Faculty
Get to know our graduate nursing faculty.
Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR FAAN
kball@otterbein.edu
614-823-1213
Areas of interest: Perioperative nursing, legislative activities.
Susan Butz, MSN, RN, CCRN
sbutz@otterbein.edu
614.823.1353
Areas of interest: critical care, emergency room care, nursing education and women's health.
Ruth Chavez, MSN, RN
rchavez@otterbein.edu
614.823.1453
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
jchovan@otterbein.edu
614.823.1526
Areas of interest: psychiatric & mental health nursing, palliative care, nursing models, gerontology, holistic nursing, health care systems, leadership, quantitative/qualitative research, thinking and learning, and technology.
Barbara Cornett, Ph.D., RN, CNS, CHES
BCornett@otterbein.edu
614.823.1388
Areas of interest: psychiatric nursing, public health, nursing education, informatics, and patient education.
Brian Garrett, MSN, RN, CRNA
Assistant Director, Otterbein/Grant Nurse Anesthesia Program
bgarrett@otterbein.edu
614-823-1823
Areas of interest: Anesthesia (adult), anesthesia machine, and anesthesia pharmacology.
Jackie Haverkamp, DNP-C, RN, CNP, NHA
jhaverkamp@otterbein.edu
614.823.1628
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.
Patricia Keane, Ph.D., RN, Interim Chairperson and Director of Graduate Studies in Nursing
PKeane@otterbein.edu
614.823.1678
Areas of interest: qualitative research, women's health, violence against women, osteoporosis, and health promotion.
Mary McKelvey, PhD, RN, CNS
MMcKelvey@otterbein.edu
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).
Joan Pryor-McCann, Ph.D., RN
JPryor-McCann@otterbein.edu
614.823.1230
Areas of interest: nursing theory (grand-middle range-micro); medical-surgical topics, especially pulmonary/cardiac; legal and ethical issues; research; nursing history; and Nightingale scholarship.
Alicia Ribar, PhDc, RN, CNP
ARibar@otterbein.edu
614.823.1253
Areas of interest: pediatric and women's health; qualitative research; nutritional interventions affecting health; maternal-infant research; and lactation education.
Barbara Schaffner, PhD, RN, CNP
BSchaffner@otterbein.edu
614.823.1735
Areas of interest: research on nursing interventions, child health, alternative therapies; and primary care (pediatric practitioner).
Elizabeth Seibert, PhD, CRNA
eseibert@otterbein.edu
614-823-1326
Areas of interest: anesthesia workforce; rural anesthesia; safety culture, and organizational issues.
Joy Shoemaker, MSN, RN, CRNP
jshoemaker@otterbein.edu
614-823-1912
Areas of interest: women’s health; maternal-child health; pediatric adolescent medicine; and community health.
Elizabeth Sorensen PhD, RN, CNOR
esorenson@otterbein.edu
614-823-1539
Areas of interest: athletics, women’s health, research methods and designs, and perioperative nursing.
Ann Teske, PhD, RN
ateske@otterbein.edu
614-823-1614
Areas of interest: health care management, health policy, evolving roles of advanced practice nurses, complimentary health practices, and effective teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Margie Vogt, PhD, DNP, RN, CNP, CNE, Director DNP Program
MVogt@otterbein.edu
614.823.1426
Areas of interest: quantitative/qualitative research, children with chronic illness, diabetes, oncology, camp nursing, nursing administration, and pediatric practitioner.
Stephen Yermal, PhD, CRNA
Associate Professor of Nursing - Otterbein University
Director - Otterbein University - Grant Medical Center Nurse Anesthesia Program
syermal@otterbein.edu
614.823.1326
Support Staff
Skills Laboratory
Trudy Mason, MS, RN
Skills Lab Supervisor
TMason@otterbein.edu
614.823.1226
Aimee Cerny, BSN, RN
Nursing Skills Laboratory Instructor
acerny@otterbein.edu
614-823-1227
Vanessa Johnson MSN, RN
Nursing Skills Laboratory Instructor
vjohnson@otterbein.edu
614-823-1228
Clinical Coordinators
Johanna Taylor, MSN, RN, CNP
jtaylor@otterbein.edu
614-823-2530
Areas of interest: women's & adolescent health, evidence-based practice, preventative health services, infertility and pregnancy loss.
Holly Herron, MS, RN, CNS, CEN, CCRN, EMT-P
hherron@otterbein.edu
614-823-1277
Areas of interest are: flight nursing; pre-hospital emergency care; emergency and critical care; nursing and pre-hospital education.
Admission’s Counselor/Recruiter
Dorothy Crider MS, RN
Graduate Nursing Admissions Counselor/Recruiter
DCrider@otterbein.edu
614.823.3272
Areas of interest: thought field therapy and complementary therapies.
Administrative Support
Maureen Kaiser
Academic Administrative Assistant
MKaiser@otterbein.edu
614.823.1614
Sharon Buxton
Administrative Coordinator
SBuxton@otterbein.edu
614.823.1614