Spring 2000 Bossier Community College Instructor Bossier City, Louisiana School of Allied Health

Clinical Appointments:

2005 – 2008 Touro Infirmary Administrative Supervisor New Orleans, Louisiana

2001 – Present Young Consultation Services Consultant New Orleans, Louisiana Professional Development

2001-2005 Children's Hospital Registered Nurse New Orleans, LA

1998 – 2001 Alpha Nursing Services Shreveport, Louisiana Pediatric Nurse Specialist

1996 – 1998 Rapides Regional Medical Center Registered Nurse Alexandria, Louisiana

1993 – 1996 LSU Health Sciences Center Registered Nurse III Alexandria, Louisiana

Honors and Awards

2017 Appointment to Editorial Board, Journal of Palliative Care and Nursing

2017 Best Reviewer 2016 for the journal Research in Nursing and Health

2016 Recipient of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. Trailblazer Award

2015 Appointment to Editorial Review Board, Journal of the National Black Nurses Association

2015 Appointment as Editor, NBNA News. The official newsletters of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc.

2014 Recognition by the National Black Nurses Association as a Nurse Scientist Leader

2010 Gloria Kabacoff Endowed Professorship in Nursing, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Clinical Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA,

2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular Biology, National Institute of Nursing Research, Bethesda, MD

Teaching Activities (*graduate courses)

Theory for Advanced Nursing Practice*

Thesis*

Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education*

Leadership

Advanced Pharmacology*

Fundamentals in Nursing

Pediatrics

Nursing Research

Introduction to Human Genetics*