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University of Mississippi School of Nursing Full-time Faculty Directory

Chelsey Andries 2021 Chelsey Andries, DNP, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Email: candries@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-1859

Jeane Camille Beals 2024Camille Beals, DNP, MAEd, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of the Traditional BSN Program - Oxford
South Oxford Center

Email: jbeals@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean Emeritus

Anitra Blake 2020Anitra M. Blake, MSIT
Instructor in Nursing
Instructional Designer

Email: amblake@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6203

Bonnie Brooks 2023Bonnie Brooks, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing

Email: bmbrooks@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4125

Jeanne Calcote 2023M. Jeanne Calcote, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Accreditation and Evaluation

Email: mcalcote@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-4192

Amy Lowery Carroll 2021Amy Carroll, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Acute/Primary Care Pediatric and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner tracks

Email: alowery@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6339

Kristina Cherry 2023Kristina Cherry, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
UMMC Chief Nursing Executive

 

Meagan Cherry 2024Meagan Cherry, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Instructor in Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: mscherry@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Robin Christian 2019Robin Christian, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Professor of Nursing
Director of Mississippi Centre of Evidence-Based Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence and US Cochrane Affiliate

Email: rchristian2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6253

Alicia Ciarloni 2024Alicia Ciarloni, DNP, APRN, FNP, CNL
Assistant Professor of Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: aciarloni@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Jill Clayton 2021Jill Clayton, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Director of RN-BSN program

Email: jclayton@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9477

Jorri Davis 2021Jorri Davis, DNP, APRN, FNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: jsdavis@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-3357

Samuel Dickinson 2023Samuel Dickinson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: sdickinson@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6243

Kimberly Douglas 2022Kimberly Douglas, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Nurse Educator track

Email: kddouglas@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6261

Angela Duck 2022Angela Duck, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of PhD in Nursing program

Email: aduck@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-1949

Lori Duke 2023Lori Duke, DNP, APRN, CFNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: lduke@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-3163
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Farrah Evans 2023Farrah Evans, Ed.D., CSAEd, CSAEd-CA
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Student Affairs

Email: fevans2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6252

Joseph Farmer 2022Joe Farmer, MSN, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Bower Grant

Email:  jefarmer@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6248

Debra Fatherree 2023Debi Fatherree, DNP, RNC-MNN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Nursing and Health Care Administrator track

Email: dfatherree@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6229

Tina Ferrell 2023Tina Ferrell, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of RN-MSN Program

Email: cdferrell@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9024

Audwin Fletcher Suit 2022.jpgAudwin Fletcher, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ELAN-F, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Graduate and Post-Graduate Programs
Director of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track

Email: afletcher@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-4588

Sheri FranklinSherri Franklin, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: sdfranklin@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9998

Candice Fugitt 2025Candice Fugitt, MSN, RN, CCM
Instructor in Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: cfugitt@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Rachel Gambill 2020Rachel Gambill, MSN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: rjackson2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6265

Edrie George, EdD, MS, RN
Dean Emeritus

Judy Xiaoshan Gordy 2022Judy Gordy, PhD, PBACC
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of the Sarah E. Allison Self-Care Lab

Email: xgordy@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-4914

Tiffany Griffin 2023Tiffany Griffin, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: tmgriffin@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6224

Katie Hall 2019Katie Hall, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: kchall@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-1946

Jennifer Hargett 2019Jennifer Hargett, DNP, RN, ONC, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of the Accelerated BSN Program - Jackson

Email: jhargett@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-8749

Marilyn Harrington 2021Marilyn Harrington, PhD, APRN, AGNP-C
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: mharrington@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-4138

Janet Y. Harris, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Professor Emeritus

Lisa A. Haynie 2019Lisa Haynie, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor of Nursing
Director of Mercy Delta Express Project

Email: lhaynie@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6226

Lacy Hester 2023Lacy Hester, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: lhester2@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-3164

Laree Hiser 2023Laree Hiser, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: lmhiser@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6247

Hannah Hogg 2023Hannah Hogg, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE
Instructor in Nursing

Email: hphogg@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-4477

Derek Holt 2021Derek Holt, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ENP-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Family Nurse Practitioner track

Email: dholt@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6245

Kim W. Hoover, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Lisa Hosey 2022Lisa Hosey, MSN, RN, CNE
Instructor in Nursing

Email: lhosey@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4010

Deanna Howington 2023Deanna Howington, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Instructor in Nursing

Email: dhowington@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4134

Kayla Frizzell Johnson 2024Kayla Johnson, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: kfjohnson@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Masoumeh Karimi 2022Masoumeh Karimi, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: mkarimi@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6230

Melissa Klamm 2020Melissa Klamm, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: mklamm@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6216

Lishia Lee 2018Lishia Lee, PhD, RN-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: lslee@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9272

Keyshawnna Lee 2020Keyshawnna Lee, PhD, RNC-OB
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of the Traditional BSN Program

Email: nlee3@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9546

Sharon Lobert, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Eloise Lopez-Lambert 2023Eloise Lopez-Lambert, DNP, RN, BC, CHSE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: edlopez@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6241

Jonathan Lowrie 2024Blake Lowrie, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing

Email: jlowrie@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6200

Presly Lowry 2019Presly Lowry, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CNE
Instructor in Nursing

Email: plowry@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6231

Robyn MacSorley 2023Robyn MacSorley, PhD, RN, CHSE
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Labs

Email: rmacsorley@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-3127

Carl Mangum 2021Carl H. Mangum II, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, CHS, CHEP
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track
Emergency Preparedness and Response Specialist

Email: cmangum@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6269

Tina Martin 2023Tina Martin, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor of Nursing
Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Academic Affairs, UMMC

Email: tmartin@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6220

Melissa McBride 2022Melissa McBride, MSN, RN, CNE
Instructor in Nursing

Email: mmmcbride@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6227

Sharon McElwain 2021Sharon McElwain, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Email: smcelwain@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-4123

Sarah McGraw 2022Sarah McGraw, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: smcgraw@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6233

James Jim Miller 2024Jim Miller, DHA, APRN, NP-C
Associate Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Doctoral Programs

Email: jsmiller@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6200

Deidra Morgan 2019Deidra Morgan, DNP, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: dmorgan2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6249

Angie Morris 2025Angie Morris, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Accelerated BSN Program - Oxford
South Oxford Center

Email: amorris6@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Anne NorwoodAnne Norwood, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Practice and Partnerships

Email: anorwood@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6236

Michelle Palokas 2023Michelle Palokas, DNP, RN-CPN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Administration
Deputy Director of Mississippi Centre of Evidence-Based Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence and US Cochrane Affiliate

Email: mpalokas@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6207

Tara Price 2019Tara Price, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNS
Assistant Professor of Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: tprice2@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-3031
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Allison Princiotta 2022Allison Princiotta, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Instructor in Nursing

Email: aprinciotta@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6281

Kristi Reece 2024Kristi Reece, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Oxford Instructional Site, interim
South Oxford Center

Email: kreece@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-2057
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Kathleen Rhodes 2020Kathleen Rhodes, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: krhodes@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6219

Johnna Riddick 2021Johnna Riddick, MSN, RN-CPN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: jcriddick@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6331

Carolann RisleyCarolann Risley, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: crisley@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6200

Jennifer C. Robinson, PhD, RN, CNE, FAHA
Professor Emeritus

Barbara Rogers, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Christy Savell 2022Christy Savell, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: csavell@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-9252

Melinda Sills 2023Lindy Sills, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: msills@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6246

Lisa Slade 2023Deloris Slade, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: lslade@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4920

Kandy Smith 2018Kandy K. Smith, DNS, MN, RN, CNE
Professor of Nursing
Director of Faculty Development and Continuing Education

Email: ksmith16@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6205

Caley Stogner 2024Caley Stogner, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor

Email: cstogner@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4161

Sharron Taylor 2024Sharron Taylor, MSN, RNC-MNN
Instructor in Nursing

Email: staylor4@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6208

Stephanie Tullos 2022Stephanie Tullos, MSN, RNC-MNN
Instructor in Nursing

Email: stullos1@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6208

Linda Upchurch 2022Linda Upchurch, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of DNP Program

Email: lupchurch@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-1713

Jonathan Vaughn 2024Jonathan Vaughn, DHA, MSN, CRNA
Assistant Professor

Email: jwvaughn@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-6117

Jean Walker, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Jeanette Waits, MN, RN
Professor Emeritus

Amanda Weeks 2021Amanda Weeks, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Labs
South Oxford Center

Email: amweeks@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-1272
Fax:
(662) 915-1394

Monica White 2023Monica White, MSN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email: mmwhite@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-4139

Robin Wilkerson, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Karen Winters, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Lei Zhang 2021Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Harriet G. Williamson Endowed Chair for Population Health Nursing

Email: lzhang2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9780