Washington, DC - The American Academy of Nursing today announced that 98 nurse leaders will be inducted as Fellows during the Academy’s 36th Annual Meeting & Conference, on November 7, 2009, in Atlanta, GA.

“The Academy is comprised of many of the nation's top nursing executives, policymakers, scholars, researchers, and practitioners,” said Academy President, Pam Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAAN. “Being selected as an Academy Fellow is an important recognition of one’s contributions to nursing and health care.”

Selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care. Each nominee must be sponsored by two current Academy Fellows. Selection is based, in part, on the extent to which nominees' nursing careers influence health policies for the benefit of all Americans.

The 2009 American Academy of Nursing Fellows:

Ivy M. Alexander, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, Yale University School of Nursing
Naeema Hassan Al Gasseer, PhD, RN, World Health Organization
Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, RN, CNM, Seattle University College of Nursing
Kathy Apple, MS, RN, CAE, National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Sanchia K. Aranda, PhD, MN, RN, The University of Melbourne
Nancy T. Artinian, PhD, RN-BC, Wayne State University College of Nursing
Carol May Baldwin, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Karen A. Ballard, MA, RN, Health Care Without Harm
Andrea M. Barsevick, PhD, RN, AOCN, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Joyce Ann Batcheller, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Seton Family of Hospitals
Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Basia Belza, PhD, RN, University of Washington
Catherine M. Bender, PhD, RN, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Richardean S. Benjamin, PhD, MPH, PMHCNS-BC, Old Dominion University School of Nursing
Patricia H. Berry, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, ACHPN, College of Nursing, University of Utah
Phyllis Ann Bonham, PhD, MSN, CWOCN, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing
Debra Huffman Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, Duke University School of Nursing
Eileen T. Breslin, PhD, RNC, FAANP, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing
Kathleen Brown, PhD, CRNP, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Karen A. Brykczynski, DNS, RN, FNP, UTMB School of Nursing
Joe W. Burrage, Jr., PhD, RN, Indiana University School of Nursing
Ann Herbage Busch, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Gladys M. Campbell, MSN, RN, FCCM, Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives
Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, RN, Indiana University
Eileen G. Collins, PhD, RN, University of Illinois at Chicago/Edward Hines Jr., VA Hospital
Tara A. Cortes, PhD, RN, Lighthouse International
Constance M. Dahlin, MSN, ANP, BC, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sandra Engberg, PhD, RN, CRNP, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Michael L. Evans, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
Donna Marie Fick, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, The Pennsylvania State University
Linda Flynn, PhD, RN, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Esther C. Gallegos, PhD, MAE, RN, Facultad de Enfermería-Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Richard A. Henker, PhD, RN, CRNA, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Hermi Hyacinth Hewitt, PhD, RN, RM, The University of the West Indies
Patricia A. Hickey, PhD(c), RN, NEA-BC, Children's Hospital Boston
Rodney (Rod) W. Hicks, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Wendy L. Hobbie, MSN, RN, CRNP, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Janean Erickson Holden, PhD, RN, The University of Michigan
Sharon D. Horner, PhD, RN, MC-CNS, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
Ronda G. Hughes, PhD, MHS, RN, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Myra Martz Huth, PhD, RN, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Linda Witek Janusek, PhD, RN, Loyola University Chicago
Marjorie Kagawa Singer, PhD, MN, RN, UCLA School of Public Health and Department of Asian American Studies
Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, The University of Virginia
Jane Marie Kirschling, DNS, RN, University of Kentucky College of Nursng
Alison L. Kitson, PhD, BSc, RN, University of Adelaide
Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN-BC, ANEF, College of Nursing, New York University
Ellen T. Kurtzman, MPH, RN, The George Washington University, Department of Nursing Education
Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD, MSN, BSN, University of Florida, College of Nursing
Gail E. Latimer, MSN, RN, FACHE, Siemens Healthcare - Imaging and IT
Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN, College of Nursing University of Kentucky
Amanda Jane Liddle, DrPH, RN, Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, MSN, APRN, Vanderbilt University
Diane Feeney Mahoney, PhD, APRN, BC, FGSA, MGH Institute of Health Professions, School of Nursing
Tina Marie Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, Marrelli and Associates, Inc.
Kristen L. Mauk, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, Valparaiso University College of Nursing
Marylyn Morris McEwen, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, The University of Arizona
Teena M. McGuinness, PhD, PMHNP, BC, School of Nursing, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Hugh McKenna, PhD, BSc, RN, University of Ulster
Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Marie T. Nolan, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, RN, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carol L. Pavlish, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles
Demetrius James Porche, DNS, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - School of Nursing
Susan M. Rawl, PhD, RN, Indiana University School of Nursing
Leslie S. Ritter, PhD, RN, University of Arizona
Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN, University of Maryland Medical Center
Lois Siebert Sadler, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, Yale University School of Nursing; secondary appointment Yale Child Study Center
Bruce Alan Schoneboom, PhD, RN, CRNA, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Jean Ann Seago, PhD, RN, University of California, San Francisco
Julia S. Seng, PhD, CNM, University of Michigan, School of Nursing
Judith Shamian, PhD, LLD, DSci, RN, Victorian Order of Nurses
Maureen T. Shannon, PhD, CNM, FNP, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Joan Shinkus Clark, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Texas Health Resources
Margaret C. Slota, DNP, MN, RN, Carlow University
Constance Smith Hendricks, PhD, RN, Auburn University School of Nursing
Karen H. Sousa, PhD, RN, University of Colorado Denver
Heather K. Spence Laschinger, PhD, RN, University of Western Ontario
Christina Marie Stewart-Amidei, MSN, RN, CNRN, CCRN, University of Central Florida
Barbara L. Young Summers, PhD, RN, NEA, BC, Univ. of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN, Community College of Philadelphia
Sarah Thompson, PhD, RN, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing
Sheila Dinotshe Tlou, PhD, RN, University of Botswana
Debra A. Toney, PhD, RN, TLC Health Care Services, Inc.
Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, University of Pennsylvania
Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, RN, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University
Kathleen M. Vollman, MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, Advancing Nursing LLC
Bonnie J. Wakefield, PhD. RN, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing/Iowa City VA Medical Center
Debra C. Wallace, PhD, RN, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing
Sandra Mildred Walsh, PhD, RN, Barry University College of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing
Hsiu-Hung Wang, PhD, MS, RN, Kaohsiung Medical University College of Nursing
Carol A. Watson, PhD, RN, CENP, The University of Iowa College of Nursing
Bonnie L. Westra, PhD, RN, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing
Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, Fairfield University School of Nursing
Marty T. Witrak, PhD, RN, College of St. Scholastica
Eleanor E. Birkmeier-Yurkovich, EdD, MSN, RN, University of North Dakota, College of Nursing
Lani M. Zimmerman, PhD, RN, FAHA, University of Nebraska, College of Nursing 

The Academy is made up of more than 1500 nursing leaders in education, management, practice, and research. Leadership positions held by Academy Fellows include university presidents, chancellors, and deans; state and federal political appointees; hospital chief executives and vice presidents for nursing; researchers and entrepreneurs; and practicing nurses.

“I congratulate all of these new Fellows,” said Mitchell “and look forward to honoring their accomplishments in November in Atlanta.”

The American Academy of Nursing anticipates and tracks national and international trends in health care, while addressing resulting issues of health care knowledge and policy. The Academy’s mission is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

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