PhD Dissertation Committees

PhD Dissertation Committees

The following list is designed to help current and prospective students identify faculty members within the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing who can act as research mentors or serve on dissertation committees. Every committee must have a chair and two other faculty from the School of Nursing, plus one faculty member from another University department. For complete information, please consult the FPB student handbook and the School of Graduate Studies' policies.

Faculty Eligible to Chair Dissertations

The following faculty members are eligible to chair and serve as research mentors on PhD dissertation committees in the FPB School of Nursing.

  • Siobhan Aaron, PhD, RN
  • Megan Alder, PhD, RN
  • Eric Barbato, PhD, RN
  • Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN
  • Christine Horvat Davey, PhD, RN
  • Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP
  • Faye A. Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN
  • Stephanie Griggs, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FNAP
  • Chao-Pin Hsiao, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Elliane Irani, PhD, RN
  • Susan R. Mazanec, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN
  • Kylie Meyer, PhD, MSc
  • Diana L. Morris, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
  • Carol M. Musil, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
  • Scott Emory Moore, PhD, RN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN
  • Grant O’Connell, PhD
  • Grant Pignatiello, PhD, RN
  • Matthew Plow, PhD
  • Andrew Reimer, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Nicholas Schiltz, PhD
  • Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, RN, MSM, AGPCNP-BC, CCRP, FAAN
  • Valerie A. Toly, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN
  • Joachim G. Voss, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN
  • Monica Wagner, PhD, RN
  • Chris Winkelman, PhD, RN, ACNP, FAANP, FCCM, CCRN-K, CNE
  • Amy Y. Zhang, PhD
  • Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

Faculty Eligible to Serve on Dissertation Committees

In addition to the faculty listed above, the following faculty members are eligible to serve on dissertation committees in the School of Nursing. 

  • Esther Bernhofer, PhD, MA, RN, PMGT-BC
  • Latina Brooks, PhD, RN, CNP, FAANP
  • Christopher J. Burant, PhD, MACTM, FGSA
  • Evanne Juratovac, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC
  • Cheryl M. Killion, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Carol G. Kelley, PhD, RN, CNP
  • Patricia E. McDonald, PhD, RN, APRN
  • Mary T. Quinn Griffin, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
  • Nathanial Schreiner, PhD, MBA, RN

Last updated: January 2023