Faculty Profiles

Faculty who currently teach required courses and/or serve as Advisors or Chairs of dissertation committees within the PhD program, or have previously served in this capacity at other institutions.  

Please Note: This page reflects EMCON faculty currently serving as advisors. Additional faculty not listed on this page, who possess a PhD (or equivalent doctorate) and hold Graduate Status at UMASS Amherst, may be eligible to serve as PhD advisors/dissertation chairs. PhD advising criteria are outlined in the EMCON Graduate Handbook. Please see the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing's main website for a full list of faculty and their areas of scholarship, or contact Lynn Yovina (LYOVINA@UMass.edu) for the current list of potentially eligible advisors. 

Pam Aselton

Carrie Ellen Briere

Lucinda Canty

Ginny Chandler

Faculty Profile*

*Dr. Chandler is now retired, but continues to advise prior students. Not accepting new advisees.

Jeungok Choi

Joohyun Chung

Jess Dillard-Wright

Lisa Duffy

Karen Giuliano

Favorite Iradukunda

Cynthia Jacelon

Faculty Profile*

*Dr. Jacelon is now officially retired, but will continue in a part-time role in fall 2023.  Not accepting new advisees. 

Karen Kalmakis

Raeann Leblanc

Yeon Sik Noh

Hyeyoung Park

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar

Memnun Seven

Allison Vorderstrasse

Rae Walker