Speakers

Joanne O. Dunderdale, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago

Joanne O. Duunderdale is an Assistant Professor teaching in simulation education at the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago for the past 10 years. She teaches every aspect of simulation in undergraduate nursing education including: medical-surgical I & II, mental health, community, maternal/child, women's & older adult health, pediatrics, leadership and intra- and inter-professional simulation. Dr. Dunderdale has extensive experience creating simulation scenarios, facilitating simulation activities, and leading debriefing sessions. Her research interests are in simulation, transition to practice and Ignatian Pedagogy application in nursing simulation education. Dr. Dunderdale has over 30 years experience as a registered nurse and currently maintains a clinical practice in the emergency nursing setting.

Carol T. Kostovich, PhD, RN, CHSE
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies& Simulation
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago

Dr. Carol Kostovich is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies and Simulation in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago. In addition to teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, she oversees nursing simulation within the pre-licensure and graduate programs. Dr. Kostovich has over 25 years of teaching experience in higher education. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and a post-graduate certificate in Educational Research Methodology. Dr. Kostovich's research focuses on the phenomenon of nursing presence, creating psychologically safe spaces for students and patients and designing, implementing and evaluating innovative approaches to teaching. She is a certified healthcare simulation educator.

Speakers

Joanne O. Dunderdale, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago

Joanne O. Duunderdale is an Assistant Professor teaching in simulation education at the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago for the past 10 years. She teaches every aspect of simulation in undergraduate nursing education including: medical-surgical I & II, mental health, community, maternal/child, women's & older adult health, pediatrics, leadership and intra- and inter-professional simulation. Dr. Dunderdale has extensive experience creating simulation scenarios, facilitating simulation activities, and leading debriefing sessions. Her research interests are in simulation, transition to practice and Ignatian Pedagogy application in nursing simulation education. Dr. Dunderdale has over 30 years experience as a registered nurse and currently maintains a clinical practice in the emergency nursing setting.

Carol T. Kostovich, PhD, RN, CHSE
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies& Simulation
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago

Dr. Carol Kostovich is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies and Simulation in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago. In addition to teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, she oversees nursing simulation within the pre-licensure and graduate programs. Dr. Kostovich has over 25 years of teaching experience in higher education. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and a post-graduate certificate in Educational Research Methodology. Dr. Kostovich's research focuses on the phenomenon of nursing presence, creating psychologically safe spaces for students and patients and designing, implementing and evaluating innovative approaches to teaching. She is a certified healthcare simulation educator.

Speakers

Michael Ackerman, PhD, RN, FCCM, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN
Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership
The Ohio State University

Michael Ackerman is currently the Director of the Master in Healthcare Innovation Program and Professor of Clinical Nursing, and the Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing. He also maintains a clinical practice as an acute care nurse practitioner at St Joseph’s Neighborhood in Rochester, NY. He is also the Owner of Ackerman Consultants.Dr. Ackerman has held just about every position a nurse could hold in academia and clinical practice, from candy striper to senior director. His entire career has been dedicated to critical care, with numerous publications as well as invitations to speak nationally and internationally. His research and writing have focused on a variety of clinical topics, including sepsis, airway management, hemodynamics, innovation, and leadership. His innovative work has led to many disruptions in clinical practice and health system change. He has been recognized for his various contributions with various fellowships, including Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, Fellow in the National Academy of Practice, Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and The American Academy of Nursing.

Stephanie Justice, DNP, RN, CHSE
Assistant Clinical Professor
The Ohio State University

Dr. Stephanie Justice is an Assistant Clinical Professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She worked in the simulation lab for several years and served as the Graduate Simulation Coordinator. She helped to plan and currently works in the XR lab, teaches courses, and is part of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), virtual reality educator, and moulage artist. She volunteers with the Central American Medical Association (CAMO), co-chairs Champions in Higher Education for XR (CHEX), and is a faculty advisor for Buck-I-SERV alternative break trips to Antigua, Guatemala, and Akokwa, Ghana. Dr. Justice participated in the National League for Nursing (NLN) Sim Leaders program in 2022. Dr. Justice is working on several grants, including the Disrupting Nursing Education Using Extended Reality (XR), Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning grant sponsored by the American Nurses Foundation Reimagining Nursing Initiative.

Speakers

Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Laurie Kennedy-Malone has been a certified gerontological nurse practitioner since 1982 and a professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) since 1990. She was the 2007 recipient of the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing Faculty Champion and the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners' Excellence in Education Award in 2006. In November 2018, she was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for Excellence as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence. She coauthored Integrating Gerontological Content into Advanced Practice Nursing Education and Advanced Practice Nursing in the Care of Older Adults. Both books received AJN Book of the Year Awards. She has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications. A former president of the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, she later served as a Director at Large of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA). In 2020, Dr. Kennedy-Malone received the Excellence in Leadership Award from GAPNA and, in 2021, the Excellence in Creativity & Innovation, Edith Moore Copeland Founders Award from Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Kennedy-Malone is a recent recipient of the AACN Faculty Scholars Grant Program for her work on Enhancing Nurse Practitioner Competency-Based Education and Assessment with Innovative Video Simulations.

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Speakers

Donna Green PhD, RN
Assistant Professor and Director
University of Cincinnati

Dr. Green is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience in the area of obstetrical and neonatal nursing. For the last 15 years she has worked in academia and possesses experience in clinical nursing education, curriculum design, development, and instruction. Within these roles Dr. Green collaborates with faculty and instructional design colleagues in the implementation of curriculum and adherence to program guidelines.

Dr. Green has focused her research on the professional development of students and health care professionals through simulation and standardization in the areas of low frequency, high crisis events and also in the area of post cesarean, opioid reduction utilizing multimodal analgesia guidelines. During her career she has held several memberships and leadership positions within professional nursing organizations and has presented her research and projects locally, nationally, and internationally

Matthew Rota PhD
Assistant Dean
University of Cincinnati

Dr. Matt Rota is the Assistant Dean for Technology for the College of Nursing. In his role, the College of Nursing, he is responsible for innovation, the instructional design department and college IT department, known as CATER, report to him. In this role, he provides leadership oversight, to ensure the departments align with the college’s vision of “Through the creative leveraging of technology, we will transform health care.” His department also provides a community of practice, supported by ongoing professional development and faculty partnership, as well as innovative pedagogical approaches - online and face-to-face.

Before joining UC College of Nursing, he spent 10 years in the corporate arena as a senior instructional designer, designing eLearning courses for Cincinnati Public Schools, Microsoft, P&G, Best Western, Novartis, and other fortune 500 companies.

His PhD is in Education. He focused he studies and research on Instructional Design for Online Learning, specifically in Virtual Clinical Experiences and Augmented Reality.

Robin Wagner DNP, RN
University of Cincinnati

Dr. Wagner has more than 35 years of experience as an RN. She has practiced in a variety of settings including acute care, long term care, and in the community. This variety has provided her with a sound understanding of the practice of nursing not only across the life span and across settings, but also the models of care delivery necessary to ensure quality patient care in those populations. Dr. Wagner holds an MSN and APRN-CNS license in Community Health Nursing and has completed her post masters Doctor of Nursing Practice degree May of 2019. She has been teaching at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing since 2000 and currently focuses her teaching efforts in the Skills and Simulation Lab. She is passionate about simulation in nursing education and as the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs is involved in development and delivery of a variety of simulation based education experiences for all levels of students as well as provide her expertise in consultation with faculty and college of nursing committees. As the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs her vision and leadership skills in the creative leveraging of innovation in well- designed immersive simulation scenarios and the strength of simulation based education augments the strong academic outcomes at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing.

Eileen Werdman DNP
Associate Professor, Program Director
University of Cincinnati

Eileen Werdman, DNP, APRN, CNS, is an Associate Professor and Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Nursing. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from College of Mount St. Joseph and her Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of Cincinnati.

As Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director, she is responsible for daily operations of the college’s accelerated program designed to help students holding a bachelor’s degree in an area outside of nursing become a registered nurse and earn a generalist master’s degree.

With more than 32 years of involvement in the realm of nursing, Dr. Werdman possesses vast experience in clinical nursing education and practice. While having held several leadership positions within various professional nursing organizations, she has also given more than 20 presentations locally, nationally and internationally.