Faculty and Staff

Faculty at Old Dominion University's School of Nursing are among the best nursing educators in the country. Most faculty hold Masters or Doctorate degrees in Nursing and are leaders in nursing education, research and practice. The department currently has 22 full-time faculty and approximately 50 part-time and/or adjunct faculty. For more information on individual faculty members, please see the lists below.

Fulltime Nursing Faculty

• Kimberly Adams Tufts, DNP, RNc, CWHNP, FAAN
• Phyllis Barham, RN, MS
• Richardean Benjamin, RN, PhD
• Linda Bennington, RN, MSN, CNS
• Ann Campbell, RN, MSN, PNP
• Rebecca Deal, RN, CPNP
• Kimberely Curry-Lourenco, RN, MSN, MED
• Phyllis Eaton, RN, MSN
• Laurel Garzon, RN, PhD
• Janice Hawkins, RN, MSN
• Denise Isibel, RN, MSN
• Michael Jackson, RN, MSN, CRNA
• Carline Jean-Giles, FNP, PhD
• Karen Karlowicz, RN, EdD
• Jackie Kavanaugh, MSN, CRNA
• Amy Lee, RN, MSN, CCRN
• Cynthia Little, PhD, WHNP-BC
• Susan Murray, RN, MS, ANP
• Martha Nesselrode, RN, MSN
• Mary Ann Notarianni, DNSc, CRNP, NP-C
• Suzanne Van Orden, RN, MSN
• Kay L. Palmer, RN, MSN, CRRN
• Donna Rose, RN, MSN
• Carolyn Rutledge, RN, MSN, PhD
• Micah Scott, RN, MS, CS, FNP
• Lynn Wiles, RN, MSN

Adjunct and Part-time Nursing Faculty

• Janet Azar, RN, MSN, PhD
• Wendy Biddle, PhD, CFNP
• Lois J. Brown, RN, MSN
• Jacquelyn Daniel, RN, MSN, FNP, WHNP
• Barbara Ann Deets, RN, MSN  
• Bonita Dupre-Rios, CRNA, MSN
• Elizabeth Dykhoff, RN, MSN
• Lucinda Earle, MPH, RD
• Hermione B. Everett, RN
• Sara Forbus, RNC, MSN, WHNP
• Sherry Ferki, RN, MSN
• Linda Grasmick, PhD, RN
• Karen Higgins, RN, MSN
• Robert Hoffman, MSN, CRNA
• John Hudson, RN, MSN
• Janet Jackson, RN, MSN
• Terris Kennedy, RN, PhD
• Rita Klahr, RN, MSN
• Barbara Laird, Ed.D, RN, CS
• Kimberly Lott, RN, MSN
• Teresa Mahoney, RN, MSN
• Mary Beth Marinus, RN, MSN
• Elizabeth Marshall, RNC, CNS, MS
• Patricia Mitchell, RN, MSN, FNP, BC
• Jennifer McMurray, RN, MSN
• Linda Morrill, FNP-CS, MSN, CCRN
• Romel Perry, RN, MSN, FNP
• Kathleen Putnam, MS, RNC
• Kathleen Rash, RN, MSN
• James Reasor, RN, MSN
• Marilyn Saulsbury, PhD, R.Ph
• JoAnn Scott, RN, MSN
• Denise Sevigny, RN, MSN
• Julie S. Snyder, MSN, RN, C
• Stacey Starsman, RN, MSN
• Leanne Stone, RN, PNP
• Rosie Taylor-Lewis, RN, MSN, FNP
• Phyllis Turner, RN, MSN, PhD
• Kathie Weatherly Zimbro, RN, MSN, PhD

Nursing Support Staff

• Ann McNeal, Undergraduate Program
• Janice Bunting, Undergraduate Program
• Rosa Herron, Graduate Program 
• Jackie Nielsen, Marketing Coordinator  
• Sue Parker, Graduate Program
• Linda Wray, Office Manager

Old Dominion University
School of Nursing
Norfolk, VA 23529-0500
Phone: 757-683-4297
Fax: 757-683-5253
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