Faculty and Fields of Study
Pat Burbank, DNSc, RN
Professor, College of Nursing
Elderly and meaning in life
Pain management training for nursing assistants
Philip Clark, ScD
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Director, Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center
Elderly and loss
Geriatric Education
Marlene Dufault, PhD, RN
Professor, College of Nursing
Non-drug pain management in hospitalized elderly
Translation of research findings
Ginette Ferszt, PhD, RN, FT
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Prisoners and grief
Creative arts and grief
Diane Gerzevitz, MS, RNP
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Nurse practitioner education in thanatology
International thanatology
Carolyn Hames, MS, RN, FT
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Children and grief
Dianne Kinsey, EdD, RN
Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Nursing
Human responses to loss
Al Killilea, PhD
Professor, Department of Political Science
Political values and death
Gene Knott, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Grief counseling
Organ and tissue donations
Barbara O’Brien, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Symptom management
Jayne Pawasaukas, PharmD
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Pain management and palliative care
Adjunct Instructors
NUR 524/NUR 527:
Marcia Lajoie, MM, MT-BC
Music Therapy
Kerrie Tehan, MA, LMHC
Drama Therapy
Rose Pavlow, MA, RDT
Drama therapy
Marcia Spindell, MA, ADTR
Dance/movement therapy
Naida Weisberg, MA, RDT, BCT
Drama therapy
NUR 525/THN 525
Lark d’Helen, MDiv
Spirituality, religion