Feb 17, 2025  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.

School of Nursing Faculty


Dean

Amar, Angela

Professor; BSN, MSN, Louisiana State University Medical Center; PhD University of Pennsylvania. Rebel since 2017.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Bondmass, Mary

Associate Professor; BSN Loyola University; MSN Loyola; PhD University of Illinois. Rebel since 2015.

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Colosimo, Roseann

Associate Professor; BSN Saint John College, Cleveland Ohio; MSN Catholic University, Washington DC; PhD The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Rebel since 2016.

Associate Dean for Research Affairs

Evangelista, Lorraine

Professor; BSN University of the Philippines; MSN, PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 2022.

Ph.D. Program Director

Benfield, Rebecca

Associate Professor; BSN University of North Carolina; MSN University of Kentucky; PhD University of South Carolina. Rebel since 2015.

DNP Program Director

Thimsen, Kathleen

Associate Professor and Faculty in Residence; BSN, MSN Webster University; DNP Regis University. Rebel since 2020.

MSN Program Director

Bondmass, Mary

Associate Professor; BSN Loyola University; MSN Loyola; PhD University of Illinois. Rebel since 2015.

PMPNP Program Director 

D’errico, Rhone

Assistant Professor; BSN, MSN, FNP, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; DNP University of Nevada, Reno. Rebel since 2020.

Graduate Faculty

Bellow, Aaron 

Assistant Professor; BSN McNeese State University; MSN University of Texas; PhD Duquesne University. Rebel since 2017.

Benfield, Rebecca

Associate Professor; BSN University of North Carolina; MSN University of Kentucky; PhD University of South Carolina. Rebel since 2015.

Bondmass, Mary 

Associate Professor; BSN Loyola University; MSN Loyola; PhD University of Illinois. Rebel since 2015.

Cho, June

Associate Professor; BSN Catholic University Seoul, Republic of Korea; MSN Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; PhD, Post Doc University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rebel since 2018.

Clark, Esmeralda 

Lecturer; BSN, MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2016.

Clements, Paul Thomas

Professor in Residence; BSN; MSN; PhD, University of Pennsylvania. Rebel since 2019.

Colosimo, Roseann

Associate Professor; BSN Saint John College, Cleveland Ohio; MSN Catholic University, Washington DC; PhD The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Rebel since 2016.

Cyrkiel, Dianne 

Lecturer; BSN Indiana University, MSN, University of Texas. Rebel since 2000.

D’Errico, Rhone 

Assistant Professor; BSN, MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas; DNP University of Nevada, Reno. Rebel since 2020.

Doolen, Jessica

Assistant Professor; BSN, MSN, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; PhD, University of Northern Colorado. Rebel since 1994.

Eisenberg, Karen 

Lecturer; BSN, MSN Regis University.  Rebel since 2012.

Evangelista, Lorraine 

Professor; BSN University of the Philippines; MSN, PhD University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 2022.

Feng, Du

Professor; BS Peking University; MS University of Southern California; PhD University of Southern California. Rebel since 2013.

Holt, Karyn 

Professor; BSN, University of Texas Medical Branch; MSN, Georgetown University; PhD, Touro University International. Rebel since 2019.

Kawi, Jennifer 

Associate Professor, BSN Saint Louis University; MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas; PhD University of Colorado, Denver. Rebel since 2007.

Kim, Jinyoung

Associate Professor, BSN, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Republic of Korea; MSN, Graduate School of Clinical Health Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Republic of Korea; PhD, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Republic of Korea. Rebel since 2019.

Lee, Hyunhwa 

Assistant Professor; BSN, MSN, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Rebel since 2014.

Lekhak, Nirmala 

Assistant Professor; BSN; PhD Case Western University. Rebel since 2017.

Leland, Nicole 

Lecturer; BSN, MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2010.

Maes, Cheryl 

Assistant Professor; BSN, MSN, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; PhD University of Arizona. Rebel since 2004.

Nicholas, Lisa

Visiting Lecturer; BSN, MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2017.

Pfannes, Jennifer

Assistant Professor; BSN, University of Nevada Las Vegas; DNP University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2013.

Reyes, Andrew

Assistant Professor; BSN Remedios T. Romualdez College of Nursing; MSN D’Youville College; PhD University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada.  Rebel since 2016.

Rue, Shona

Senior Lecturer; BSN, Virginia Commonwealth University; MSN Oregon Health Sciences University.  Rebel since 2007.

Serafica, Reimund

Assistant Professor; A.A., MSN, Gardner-Webb University; PhD University of Hawaii at Manoa. Rebel since 2014.

Silvestri-Elmore, Angela 

Assistant Professor; BSN, Salve Regina University; MSN, PhD University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2016.

Sullivan, Kayla 

Lecturer; BSN Marian University Indianapolis; MSN Chamberlain College; DNP University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2019.

Tan, Rhigel 

Assistant Professor in Residence; BSN, Cebu City Medical Center College of Nursing; MN, Cebu Normal University; DNP Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Rebel since 2005.

Thimsen, Kathleen

Associate Professor and Faculty in Residence; BSN, MSN Webster University; DNP Regis University. Rebel since 2020.

Tran, Dieu-My 

Assistant Professor; BSN, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center. Rebel since 2016.

Trnka, Margaret 

Visiting Lecturer; BSN, MSN Olivet Nazarene University. Rebel since 2018. 

VanBeuge, Susan

Associate Professor in Residence; BSN Pacific Lutheran University; MS University of Nevada Las Vegas; DNP University of Utah. Rebel since 2006.

Vanderlaan, Jennifer

Assistant Professor; BSN, Russell Sage College; MSN, Emory University Nell Hodgson; PhD, Emory University Laney Graduate School. Rebel since 2019.

Willis, Janelle

Lecturer; BSN, MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2009.

Wood, Minnie

Lecturer; BSN State University of New York; MSN University of California.  Rebel since 2016.

Yelle, Ericka

Lecturer; BSN Nevada State College; MSN University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2019.