UMSON faculty receive Dean's Teaching Scholars awards for 2024 - 2025.
Five UMSON faculty have been granted Dean's Teaching Scholars Awards for 2024 - 2025. These $5,000 awards provide support for faculty facilitating or developing research/projects that enhance nursing education and/or extend the evidence base for teaching and learning. The faculty and projects are:
- Samantha Hoffman, DNP '23, MS '16, CPNP-PC, assistant professor, and Taylor Swing, DNP '18, BSN '13, CPNP-PC, assistant professor – Inspi’RN’ing: Pilot Pediatric Mentorship Program for Entry to Practice RNs
- Jacquelyn Ryer, DNP, AG-ACNP, clinical instructor – A Peer Support Pilot Program for AG-ACNP/CNS Students
- Michelle Spencer, DNP '19, MS '06, BSN '84,RN, assistant professor, and Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, CNE, FADLN, CWCN-AP, assistant professor and associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion – Discovery and Application of Health Equity Through Community Engagement, Art, and Inclusive Conversations: A BSN Competency-Based Education Pilot.
For more information about the Dean's Teaching Scholars Awards for 2025 - 2026, faculty should reach out to Marleen Thornton at marleen.thornton@umaryland.edu or the Institute for Educators at instituteforeducators@umaryland.edu.
pictured, l. to r.: top row: Hoffman, Swing, Ryer; bottom row: Spencer, Conyers