Debra B. Wollaber, Ph.D., R.N.

Education

Syracuse University Child and Family Ph.D., 1993
Syracuse, New York Studies

Russell Sage College Parent-Child Nursing MSN, 1980
Troy, New York (Additional credits
in Nursing Education)

Hartwick College Nursing BSN, 1973
Oneonta, New York

Professional Experience

June 1999 – Present
Dean and Professor College of Health Sciences & School of Nursing
Belmont University, Nashville, TN

June 1998 – June 1999
Dean and Professor Belmont University
School of Nursing
Nashville, TN

July 1997 – June 1998
Acting Dean Belmont University
School of Nursing, Nashville, TN

January 1997 - July 1997
Acting Undergraduate Belmont University
Chairperson School of Nursing, Nashville, TN

1988 -January 1997
Associate Professor Belmont University
Maternal-Child Nursing School of Nursing, Nashville, TN

Spring, 1988
Adjunct Assistant Professor Belmont College
of Nursing (1/2 time) Nashville, TN

Adjunct Assistant Professor Aquinas College
of Nursing (1/2) time Nashville, TN

1982 - 1986
Assistant Professor Syracuse University
Child and Family Nursing College of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Spring 1981
Adjunct Instructor Syracuse University
Child and Family Nursing College of Nursing
Syracuse, NY

1978 - 1979
Relief Staff nurse Albany Medical Center
and supervisor Albany, NY

1975 - 1978
Assistant Instructor Obstetric Nursing
Albany Medical Center
School of Nursing , Albany, NY

1973 - 1975
Staff nurse Labor and delivery, post partum, newborn nursery and neonatal intensive care nursery
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

Honor Societies and Honors:

2001: Selected to be a Top 100 Healthcare Executive in Middle Tennessee by the Nashville Business Journal

1998: Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Phi Charter Member, Belmont University

1995: Chaney Distinguished Professor Finalist, Belmont University

1993: Phi Delta Kappa, Psi Chapter, Vanderbilt University

1984: Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter, Syracuse University

Professional Organizations:

• Tennessee Center for Nursing: 2000 - present
  
• NCC: Certified as an In-patient Obstetric Nurse (1996-2000)
  
• American Nurses Association
  
• Tennessee Nurses Association, District 3
  
• LAMAZE (formerly ASPO: American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics)
  
• AWHONN: Association for Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (formerly NAACOG), 1975 to present
  
• Phi Delta Kappa, Psi Chapter, 1993
  
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter, 1985; Iota Chapter, 1989; Charter member Omicron Phi, 1998