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Seated, left to right: Associate Professor Edna Magpantay-Monroe and Dean Stephanie Genz. Standing, left to right: Assistant Professor Tiffanie Kanayama, Associate Professor Patricia Kiladis, Adjunct Faculty Ellen Akaka, Research Assistant and Lab Assistant Sarah Jarvis, Assistant Professor Jeanette Peterson, Nursing Program Assistant Ashley Wiswell.
Chaminade's nationally recognized nursing faculty have years of practical experience to share.
Dean Stephanie Genz, RN, MSN, Ed.D. is the former Assistant Dean of the Undergraduate School of Nursing at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a member of the Viterbo faculty, she spent a decade teaching public health nursing and leadership. She also has 25 years of practical nursing experience in Wisconsin, Alaska and Russia. In 2000 she developed a nurse-managed clinic in La Crosse to address the needs of the homeless. Her area of expertise is public health nursing. Her emphasis is compassionate and holistic nursing care, addressing mind, body and spirit.
Associate Professor Patricia Kiladis, MS, RN is a nursing educator with many years of experience in nursing practice, curriculum development, and teaching. Most recently, she was the Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program and a member of the nursing faculty at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her area of expertise is maternal-child health.
Associate Professor Edna Magpantay-Monroe, BSN, MS, Ed.D., is the Clinical Coordinator for the Chaminade Nursing program. She has been a nurse for 24 years, with formal teaching experience for 20 years, and has practiced in several areas of nursing including intermediate care, medical surgical, mental health, community health, home health, utilization management, case management, worker's compensation, call centers, and nursing administration.
Assistant Professor Jeanette Peterson, MSN, RN is the Simulation Coordinator. Her specialization is simulation technologies in teaching pedagogy. Peterson was most recently clinical faculty, adjunct faculty, and simulation staff at Gateway Community College in Phoenix, Arizona.
Assistant Professor Tiffanie Kanayama, MSN Ed., RN, has specializations in medical-surgical nursing, curriculum development and evaluation, and nursing education. She has a wide variety of clinical experience including long term care, emergency department, orthopedics, medical/surgical, and urgent care.
A grant from Atlantic Philanthropies will establish a partnership between the Chaminade Nursing Program and the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, considered by many to be the top nursing school in the country. A distinguished visiting faculty program will be established, as well as opportunities for faculty research at these institutions. More
