Faculty and Staff
e / kball@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1213
Interest areas: laser surgery, perioperative nursing workplace safety in the operating room.
e / sbutz@otterbein.edu
p / 614-823-1353
Areas of interest: critical care, emergency room care, nursing education and women's health.
e / rchavez@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1539
Areas of interest: child health, medically fragile child, developmental disabilities and clinical immersion experiences.
John D Chovan PhD, DNP, RN, CNP, CNS, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, ACHPN, AHN-BC
e / jchovan@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1526
Areas of interest: psychiatric and mental health nursing, palliative care, nursing models, gerontology, holistic nursing, health care systems, leadership, quantitative/qualitative research, thinking and learning, technology.
e / bcornett@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1388
Areas of interest: computers and health care, patient education, staff development, nursing education, mental health, public health.
e / jhaverkamp@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1678
Areas of interest: assessment and management of clinical problems in medical-surgical nursing, emergency nursing, gerontology, hospice and related oncology care, nursing education and nursing service administration.
Karen Hughes, MS, RN
e / khughes@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1353
Areas of interest: critical care, emergency room care, nursing education and women's health.
Department Chair
e / pkeane@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1678
Areas of interest: qualitative research, women's health, violence against women (physical abuse, rape, etc.), maternal-infant research.
Mary McKelvey, Ph.D., RN
e / mmckelvey@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1433
Areas of interest: stress and coping in minority (e.g. Black and Hispanic) families, economic concerns of women in the U.S., psychological adaptation (e.g. depression, feeling of well-being, self-esteem) to stressors (e.g. divorce).
Sue E. Moore, MS, RN, CNS
e / smoore1@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1644
Areas of interest: chronic disease management, gerontology, health care legislation, policy snf procedures, research.
Barbara A. Nash, MS, RNC, CNS
e / bnash@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1643
Areas of interest: Primary care, college health, leadership, policy, and a special interest in the impact of humor on health.
Joan Pryor-McCann, Ph.D., RN
e / jpryor-mccann@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1230
Areas of interest: nursing theory (grand-middle range-micro), medical-surgical topics, especially pulmonary/cardiac, legal and ethical issues, research.
e / aribar@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1253
Areas of interest: pediatric and women's health, qualitative research, diabetes education, maternal-infant research and lactation education.
Joy Shoemaker, MSN, RN
e / jshoemaker@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1912
e / ateske@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.2531
e / mvogt@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1426
Areas of interest: quantitative/qualitative research, children with chronic illness, diabetes, oncology, camp nursing, nursing administration, pediatric practitioner.
Support Staff
Trudy Mason, MS, RN
e /
tmason@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1226
Skills Lab Supervisor
Aimee Cerny, BSN, RN
Nursing Skills Laboratory Instructor
e /
acerny@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1227
Vanessa Johnson MSN, RN
Nursing Skills Laboratory Instructor
e /
vjohnson@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1228
Dorothy Crider MS, RN
e /
dcrider@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.3272
Graduate Nursing Admission Counselor/Recruiter
Maureen Kaiser
e /
mkaiser@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1614
Academic Administrative Assistant
Sharon Buxton
e /
sbuxton@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1614
Administrative Coordinator