UW–Madison School of Nursing faculty are dedicated to instructional innovation, active learning, and quality student learning outcomes.
Faculty develop cutting-edge curricula to prepare students for compassionate care.
Their scholarship focuses on:
- Innovating teaching-learning activities through using simulation rooms with advanced technology, case study development, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).
- Developing curricula that incorporates new AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) essentials, advances concept-based curricula, and conducts knowledge gap analysis.
- Designing interprofessional education activities and global immersive clinical experiences.
- Supporting students through diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, mental health and wellness initiatives, and hands-on career preparation.
Signature Scholarship Areas
Scholars in Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Athanas, MS, RN, NC-BC, CNE, LCCE
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
athanas
Phone: 608-265-5265
Address:
4224 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Angela Baker, DNP, MS, RN
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
ajbaker2
Phone: 608-262-9005
Address:
4245 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Carrie Bennett, DNP, RN, APNP, GCNS-BC
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
cabennett3
Phone: 608-263-3699
Address:
3223 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jessica Coburn, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
jessica.coburn
Phone: 608-265-8456
Address:
4224 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Katherine Collins, MS, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor and Global Health Coordinator
Email:
kacollins5
Phone: 608-262-8655
Address:
4165 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jennifer Drake, MS, RN
Position title: Clinical Instructor I
Email:
jdrake2
Phone: 608-263-2476
Address:
3105 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Sarah Endicott, DNP, RN, APNP, PMHNP-BC, GNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
sendicott
Phone: 608-263-9040
Address:
4123 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jennifer A. Fiegel-Newlon, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, APNP
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
jafiegel
Phone: 608-263-5315
Address:
3257 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Cynthia Georgeson, RN, MSN, NE
Position title: Clinical Instructor I
Email:
cgeorgeson2
Phone: 608-265-8460
Address:
4127 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Kate Gillespie, DNP, RN, CPH, FAAN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
khgillespie
Phone: 608-263-2313
Address:
4115 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Wendy Halm, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
whalm
Phone: 608-263-5318
Address:
4175 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jane Harney, PhD, RN, NNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
jane.harney
Phone: 608-263-5030
Address:
5115 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Sherrelle P. Jackson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
spporter2
Phone: 608-263-5895
Address:
3166 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Polly Jewel
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
jewel
Phone: 608-264-3151
Address:
3171 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jennifer Klicka, RN, MSN
Position title: Clinical Instructor I
Email:
jklicka
Phone: 608-265-8335
Address:
3173 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jessica Leiberg, DNP, ACNP
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor, DNP Program Director
Email:
leiberg
Phone: 608-263-5274
Address:
3237 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Teresa Lincicum, RN, MS
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
tlincicum
Phone: 608-263-5297
Address:
3166 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Britta Lothary, MSN, ANP-C
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
blothary
Phone: 608-262-1929
Address:
4191 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Katherine Lothe, DNP, RN, FNP, APNP
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
klothe
Phone: 608-263-5237
Address:
3223 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Leanne Lutz, MSN, RN
Position title: Clinical Instructor I
Email:
llutz2
Phone: 608-263-3553
Address:
4159 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Pam A. McGranahan, DNP, RN
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
pmcgranahan
Phone: 608-263-5337
Address:
4131 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Laurie Newton, DNP, RN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
laekkebus
Phone: 608-265-9540
Address:
3209W Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Dana O'Brien, PhD, MHA, RN, CNE
Position title: Clinical Professor, Undergraduate Program Director
Email:
drobrien2
Phone: 608-263-1349
Address:
4183 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Katie Pavek, PhD, MSN, RN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor and Wellness Officer
Email:
kausher
Phone: 608-263-0473
Address:
3135 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Roberta P. Pawlak, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
rppawlak
Phone: 608-263-6111
Address:
4253 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Dana Schardt, DNP, RN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
deschardt
Phone: 608-265-8214
Address:
4251 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Tracy E. Seiler-Schultz, MSN, RN
Position title: Clinical Assistant Professor
Email:
tseiler
Phone: 608-263-5291
Address:
4111 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jessica Troz, MSN, RN
Position title: CTEN Clinical Instructor II
Email:
uebelacker
Phone: 608-263-5269
Address:
3177 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Cassie A. Voge, MS, RN, AOCN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
voge
Phone: 608-265-9949
Address:
3163 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Beth A. Zahn, MS, RN, CNE
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
bzahn2
Phone: 608-263-6151
Address:
4137 Signe Skott Cooper Hall