| Education - MS, 1998 - Medical-Surgical Nursing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
- MS, 1998 - Public Health Nursing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
- BSN, 1990 - Nursing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
| Area of Expertise - Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Public Health Nursing
Areas of Interest - Hypertension in African American Women
- Obesity in African American Women
- Infection Control in Hospitals
| Professional Society Memberships and Community Activities - 1989 Member of Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society
- 1989 Member of Phi Kappa Phi, University Honor Society
- 1990 Recipient of Betty Temples Mill Award, Sigma Theta Tau
- 1990 Recipient of SIUE Minority Scholarship
- 1990 Recipient of Consortium of Equal Opportunity Program (CEOP) Scholarship
- 1992 Member of Sigma Phi Omega, National Gerontology Academic Honor Society
- 2002 Recipient of Betty AuBuchon Special Teaching Award
- 2005 Recipient of SIUE Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award
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