covid pandemic. I have a strong knowledge of academic practices and policy at both the school, university and external level.