NLN Consultants & Speakers

Linda Christensen, EdD, JD, MSN, RN, CNE, FAAN

NLN Chief Legal Officer

Expertise:

• Nursing Education Law

Sandra Davis, PhD, DPM, ACNP-BC, FAANP

NLN Deputy Chief Director of the NLN/Walden University College of Nursing Institute for Social Determinants of Health & Social Change

Expertise:

• Social & Structural Determinants of Health
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 
• Antiracism
• Health Inequities
• Social Justice
• Implicit Bias
• Microaggressions
• Incivility
• Leadership
• Organizational Politics
• Faculty Issues
• Trust, Power & Authority
• Enhancing Nursing Education
• Climate as a Social Determinant of Health
• Global Nursing Education

Teresa Shellenbarger, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF

NLN Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) Executive Director

Expertise:

• Program Assessment and Evaluation
• Accreditation
• Continuous Quality Improvement in Nursing Education
• Curriculum Development, Implementation & Evaluation
• Clinical Nursing Education
• Nurse Educator Competency
• Nursing Faculty Role Preparation
• Faculty Issues
• Nursing Student Issues
• Evidence-based Teaching Practices
• Teaching & Learning Strategies in Nursing Education
• Writing for Publication
  

Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN

NLN Director of the Center for Innovation in Education Excellence

Expertise:

• Simulation-Based Education
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion / Implicit Bias Training 
• Designing Simulation Centers
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

Dodie Serafini MSN, PhD, RN, CNE

NLN Director of Assessment Services

Expertise:

• Curriculum Development
• Leadership Development (Nursing Faculty, Directors & Deans)
• Evaluations of Student Competence, Course Objectives & Programmatic Outcomes
• Transition to Practice
• Teaching & Learning Methods to Engage the Adult Learner
• Construction of Formative & Summative Assessments
  

Sarah Billings-Berg, DC, DNP, RN, CNE

NLN Deputy Direct, NLN CNEA

Expertise:

• Academic Leadership, Specializing in Systems (multi program/site/state/modality)
• Faculty Engagement & Development
• Curriculum Development
• New Program Development
• Program Assessment for Continuing Quality Improvement
• Rural Education Challenges
• Nursing in Rural Settings
• Teaching with Video Conferencing Technology
• Leadership Support of Non-Nursing Health Professions Programs
• Accreditation Program Evaluation Visits – Planning and Implementing

Jennifer (Jenny) Chicca, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl

NLN Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) Deputy Director

Expertise:

• Enhancing Nursing Education – Research, Accreditation
• Graduate Nursing Education
• Best Practices in Teaching & Learning
• Preceptorships in Nursing Education
• Faculty Development
• Nursing Professional Development
• Scholarly Activities – Peer Reviews, Publishing, Presenting
• Experienced Nurses in the Clinical Setting – Transitions, Issues, Supports
• Generational Issues

Michael Keaton

NLN Deputy Chief Communications Officer

Expertise:

• Communications Principles & Practices
• Media Relations
• Website Development
• Social Media
  

Gordon Lee Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAEN, FAAN

Expertise:

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
• Managing synergy of teaching, scholarship, and service
• Interprofessional Education
• Occupational Health
• Building a research enterprise at the individual and college level
• Nursing Research
• Nurse Bullying
• Workplace Violence
• Public Health