Assistant Professor. School of Nursing, The University of Southern

Karen L. Rich, PhD, RN The University of Southern Mississippi College of Nursing 730 East Beach Blvd. Long Beach, MS 39560 (228) 865-4517 Karen.Rich@usm.edu CURRENT POSITION Fall 2012 to Present EDUCATION Associate Professor. College of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Campus, Long Beach, MS. 2005 PhD in Nursing, Emphasis in Ethics, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, Awarded December 17, 2005 2003 Post Master s in Nursing, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (Psychiatric- Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program), The University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS. 1988 Master s in Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. 1983 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. 1980 Associate Degree in Nursing, Jefferson Davis Junior College, Gulfport, MS. LICENSURE 2000 Present Registered Nurse. Mississippi. 1980 1984 1981-2000 Registered Nurse. Louisiana. ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fall 2006 to Fall 2012 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Summer 2004 Assistant Professor. School of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Campus, Long Beach, MS. Appointment: August, 2006; Tenure Track: August, 2006. Instructor. School of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Campus, Long Beach, MS. Appointment: August, 2005. Visiting Instructor. School of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS. Appointment: August 2004. Adjunct Faculty. School of Nursing, The University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS. NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1998 to 2009 Home Care Consultant. AIMS Consulting Group, Metairie, LA. 1995 to 1997 Corporate Director of Performance Improvement. Metro Home Health, Inc., Metairie, LA. (Six States) 1994 to 1995 Director of Performance Improvement. Metro Home Health, Inc., Metairie, LA. 1994 Quality Improvement Supervisor. University Hospital Home Care, New Orleans, LA. Last

2 1993 Case Manager. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. 1992 to 1993 Discharge Planning Coordinator. Tulane University Medical 1988 to 1991 Center, New Orleans 1990 Contract Home Health Nurse. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. 1991 to 1992 Clinic Float Nurse. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. 1985 to 1988 Director of Clinical Services (Home Care). The Medical Team, Inc., New Orleans, LA. 1984 to 1985 Home Care Nurse. The Medical Team, Inc., New Orleans, LA. 1983 to 1984 Clinic Nurse, Ophthalmology. Browne-McHardy Clinic, Metairie, LA. 1983 Home Care Nurse. The Visiting Nurses Association, New Orleans, LA 1981 to 1983 Staff Nurse SICU. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. 1980 to 1981 Staff Nurse AICU. University Medical Center, Jackson, MS. 1980 Staff Nurse, Emergency Department. Garden Park Hospital, Gulfport, MS SCHOLARSHIP BOOKS Co-Authored, Non-Edited (2016) Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into Practice (4th ed.). [Under Contract] 2013 Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into Practice (3 rd ed.). ISBN: 978-1-4496-2218- 3[***see authored chapters below] 2008 Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into Practice (2 nd ed.). [**see authored chapters below] 2005 Butts, J. B. & Rich, K.L. Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into Practice. [*see authored chapters below] Co-Authored, Edited 2015 Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. (Eds.). Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Practice Nursing, (2 nd ed.). [^^see authored chapter below] 2011 Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. (Eds.). Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Practice Nursing. [^see authored chapter below] Chapters in Books 2015 ^^Rich, K.L. Theories and methods in ethics. In. J.B. Butts, & K.L. Rich (Eds.). Philosophies and theories for advanced nursing practice (2nd ed.). 2014 Rich, K.L. & Butts, J.B. Foundations of ethical nursing practice. In K. Masters (Ed). Role development in professional nursing practice (3 rd ed.). 2014 Rich, K.L. & Butts, J.B. Ethical Issues in professional nursing practice. In K. Masters (Ed.). Role development in professional nursing practice (3 rd ed.). 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Introduction to ethics (Chapter 1). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett.

3 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Introduction to bioethics and ethical decision-making (Chapter 2). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Infant and child nursing ethics (Chapter 5). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Ethics and the nursing care of elders (Chapter 8). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Psychiatric/mental health nursing ethics (Chapter 10). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). 2013 *** Rich, K.L. Public health ethics (Chapter 11). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (3 rd ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett. 2011 ^Rich, K.L. Theories and methods in ethics. In. J.B. Butts, & K.L. Rich (Eds.). Philosophies and theories for advanced nursing practice. Boston: Jones & Bartlett. 2010 Rich, K.L., & Butts, J.B. Ethics in pediatric home care. In W. Votroubek & A. Tabacco (Eds.), Pediatric home care An evidence-based, family health care nursing approach: The chronically iil child in home and ambulatory care settings. (3 rd ed.). 2009 Rich, K.L. & Butts, J.B. Foundations of ethical nursing practice. In K. Masters (Ed). Role development in professional nursing practice (2 nd ed.). 2009 Rich, K.L. & Butts, J.B. Ethical Issues in professional nursing practice. In K. Masters (Ed.). Role development in professional nursing practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 Rich, K.L. & Butts, J.B. Ethics. In P.L. Anderson & L. Mignor (Eds.). Home care nursing: Using an accreditation approach. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning. 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Introduction to ethical philosophy, theories, and approaches (Chapter 1). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Introduction to bioethics, nursing ethics, and ethical decision making (Chapter 2). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Infants and child nursing ethics (Chapter 6). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Psychiatric/mental health nursing ethics (Chapter 9). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Ethics and the nursing care of elders (Chapter 10). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2008 ** Rich, K.L. Community/public health ethics (Chapter 11). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice (2 nd ed.). 2005 * Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Introduction to nursing ethics (Chapter 1). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice.

4 2005 * Rich, K.L., & Butts, J.B. Values, Relationships, and Virtues (Chapter 2). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice. 2005 * Rich, K.L. Nursing ethics in the care of infants and children (Chapter 5). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice. 2005 * Rich, K.L. Ethics in psychiatric and mental health nursing (Chapter 7). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice. 2005 * Rich, K.L. Ethics in geriatric and chronic illness nursing (Chapter 8). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice. 2005 * Rich, K.L. Community and public health nursing and leadership ethics (Chapter 9). In J.B. Butts & K.L. Rich. Nursing ethics across the curriculum and into practice. 2005 Butts, J.B. & Rich, K.L. Ethics in nursing relationships, professional practice, and health care. In K. Masters (Ed). Role development in professional nursing practice. 2005 Butts, J.B. & Rich, K.L. Moral and ethical dimensions nursing practice. In K. Masters (Ed.). Role development in professional nursing practice. Featured Contributions In Books 2012 Butts, J.B., and Rich, K.L. Interview in chapter 7: The DNP graduate as ethics consultant. In L. Chism, The doctor of nursing practice: A guidebook for role development and professional issues (2 nd ed.). 2009 Rich, K.L. Lessons from the Lotus Sutra. In K.L. Lundy & S. Janes (Eds.), Community health nursing: Caring for the public s health (2 nd ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett. 2009 Rich, K.L. Communitarian ethics. In K.L. Lundy & S. Janes (Eds.), Community health nursing: Caring for the public s health (2 nd ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett. Featured Contributions in National E-Learning Courses 2013 Invited Selection. Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Portions of Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into Practice (3rd ed.) included in RN-to-BSN Online Courses and Curriculum Nursing Ethics Online Course. Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2013 Invited Selection. Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Portions of Philosophies and theories for advanced practice nursing included in Doctor of Nursing Practice Online Courses and Curriculum Nursing Theory Online Course. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Monographs 2009 Rich, K.L. Nursing ethics: A Zen Buddhist approach. Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

5 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES International Journals (2014) Rich, K.L., & Butts, J.B. Nurses on the forefront of an evolving health care system. Ethics in Biology, Engineering, & Medicine. [In Press] 2010 Rich, K.L., & Nugent, K. E. A United States perspective on the challenges of nursing education. Nursing Education Today, 30, 228 232. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.015 2008 Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. Invited commentary for Begley s article Guilty But Good, Nursing Ethics, 15(4), 449 451. 2007 Rich, K.L. (2007). Using a Buddhist Sangha as a model of communitarianism in nursing. Nursing Ethics, 14(4), 1 12. 2004 Rich, K.L., & Butts, J.B. Rational suicide: Uncertain moral ground, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 46(3), 1-14. (Featured article with invited commentary). 2004 Butts, J.B. & Rich, K.L. Acknowledging dependence: A MacIntyrean perspective on relationships involving Alzheimer s disease. Nursing Ethics, 11(4), 1-11. 2003 Rich, K.L. Critical response to Rodgers and Yen s article: Rethinking nursing science through the understanding of Buddhism. Nursing Philosophy, 4(2), 168-169. National Journals 2012 Butts, J.B., Rich, K.L., & Fawcett, J. The Future of nursing: how important is a narrow approach to discipline-specific knowledge? A conversation with Jacqueline Fawcett. Nursing Science Quarterly, 25 (2), 151-154. doi: 10.1177/0894318412437955 2010 Rich, K.L. No essence no self: Using a Buddhist perspective to characterize the nature of nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 33(4), 344 351. 2003 Rich, K.L. Revisiting Joyce Travelbee s question: What s wrong with sympathy? Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 9(6), 202-204. 2003 Anderson, P.L., Cuellar, N., & Rich, K.L. Performance improvement in higher education: Adapting a model from health care agencies. Journal of Nursing Education, 42(9), 416-420. Cited in News Media 2004 Lofton, L. Teaching ethics a growing need among healthcare professionals. Mississippi Business, Jackson, Mississippi, July 12-19, 26(28), p. B5. Profiled in News Media 2012 McPhail, K. (2012, September 23). Nurses in need of Zen: Nursing instructor applies Buddhist principles to nursing ethics. Mississippi Medical News, [online posting]. PRESENTATIONS (refereed and invited) Professional Audience, International

6 2010 Rich, K.L. Public Health Nursing Students Assessment of the Mexican Immigrant Population on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Ethical Implications.Transcultural Nursing Society, October 21 23, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Professional Audience, National 2013 Rich, K.L. and Anderson, P.L. Podium. Veterans BSN Career Ladder Pathway: Expanding Career Advancement Opportunities for Veterans with Medical Experience. AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference, November 21-23, 2013, New Orleans, LA. 2009* Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Creating Cohesion Collaboration. National conference on Horizontal Violence. University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing. April 29 May 1, 2009, Kingston, RI. (*invited but unable to attend to commitment conflict) 2007 Rich, K.L. Poster. Preparing for Disasters: The 5 R s Approach to Ethical Nursing Practice, Poster, American Nurses Association (ANA) Quadrennial Policy Conference. Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster, June 20 22, 2007Atlanta, GA. Professional Audience, Regional 2010 Rich, K.L. Podium. Nurses Views about Reporting to Work During an Influenza Pandemic: An Ethics Perspective. Sigma Theta Tau Regional Conference, October 7 9, 2010, Hattiesburg, MS 2008 Rich, K.L., & Butts, J.B. Invited Podium. Open forum, Nursing and the ANA s Code of Ethics, Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Lambda Chapter Research Day, The University of Southern Mississippi, April 7, 2008, Hattiesburg, MS. Professional Audience, State 2012 Rich, K.L. Roundtable Facilitator with Anderson, P., Chatham, C., & Coyne, M. Different Aspects of Disaster Nursing. Mississippi Nurses Association, Annual Convention, October 18, 2012, Biloxi, MS. 2012 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Why Publish? and How to Get Published. USM-UMC Doctoral Seminar Journal Club Annual Conference. Sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi, June 29, 2012, Hattiesburg, MS. 2010 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Using an Ethic of Social Responsibility to Drive Resource Allocation in Health Care, Jackson, MS. Sponsored by the Nurse Executive Program, The University of Southern Mississippi, February 12, 2010, Ridgeland, MS. 2009 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Ethical Decision-Making for Leaders. Moving Forward: The Nurse Executive Role. Gulfport, MS. Sponsored by the Nurse Executive Program, The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing, May 16, 2009, Gulfport, MS. 2008 Rich, K.L. Podium. Ethical Implications of Pandemic Influenza. Mississippi Nurses Association, Annual Convention, October 21 24, 2008, Biloxi, MS. 2008 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Presenting Research and Publishing Articles. Mississippi Association of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses. Fall state-wide meeting, September, 13, 2008, Pascagoula, MS. Professional Audience, Local

7 2013 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Scholarly Writing. DNP/PhD Students Orientation and Seminar, The University of Southern Mississippi, August 19, 2013 2013 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Nursing as a Career. Women and Gender Studies Day for High School Girls, Southern Miss Gulf Coast Campus, April 12, 2013 2012 Rich, K.L. Invited Podium. Scholarly Writing. DNP/PhD Students Orientation and Seminar, The University of Southern Mississippi, August 20, 2012 GRANT PROPOSALS Proposals Funded by External Agency 2005-2008 Co-writer and participant (20%). Program Grant. HRSA: OMB Approval # 09150060, $1,022,988. Increasing Access to Higher Education for Mississippi's RNs. Bonita Reinert [Project Director] Summer 2007 & Summer 2008. 2005 Principal Investigator (100%). Research Grant, Gamma Lambda Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, $500. An Inquiry into the Value of Engaged Zen Buddhism in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh for Nursing Ethics. Proposals Funded by Internal Agency 2010 2011 Team Member. RN-BSN Online e-learning Enhancement Grant. Eagle Learning Online Program Development Program. University of Southern Mississippi. Awarded: December 14, 2010. Funded: $15,179. 2010-2011 Principal Investigator (100%). Competitive Gulf Coast Faculty Development Grant. $318.38. 2009-2010 Principal Investigator (100%). Competitive Research Grant. The Aubrey Keith Lucas and Ella Ginn Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence, $2,780. Mississippi Registered Nurses Views about Reporting to Work during an H5N1 Influenza Pandemic. Proposals Submitted and Approved But Not Funded or Not Approved 2013 Co-writer (25%) with Patsy Anderson, Cynthia Chatham, Sarah Powell, and Judy DeSalvo. VBSN Career Ladder Pathway: Expanding Career Advancement Opportunities for Veterans with Medical Experience. Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention HRSA Number 13-256 - $1,195,000. Approved but HRSA unable to fund. 2010 Co-writer (20%) with Patsy Anderson, Cynthia Chatham, Sandra Bishop, and Judy DeSalvo. Increasing Access to DNP Education for Advanced Practice Nurses in Rural and Underserved Areas of MS. Advanced Nursing Education Program Announcement HRSA Number 10-065 - $745,718. OTHER RESEARCH 2009 2010 Rich, K.L. Mississippi Registered Nurses Views about Reporting to Work during an H5N1 Influenza Pandemic: An Ethics Perspective.

8 2008 Rich, K.L. Hospital Workers Ethical Considerations about Working During an Influenza Pandemic: A Pilot Study. 2008 2009 Rich, K.L., & Student Services Ad Hoc Committee, Gulf Coast, Students Identification and Prioritization of Student Services Needs. 2006 Members of Gulf Coast Faculty Council and Rich, K.L. Conducted a qualitative survey to assess faculty research needs campus-wide on the Gulf Coast campus 2006 Rich, K.L. For the Gulf Coast Faculty Council Developed a qualitative survey that was used by the GCFC to assess faculty research needs campus-wide on the Gulf Coast. 2005 2006 Members of Gulf Coast Faculty Council and Rich, K.L., Participated in USMGC Hurricane Katrina Impact Assessment survey development and data collection; data was reported to University leaders and Faculty Senate. 2005 Rich, K.L. An Inquiry into the Value of Engaged Zen Buddhism in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh for Nursing Ethics, Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 2002 Farrell, M., Douglas, D., Rich, K.L. et al. Exploring and Developing a College s Community of Interest: An Appreciative Inquiry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. 2002 Harbaugh, B.L., Rich, K.L. et al. Instrument Development to Evaluate Satisfaction of Graduates from a Masters of Nursing Program, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. 1988 Rich, K.L. Prediction of Empathy Shown to Homebound Elderly Patients by Home Health Personnel. Unpublished Master s Thesis, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS 2013 Recipient. Outstanding Service and Commitment Commendation from The University of Southern Mississippi President. 2011 Co-Recipient. American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year award. Chosen by the American Journal of Nursing s panel of judges as one of the most valuable texts of 2011: Butts, J.B., & Rich, K.L. (Eds.). Philosophies and theories for advanced practice nursing. 2005 Recipient. Estelle "Pat" Kurtz Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Gamma Lambda Chapter Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 1989 Recipient. Great 100 Nurses in Louisiana, Louisiana State Nurses Association. SERVICE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Professional Journal Editorship, International 2007 Present Consultant Editor. Nursing Ethics Professional Journal Reviewer, International 2010 Present Reviewer. Journal of Languages and Culture (interdisciplinary)

2008 Present Reviewer. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2007 Present Reviewer. Nursing Ethics 2005 Present Reviewer. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2008 - Present Reviewer. Online Journal of Health Ethics 9 Professional Journal Reviewer, National 2008 Guest Reviewer. Family and Community Health Journal Professional Book Reviewer, National 2011 Reviewer. Public Health Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2009 Reviewer. Ethics chapter. Lundy, K.L., & Janes, S. (Eds.). (2010). Community health nursing: Caring for the public s health (2 nd ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett. 2007 Reviewer. Psychiatric-mental health nursing chapter. Lippincott s content review for NCLEX-RN. 2006 Reviewer. Videbeck, S.L. (2006). Psychiatric mental health nursing (3 rd ed.) Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. 2004 Present Member. Ethics Committee, Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Biloxi, MS Other Professional Service 2003 Present Member. Ethics Focus Group (Committee), Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Gulfport, MS. 2009 Member. Mississippi State Department of Health Pandemic Influenza Planning Group 2009 2010 Member. Mississippi Nurses Association Provider Unit. UNIVERSITY SERVICE* *Note that the School of Nursing became the College of Nursing in July 2012. University 2013 Appointed Member. President s Task Force on Gulf Coast Campus Governance 2013 Member. Quality Subcommittee of President s Task Force on Gulf Coast Campus Governance 2013 - Present Elected Member. University Advisory Committee 2009 2010 Appointed Member. Library Advisory Committee 2008 2009 Appointed Member. University Strategic Planning Committee Gulf Coast Campus 2013-2015 Elected Member. Gulf Coast Faculty Council 2013-2014 Elected Officer [Secretary]. Gulf Coast Faculty Council 2012 2013 Elected Member. Secretary-Elect. Gulf Coast Faculty Council. 2010 2012 Elected Member. Gulf Coast Faculty Council, Gulf Coast 2005 2009 Elected Member. Gulf Coast Faculty Council, Gulf Coast (two terms) 2008 2009 Elected Member. Gulf Coast Student Services Ad Hoc Committee/ Research Group College 2013 - Present Member. Professional Conduct Committee

1 0 2013 - Present Member. Nursing Faculty Council 2013 -- Present Elected Member. College Advisory Committee 2013 -- Present Elected Member. Policy Committee 2012 Present Elected Member. Graduate Admission, Progression, and Retention Committee 2012-2013 Chair. Search Committee for College of Nursing Associate Dean, Hattiesburg Campus 2012 2013 Member. Nursing Faculty Organization 2009 2010 Elected Member. Awards Committee [COH] 2008 Member. College Strategic Planning Committee [COH] to provide input to University Strategic Planning Committee 2005 2007 Elected Member. Awards Committee [COH] Unit: Department of Systems Leadership and Health Outcomes [College of Nursing], 2013 - Present Elected Member. Personnel Committee 2012 Present Member. Tenure Committee 2012 Present Member. Promotion Committee 2012 Present Member. PhD Comprehensive Exam Committee 2012 2013 Member. PhD Curriculum Task Force 2012 Member. DNP Curriculum and Policy Task Force Unit: Department of Collaborative Care [College of Nursing] 2012 2013 Elected Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2012 2013 Faculty Class Advisor. BSN Class of 2013 Unit [School of Nursing] [Became College of Nursing in 2012] 2011 2012 Member. Faculty Search Committee 2011 2012 Faculty Class Advisor. Class of 2013 2011 2012 Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2010 2012 Member. PhD Comprehensive Exam Committee 2011 2012 Member. Curriculum Revision Task Force 2010 2011 Member. Graduate Curriculum Sub-Committee 2010 2011 Elected Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Sub-Committee 2010 2011 Member. Undergraduate Committee 2008 2010 Chair. Special Interest Group, Core Courses 2006 2011 Member. Graduate Committee 2004 2012 Member. Nursing Faculty Organization 2009 2010 Elected Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2008 Member. Doctor of Nursing Practice Task Force 2008 2009 Member. Faculty Search Committee 2007 2008 Member. DNP Sub-Committee of Graduate Committee 2006 2007 Chair. Admission, Progression, and Retention Committee 2006 2007 Faculty Class Advisor. BSN Class of 2007 2005 2007 Member. Admission, Progression, and Retention Committee 2005 2006 Faculty Class Advisor. BSN Class of 2006 2005 2006 Member. Faculty Search Committee 2004 2005 Member. Long-Range Planning and Evaluation Committee. 2004 2005 Member. Section II Committee 2005 2010 Member. Special Interest Group, Public Health-Psych-Mental Health 2005 2010 Member. Special Interest Group, RN-BSN/Non-Clinical

Other Service 1 1 2013 Participant. Career Day, Southern Miss Gulf Coast, May 10, 2013 2013; 2012; First Aid Nurse. Southern Miss Jazz and Blues Festival, Gulf Coast 2011 Campus 2012 Invited Roundtable Participant. Women and Gender Studies Day for High School Girls, Southern Miss Gulf Coast Campus, April 20, 2012 2011 Standard Bearer. College of Health, Gulf Coast Commencement Ceremony, May 14, 2011 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2005 Present Member. American Nurses Association 2005 Present Member. Mississippi Nurses Association 1983 Present Member. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2005 2010 Member, Association of Community Health Nurse Educators 2003 2006 Member. American Psychiatric Nurses Association COMMUNITY SERVICE 2010; 2011; 2012 Organizer. Westminster Elementary School Health Fair, Gulfport, MS 2009 Participant. Doing Health Fair, St. Rose de Lima Church, Bay St. Louis, Ms, sponsored by USM College of Health, Hancock Medical Center, and St. Rose de Lima Hurricane Katrina Outreach and Recovery Program 2008 Co-organizer. Doing Health Fair, St. Rose de Lima Church, Bay St. Louis, Ms, sponsored by USM College of Health, Hancock Medical Center, and St. Rose de Lima Hurricane Katrina Outreach and Recovery Program 2008; 2006 Co-organizer. Westminster Elementary School Health Fair, Gulfport, MS 2005; 2006 Judge. Senior Projects, Saint John High School, Gulfport, Ms 1989-1991; 2000 Volunteer. Nursing Home Ombudsman Program, Orleans Parish, LA, and St. Tammany Parish, LA. 2000 Volunteer. The Samaritan Center, Mandeville, LA TEACHING COURSES TAUGHT 2014 Spring 2014 - Total Hours (9) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (32 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (15 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (13 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (4 students) N750 Practice Inquiry IV Clinical Project (3 hrs) (2 students) 2013 Fall 2013 Total Hours (9/15) N337 Professional Nursing Concepts I (writing and speaking intensive) (2 sections/6 hrs) (49 students) N400 Introduction to Research & Theory in Nursing (3 hrs) (12 students) N750 Practice Inquiry IV Clinical Project (3 hrs) (2 students) N898 Dissertation Chair (1 hr) (1 student) N792 Special Problems (PhD Comprehensive Exam Prep) (.5 hours) (2 students)

Summer 2013 Total Hours (3/9) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (17 students) N750 Clinical Capstone (3 hrs) (2 students) N797 Independent Study & Research (3) (1 student) 1 2 Spring 2013 Total Hours (12/16) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (35 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (14 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (14 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (7 students) N714 Population Health (3 hrs) (25 students) N750 DNP Capstone Chair (3 hrs) (3 students) N898 Dissertation Chair (1 hr) (1 student) 2012 Fall 2012 Total Hours (12/17) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (21 students) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (21 students) N400 Introduction to Research and Theory in Nursing (3 hrs) (13 students) N409 Health Policy, Economics, and Leadership (3 hrs) (33 students) N750 DNP Capstone Chair (3 hrs) (3 students) N750 DNP Capstone Chair (1 hr) (1 student) N898 Dissertation Chair (1 hr) (1 student) Summer 2012 Total Hours (6/9) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (19 students) N711 Qualitative Research Design (3 hrs) (3 PhD students) N750 Clinical Capstone (3 hrs) (1 student) Spring 2012 Total Hours (12/16) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (33 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (12 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (12 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (9 students) N355 Public Health Nursing for RN Students (3 hrs) (28 students) N750 Clinical Capstone (3 hrs) (1 student) N898 Dissertation (1 hr) (1 student) 2011 Fall 2011 Total Hours (12.5) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (23 students) N400 Introduction to Research and Theory in Nursing (3 hrs) (9 students) N409 Health Policy, Economics, and Leadership (3 hrs) (37 students) N792 Special Problems (PhD Comprehensive Exam Prep) (.5 hours) (2 students) N750 Clinical Capstone (1 student) Summer 2011 Total Hours (6) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (22 students) N620 Performance Improvement and Quality Management in Health Care (3 hrs) (7 graduate students) Spring 2011 Total Hours (12) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (26 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (13 students)

N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (13 students) N355 Public Health Nursing for RN Students (3 hrs) (20 students) N355L Public Health Nursing for RN Students (2 hrs) (12 students) 1 3 2010 Fall 2010 Total Hours (11.5) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (21 students) N355 Public Health Nursing RN-BSN (3 hrs) (26 students) N355L Public Health Nursing Lab RN-BSN (2 hrs) (26 students) N792 Special Problems (Ethics) (3 hrs) (1 PhD student from Taiwan) N792 Special Problems (PhD Comprehensive Exam Prep) (.5 hours) (2 students) Summer 2010 Total Hours (9) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (24 students) N620 Performance Improvement and Quality Mgt in Health Care (3 hrs) (5 graduate students) N355L Public Health Nursing Lab RN-BSN (2 hrs) (15 students) Spring 2010 Total Hours (7) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (35 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (12 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (11 students) 2009 Fall 2009 Total Hours (9) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (17 students) N355 Public Health Nursing RN-BSN (3 hrs) (18 students) N319 Professional Communication (3hrs) (14 students) Summer 2009 Total Hours (6) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (20 students) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (22 students) Spring 2009 Total Hours (9) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (23 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (8 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (8 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (7 students) 2008 Fall 2008 Total Hours (11.5) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (18 students) N720 Bioethics (1.5 hrs) (4 PhD students) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (17 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (10 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (7 students) Summer 2008 Total Hours (6) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (24 students) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (23 students) Spring 2008 Total Hours (9) N445 Public Health Nursing (3 hrs) (25 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (10 students) N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (10 students)

N445L Public Health Nursing Lab (2 hrs) (5 students) 1 4 2007 Fall 2007 Total Hours (11) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (16 students) N355 Public Health Nursing RN-BSN (3 hrs) (15 students) N355 Public Health Nursing RN-BSN (3 hrs) (19 students) N355L Public Health Nursing Lab RN-BSN (2 hrs) (15 students) Summer 2007 Total Hours (6) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (15 students) N470 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (26 students) Spring 2007 Total Hours (11) N435 Community Health Nursing (2 hrs) (28 students) N435L Community Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (14 students) N435L Community Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (14 students) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (21 students) 2006 Fall 2006 Total Hours (10) N316 Introduction to Professional Nursing (WI) (3 hrs) (15 students) N348 Community Health Nursing RN-BSN (2 hrs) (20 students) N348 Community Health Nursing RN-BSN (2 hrs) (20 students) N348L Community Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (16 students) Summer 2006 Total Hours (3) N462 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (28 students) Spring 2006 Total Hours (11) N435 Public Health Nursing (2 hrs) (28 students) N435L Public Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (14 students) N435L Public Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (14 students) N310 Theory and Research RN-BSN (3 hrs) (5 students) 2005 Fall 2005 Total Hours (6.5) (Hurricane Katrina semester) N318 Professional Communication RN-BSN (1.5 hrs) (16 students) N348 Community Health Nursing RN-BSN (2 hrs) (18 students) N348L Community Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (10 students) Summer 2005 Total Hours (3) N462 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (3 hrs) (8 students) Spring 2005 Total Hours (12.5) N435 Public Health Nursing (2 hrs) (27 students) N435L Public Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (10 students) N435L Public Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (10 students) N306 Nursing Research RN-BSN (1.5 hrs) (37 students) N633L Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing of Families (3 hrs) (20 graduate students) 2004 Fall 2004 Total Hours (11) N315 Professional Development II (2 hrs) (40 students)

1 5 N348 Community Health Nursing RN-BSN (2 hrs) (11 students) N348L Community Health Nursing Lab (3 hrs) (11 students) N638L Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing with Groups Lab (3 hrs) (20 graduate students) N322L Health Assessment Lab (1 hr) (10 students) Summer 2004 Total Hours (1.5) N462 Ethics and Critical Thinking RN-BSN (1.5 hrs) (13 students)