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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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-1931

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

Email: bmbrooks@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4125
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6214

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

Email:jsdavis@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-3357
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: sdickinson@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6243
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: kddouglas@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6261
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-3143

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

Email: jefarmer@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6248
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

Marlie Farrar 2021Marlie Farrar, EdD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email:mfarrar@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-9461
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: afletcher@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-4588
Fax: (601) 984-6206

Jacqueline Fraiser 2023Jacqueline Fraiser, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
South Oxford Center

Email: jfraiser@umc.edu
Phone: (662) 915-3139
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Sheri FranklinSherri Franklin, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email:sdfranklin@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9998
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email:rjackson2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6265
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

Lacey Gentry 2023Lacey Gentry, DNP, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of Accelerated BSN Program - Oxford
South Oxford Center

 

Email: lgentry1@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-2093
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Edrie George, EdD, MS, RN
Dean Emeritus

Judy Xiaoshan Gordy 2022Judy Gordy, PhD, PBACC
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: xgordy@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6200
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: tmgriffin@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6224
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: kchall@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-1946
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: mharrington@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-4138
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: lhester2@umc.edu
Phone:
(662) 915-3164
Fax:
(662) 915-2056

Laree Hiser 2023Laree Hiser, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing

Email: lmhiser@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6247
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: hphogg@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-4477
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: dhowington@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4134
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: mklamm@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6216
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: lslee@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9272
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: jlowrie@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6200
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: plowry@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6231
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-5958

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

Email: mmmcbride@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6227
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-9309

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

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

Katy Minga 2024Katy Minga, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Instructor
South Oxford Center

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

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

Email:dmorgan2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6249
Fax: (601) 984-6206

Ann-Norwood.jpgAnne Norwood, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Practice and Partnerships

Email: anorwood@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6236
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-9309

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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

Rene Reeb, PhD, RN
Professor Emeritus

Kristi Reece 2024Kristi Reece, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Assistant Dean for Oxford Instructional Site
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
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: jcriddick@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6331
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

Carolann-Risley.jpgCarolann 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
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: msills@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6246
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: lslade@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 815-4920
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Fax: (601) 815-5957

Caley Stogner 2024Caley Stogner, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor

Email: cstogner@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6200
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

Sharron Taylor, MSN, RNC-MNN
Instructor in Nursing

Email:staylor4@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 984-6200
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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

Email: stullos1@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-6208
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email: lupchurch@umc.edu
Phone:
(601) 984-1713
Fax:
(601) 984-6206

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
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Email:mmwhite@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-4139
Fax: (601) 984-6206

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

Email:lzhang2@umc.edu
Phone: (601) 815-9780
Fax: (601) 984-6206