Faculty and Staff
Leadership Team
Director and Professor, JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing (JGDSON)
Joseph W. Tacy, Ph.D., RN, CNE
jtacy@lamar.edu
(409) 880-8817
Associate Director JGDSON Undergraduate Nursing Studies and Associate ProfessorDirector of Student Retention Gina Hale, Ph.D., RN, CNE
gina.hale@lamar.edu
(409) 880-8831
Associate Director JGDSON Graduate Nursing Studies and Professor
Ruthie Robinson, Ph.D., RN, FAEN, CEN
ruthie.robinson@lamar.edu
(409) 880-7720
Assistant Director, JGDSON Accreditation & Articulation and Assistant Professor
Keili Peterman, Ph.D., MBA, RN, NEA-BC
keili.peterman@lamar.edu
(409) 880-8863
Senior Administrative Coordinator
(Business Operations)
Stacie Granger
stacie.granger@lamar.edu
(409) 880-7237
The DAISY Foundation, as part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, established the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty.
Each Spring, the Joanne Gay Dishman School of Nursing and the DAISY Foundation publicly recognize an extraordinary nursing instructor nominated by students, faculty, and/or staff at our Annual Student Awards Banquet.
Faculty
Kacie Calloway, MSN, RN
Edna Horn Gay Skills Center and Simulation Lab Director
Instructor
Edna Horn Gay Skills Center and Simulation Lab Director
Instructor
(409) 880-8818
kacie.calloway@lamar.edu
kacie.calloway@lamar.edu
Jennifer Cole, MSN, RN
Catherine LaPoint, MSN, RN, CBC, CPN
Patricia Morrell, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
TBA
Assistant Professor
(409) 880-8817
Sommer Shackelford, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
(409) 880-8142
Bethany Steely, RN, MSN, CCRN
Corie Willey, MSN, RNAdjunct Faculty
Staff
Lauren Gordon
Administrative Specialist (Part-Time)
Manjeet Kaur Saini
Administrative Coordinator
BSN Program and RN-BSN/RN-MSN Tracks
msaini1@lamar.edu
(409) 880-8831
(409) 880-8831
Zulma Briseno-Wolford
Holly Thompson
Jon-Michael Wallace