Rebecca Appleton
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2632
E-mail: appleto1@marshall.edu
Rebecca S. Appleton, Ph.D., MS, RN is a professor at the Marshall University School of Nursing. She has been teaching at Marshall since 1996. Dr. Appleton currently serves as coordinator of the MSN education program and teaches MSN core classes. Originally from Portsmouth, Ohio, Dr. Appleton completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and a Master of Science degree with a major in Nursing at The Ohio State University, after completing her thesis called ‘A Secondary Analysis of First Time Fathers.’ Her primary mentors were Dr. Edna Menke and Dr. Nancy Ryan.
In 1995, she earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Utah after defending her dissertation entitled “Validity of Pulse Oximetry during Ventilator Weaning of Adult Open Heart Surgery Patients.” Dr. Appleton’s primary mentors were Dr. Ann Voda and Dr. Sue Huether. She has taught nursing at The Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Utah and Westminster University in SLC, Utah.
She has taught undergraduate classes between 1996 and 2010 and they were: Nursing Fundamentals I and II for 14 years, delivering didactic and clinical content while serving as course coordinator; Junior Medical-Surgical Nursing I; Pharmacology; Nursing Management; as well as Evidence-Base Practice in Nursing. In 2010, she began teaching graduate classes and managing the MSN Nursing Education Track. She has received several teaching and research awards including Fabulous Faculty and Gamma Beta Phi Professor given by undergraduate students at Marshall as well a two summer research awards and an INCO grant given by Marshall University.
She has served on many university and professional committees: Library, MUDASA, Faculty Senate, University Functions, P & T, and Curriculum. She has been a member of Sigma Theta Tau International since 1985, and serves as the current president of NU Alpha Chapter. She has also served as treasurer, historian and counselor for NU Alpha. She holds memberships in the National League for Nursing and Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Appleton’s current research interests are in the area of evidence-based practice in which she is currently working collaboratively on a project with nurses at Cabell Huntington Hospital called, “Beliefs of Registered Nurses in Central Appalachia Regarding the use of Evidence-Based Practice.”
Mat Brown
School of Nursing
304-696-6751
brown270@marshall.edu
Deborah Chapa
DNP Program Director/Associate Professor
304-696-6751
chapad@marshall.edu
Nancy Elkins
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2617
E-mail: elkinsn@marshall.edu
Nancy Elkins, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN, is an assistant professor at Marshall University School of Nursing. She is the course coordinator for the NUR 322 Nursing and Human Responses II and provides clinical experiences for students in the undergraduate program. She received her ASN from University of Kentucky in 1999, BSN from Ohio University in 2003 and her MSN from Walden University in 2008 with an emphasis in nursing education. She has completed her doctorate degree courses in higher education, also from Walden University. Professor Elkins is currently finishing her dissertation research, which focuses on academic variables and the HESI exams as predictors of completing the baccalaureate nursing program and passing the NCLEX-RN exam. Her primary research interests include student retention, health promotion practices, prevention of diabetes and the use of technology in nursing education. She is a member of the West Virginia League for Nursing, the American Nurses Association and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Professor Elkins said she loves interacting with her students and helping them discover their potential in the field of nursing.
Anette Ferguson
School of Nursing Director
304-526-1462
taylor170@marshall.edu
Ferguson earned her master’s degree in nursing with a focus in nursing education from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and a Doctor of Nursing practice in leadership from Eastern Kentucky University. She has been a registered nurse for over 25 years with a focus in critical care and has worked in higher education as a nurse educator for over 18 years. She has been an associate professor of nursing at Marshall University since 2017. In the fall of 2019, Ferguson served as the director of the pre-licensure B.S.N. program until she was appointed the interim chair for the School of Nursing in 2022. She has presented at numerous conferences and published research findings in peer-reviewed nursing journals.
Debra Greene
Nursing
Phone: 304-304 674-7205
E-mail: greene35@marshall.edu
Susan Imes
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2619
E-mail: imes@marshall.edu
Susan Imes, RN, MSN, is an Associate Professor at the Marshall University School of Nursing. Since 2006, Professor Imes has been responsible for teaching the courses NUR 318: “Family and Chronic Illness,” NUR 400: “Transcultural Healthcare,” and the clinical course NUR 422 Lab. Prior to her position at Marshall, she spent nine years at King’s Daughters Medical Center working as a staff nurse and eventually as Director of Medical Nursing Services. She also spent time as an RN at the VA Medical Center working in intensive care nursing, case management and staff development.
Professor Imes defended her dissertation: “Discovering the cultural care meanings and care expressions of men with a spinal cord injury from the Appalachian region of WV: An ethnonursing study” in December 2009. In 2013, she will finish her data collection and earn a Ph.D. in Nursing from Duquesne University. She received her Post Masters Certificate in Transcultural Nursing from Duquesne University in 2004, her MSN from Bellarmine University in 1996, and her BSN in 1986 and ASN in 1983, both from Marshall University. Her research interests include the effects of caregiver stress, Alzheimer’s disease and the benefits of Hospice care. Professor Imes is a member of the West Virginia League for Nursing, the National League for Nursing, the Transcultural Nurses Society, the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the American Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.
Professor Imes is a strong believer in understanding a patient’s culture in order to understand how best to care for them. She loves watching her students put the puzzle pieces together in a clinical setting and being witness to their own “Ah-HA!” moments of understanding.
Jamie Haynes
304-696-6751
ancell2@marshall.edu
Sarah Hodges
Clinical Instructor
304-696-6751
hazlett5@marshall.edu
Ashlee Hutchison
304-696-6751
shannon4@marshall.edu
Lori Lupe
304-696-6751
lupe@marshall.edu
Beth McFann
Assistant Professor
304-696-6751
mcfannb@marshall.edu
Brandy McGhee
304-696-6751
mcgheeb@marshall.edu
Tammy Minor
Assistant Professor
304-690-5923
minort@marshall.edu
Lisa Muto
Assistant Professor
304-696-6751
lisa.muto@marshall.edu
Natalie Perry
Nurse Practitioner
Marshall ProACT
304-696-8700
elkins80@marshall.edu
Deanna Pope
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-7237
E-mail: evansd@marshall.edu
Deanna R. Pope, DNP, RN, is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Marshall University School of Nursing. She is the director of the nursing program at the Mid-Ohio Valley Center (MOVC) located in Point Pleasant, WV and teaches courses and clinicals in the BSN and RN to BSN programs. She received her BSN from Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio, her MSN from University of Phoenix, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of Nu Alpha chapter and Rho Omicron chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Dr. Pope is interested in research involving health promotion and disease prevention as well as nursing education.
Sandra Prunty
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2627
E-mail: prunty2@marshall.edu
Sandra K. Prunty, Ph.D., RN has been teaching in the Marshall University School of Nursing since fall 2005. Dr. Prunty teaches in the undergraduate nursing program and is coordinator of the RN to BSN Program. She was a member of the first MSN degree class at Marshall University and completed her MSN degree with an emphasis on the Family Nurse Practitioner in 1992. She received her Ph.D. in Nursing in 1999 from the University of Kentucky. Her doctoral research was entitled “Symptoms of Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Gender Identity.” Since 2008, Dr. Prunty has served as primary investigator for a research initiative related to obesity in children, which focuses on “body mass index percentile, body image perception, and learning about ways to have a healthy body” in children participating in an after school program. This research was presented alongside her co-investigator, Dr. Mary Catherine Gould, at several international, national, and regional conferences. Dr. Prunty also has a research interest in beliefs and use of evidence based practice. Dr. Prunty is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing and has served on the Marshall University Faculty Senate since 2006. She has also been actively involved in the West Virginia League of Nursing, serving as board member and treasurer.
Lisa Ramsburg
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2453
E-mail: kruzan1@marshall.edu
Lisa Ramsburg, Ed.D., RN, CNE, is an Associate Professor at the Marshall University School of Nursing. Since January 2013, she has been responsible for teaching courses, NUR 326, Pediatric Nursing, and NUR 219, Growth and Development. Prior to her position at Marshall, Professor Ramsburg worked at the St. Mary’s School of Nursing for nine years and taught fundamentals of nursing, specifically medical-surgical and pediatric nursing. She has also worked in several hospitals in the area as a clinical nurse. Professor Ramsburg earned her diploma in nursing from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in 1980, her BSN (1999) and MSN in Nursing Administration (2000) and her doctorate of education with a focus in curriculum and instruction (2010), all from Marshall University.
Professor Ramsburg is currently completing research on stress among neonatal intensive care unit nurses and the effects of caring for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Her other research interests include skill acquisition among nurse educators because she enjoys the process of learning and developing into a better nursing professional.
Professor Ramsburg is a certified nurse educator, member of Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing, board member on the WV League for Nursing and a member of the National League for Nursing.
Diana Stotts
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2623
E-mail: stotts@marshall.edu
Diana R. Stotts, PhD, FNP-C, RN, is Professor of Nursing at Marshall University. She is director of the Graduate Nursing program and teaches classes in the family nurse practitioner program. She received her MSN from the University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio and her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Stotts is interested in clinical research which involves effective ways to treat patients in a primary care setting.
Cindy Sun
Assistant Professor
304-696-6751
cynthia.sun@marshall.edu
Bobbie Taylor
Associate Professor
304-696-2626
taylor394@marshall.edu
Susan Welch
School of Nursing
Phone: 304-696-2631
E-mail: welchs@marshall.edu
