Congratulations to the SON’s 2024-2025 SoTL Grant Awardees!

The UNC Charlotte School of Nursing is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grants. This program funds faculty projects that explore and enhance teaching and learning practices using rigorous research methods.

Please join us in celebrating the following faculty members and their innovative projects:

Drew McGuffin, DNP, MSN, RN | Carolyn Horne, PhD, MSN, RN, BCB

  • Project Title: Enhancing Nursing Leadership Education Through Virtual Learning Scenarios

Emily Houghton- Palladino, DNP, RN | Rebekah Overcash, MSN, RNC-OB

  • Project Title: A Comparison of Stendent-Centered Outcomes Between Those Who Participate in the PEER Mentorship Program Versus Those Who Do Not Participate

Judith B. Cornelius, PhD, MS, RN, ANEF, FAAN | Othelia Lee, PhD (School of Social Work)

  • Project Title: Enhancing Academic Success Through AI: Strategies for Student Success and Faculty Integration in the Health Services Professions

David Langford, PhD, RN, CNE | Tonya Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AGACNP, CNE, | Angela Lamb, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, RN-CEN

  • Project Title: Taking Primary Care to the Streets: Using a Mobile Health Clinic to Prepare FNP Students to Practice in the Context of Social Determinants

Charlene Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP, BC, CHFN | Katherine Shue-McGuffin, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C | Cory Sheeler, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP | Beth Murray, PhD (Department of Theatre)

  • Project Title: Evaluating the Pedagogical Spaces Between Applied Theatre and Simulation in Graduate Nursing Education: A Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Inquiry

Again, we congratulate all of the awardees and look forward to seeing the impact of their exceptional work on teaching and learning at UNC Charlotte! For more information about the SoTL Grants program, please visit the SoTL Grants Page.