Nursing and Physical Therapy Faculty and Staff
Faculty in the Simmons School of Nursing are all practicing nurses, assuring that you will learn the most up-to-date science and techniques in patient care. They are also dedicated professors who pride themselves on being personal mentors.
Nursing Faculty and Staff
Meet the Dean
Heather Shlosser
Dean, School of Nursing
Nursing Faculty
Janelle Baker
Teaching Professor
Justin Beebe
Professor and Director of the DPT Program
Laura Behm
Associate Professor of Practice and Director of Advanced Practice, Graduate Nursing
Kaylee Burke
Associate Professor of Practice
Charlene Canada
Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant Director for Simulation
Tanya Cohn
Associate Professor
Christina Coyle
Associate Teaching Professor
Amitabh Dashottar
Associate Professor
Tina Delouchry
Professor of Practice & Director of FNP Clinical Education
Jamie Dreher
Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of Pre-Licensure Nursing Clinical
Christie Griffin
Associate Professor of Practice
Carmen Harrison
Professor of Practice
Pamela Holtz
Professor of Practice
Beth James
Associate Professor of Practice
Justin Jones
Professor of Practice
Jillian Kulinski
Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of DPT Clinical Education
Katherine Ladetto
Assistant Professor
Caroline Laverty
Associate Professor of Practice
Caitlin Levesque
Professor of Practice
Stacey Maguire
Professor of Practice and Physical Therapy Department Chair
Isabelle Milne
Assistant Professor of Practice and Pre-Licensure Nursing Program Administrator
Matthew O'Rourke
Assistant Professor of Practice
Ashley Parks
Tenure-track Instructor
Delmy Piano
Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of the Bridge and Mentoring Program
Samara Pottier-Taccetta
Associate Professor of Practice
Jenna Stuebe Powers
Associate Professor of Practice
Allison Reid
Assistant Professor of Practice and Simulation Center Faculty
Patricia Rissmiller
Associate Professor
Laura Rossi
Associate Professor
Naila Russell
Associate Professor of Practice, Chair of Graduate Nursing Programs, and Alumni Endowed Chair
Meredith Troutman-Jordan
Associate Teaching Professor
Rachel Verrill
Associate Professor of Practice
Sarah Volkman
Professor
Steve Wechsler
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing Staff
Mark Cameron
Simulation Center Technician
Izzy DeTour
Clinical and Simulation Administrative Coordinator, Nursing
Larissa Douglas
Academic Staffing Specialist, Graduate Nursing
Linda Economu
Finance and Data Manager, SSHP
Chelsea Harper
Assistant Director of Operations, Nursing
Megan Hill
Assistant Director of Academic Advising and Data Analytics
Chaluza Kapaale
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Meg Kelly
Operations and Program Coordinator, Nursing
Hind Khodr
Clinical Placement Operations Manager, Undergraduate & Pre-Licensure Direct Entry Nursing programs
Isabelle Langley
Administrative Operations Coordinator
Logan McDonough
Lead Academic Nursing Advisor & Liaison
Marisa Peters
Program Coordinator
Kaleena Seeley
Director of Operations
Erin Sioui
Academic Advisor, Graduate Nursing
Samuel Stevens
Academic Advisor, Pre-Licensure Nursing
Physical Therapy Faculty
Chair
Stacey Maguire
Professor of Practice and Physical Therapy Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Justin Beebe
Professor and Director of the DPT Program
Amitabh Dashottar
Associate Professor
Justin Jones
Professor of Practice
Jillian Kulinski
Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of DPT Clinical Education
Matthew O'Rourke
Assistant Professor of Practice
Jenna Stuebe Powers
Associate Professor of Practice
Rachel Verrill
Associate Professor of Practice
Steve Wechsler
Assistant Professor