Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Grounded in significant experience in the adult acute care setting, Vanessa Vath has been a nurse educator for over 10 years in the clinical, classroom and laboratory settings working with a diverse population of students in a variety of degree programs including associate, bachelor, and accelerated tracks. Here, she developed a passion for wellness among college students which fueled her dissertation work focused on internal resiliency factors and environmental context in psychological well-being among freshmen. She has experience teaching a range of courses throughout the nursing curriculum including introductory through capstone courses and enjoys observing and being a part of student’s progression from novice to expert.
Andrew Tollison, director of the Master of Arts in Communication graduate program, examines interpersonal communication within the healthcare system, specifically surrounding patients with terminal illnesses.