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President's
Letter
New
President sets direction for new year-announces activities
including new Board member!
 Sir Isaac
Newton noted that, "If I have seen farther than others, it is
because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." As a nurse
who has always worked with older adults, I am keenly aware of those
giants who came before, who had the vision, who prepared the way,
and who did the difficult work so that we all might benefit. At
this time of transfer of leadership, I am grateful to all the
former presidents of SNRS who came before, starting with Dr. D.
Jean Woods in 1986 and extending through the most recent term of Dr.
D. Patty Gray, who was instrumental in buttressing the
infrastructure of SNRS. As we look forward to SNRS's Silver
Anniversary in 2011, we seek to honor the best of the past and move
ahead with a vibrant vision of the future.
In charting this year's path, I look forward to implementing the
newly worded vision statement of the Society: Promoting Nursing
Research in the South. I believe that this will be accomplished
through several mechanisms-establishing the primacy of the Research
Interest Groups, re-engagement and continued engagement of
mid-level and senior scientists, and the initiation a robust plan
for development to provide resources for members. Additionally, the
Society will need to decide how actively it wants to connect with
nurses in the Bahamas and the countries of the Caribbean and Latin
America, an expansion of our membership that was put forth in 1991.
The Research Interest Groups (RIGs) are on the ascendency due to
the hard work of the Board liaisons-Drs. Barbara Haberman and
Jennifer Wenzel as well as the Chairs of the RIGs. This year
SOJNR moves to its new format led by our new Managing Editor, Dr.
Judith Lewis: special interest issues sponsored by the RIGs
with the Education and Health Promotion RIGs acting as pathfinders.
Editors for these issues are Drs. Carol Boswell and Ellen
Buckner, and Dr. Sheila Davis, respectively. At the annual
conference in Birmingham, for the first time the Parent Child RIG
honored a student poster with the Marjorie Miles Award given to Barbara
Jackson of University of Louisville for her poster entitled,
Adaptation & Resiliency in African American Mothers. The
Qualitative RIG sponsored a very successful pre- conference
symposium, and for the second year in a row, a RIGs-sponsored
symposia occurred during the regular meeting hosted by the
Parent-Child RIG. As I promised when campaigning for this
presidency, I plan to devote the energies of the Society to
building the RIGs; this critical component allows us to offer a valuable
resource for members outside of specialty organizations. Please
contact Dr. Jennifer Wenzel
if you are interested in leadership opportunities or to check out
the RIGs
in the Members
Only section of the web site to become actively involved in one
of the 15 RIGs.
One had only to sit in the audience during this year's Awards
Luncheon to realize the depth and strength of the established
researchers who are members of SNRS. Looking across the audience
that day, SNRS certainly could be called the nexus of research in
the southern region. We wish to acknowledge the continued support
given by the established nurse scholars and reach out to cultivate
new members of that group. Future meetings will actively recognize
and involve the senior scientists in our midst; special activities
and other networking opportunities are planned.
We are moving forward in our plans for the future as our 25th
anniversary approaches in 2011. We aspire to achieve "$250,000
by 25" through our Research Endowment Campaign. We are honored
to have Dr. Mary Walker, Dean of the Marcella Niefhoff
School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago join the Board as
the Director of Development. Dean Walker was President of SNRS from
1994-96. (Please note the changes to the Bylaws
that were approved are now posted on the website that support this
new position.)
Recently the Council
for the Advancement of Nursing Science steering committee met
in Washington, DC, at the same time as the National Nursing
Research Roundtable, and finalized plans for the State of the
Science Congress in Washington, DC, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel from
October 2-4. All of the regional research organizations were
represented, and SNRS will have the honor of having five award
winning members (Small Grants, Student Posters) share invited
posters at the session: Frances Ballard (University of North
Carolina Greensboro), Rebecca Carbley (Emory University ),
Gwendolyn Hayes (University of Kentucky), Elizabeth Gressle Tovar
(University of Kentucky), and Patricia Weinstein (University of
Central Florida). We will advance the winners of the poster
awards from our meeting in Birmingham. Additionally, the winners of
the SNRS 'Nurse as Scientist' podcast contest, Susan Baxley
and Kathryn Daniel of the University of Texas- Arlington
will be competing with the three other regional research society's
winners. Look for their podcast to be posted on the SNRS site soon.
We wish them the best of luck!
SNRS is rapidly moving forward and will continue to communicate
with members through electronic media. Please let us know what the
Board and I can do to make this organization meet your needs! Elaine
J. Amella, PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN President PS - It's not too
early to put 'SNRS-Baltimore
February 11-14, 2009' on your calendar! See Dr. Rice's article for
future sites.
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Thoughts
from the Editor
Editor
Summarizes SNRS Activities; Special Thanks to Dr. Boswell
 This past year
has been an exciting time for SNRS and nursing. Over the year, we
have seen several changes and new opportunities. SNRS has appointed
a new editor - Judith A. Lewis, PhD, RNC, FAAN Managing Editor -
for the SOJNR. Dr. Lewis is busy with getting the SOJNR. The annual
conference was a HUGE success during the month of February. Many of
the items included within the newsletter reflect the different
aspects which occurred during the conference. A pre-session for
Doctoral students resulted in several "Top Ten Tips" which
have been provided for reflection. Although the Top Ten Tips were
prepared for doctoral students, you can quickly see that the
information included is valuable for other groups as well. In other
information included within the newsletter, you have a letter from
the outgoing president - Patty Gray. Her work over the past two
years has been successful at moving SNRS forward into a new era.
Thanks Patty for all of your work.
A special thank you goes out to Dr. Carol Boswell who is leaving
her position as Editor of Southern Connections with this
newsletter. During her tenure, the newsletter highlighted important
issues for the organization and did an especially fine job of
featuring the activities of the Research Interest Groups. The RIGS
are the very heart of SNRS and through Carol's guidance, the
membership felt recognized and valued, as well as having their work
showcased. Dr. Boswell also effectively used the online format to
create a publication for which we could all be proud. We are all
indebted to Carol for her wonderful service to SNRS!
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Upcoming
Annual Conferences:
Marti Rice, President-Elect, SNRS
Places
and dates for Annual Conferences 2009-2012 announced. We're going
back to N.O. in 2012!!!
 As you make
your plans for the annual meetings of the Southern Nursing Research
Society, the following information may be helpful. In 2009, the
23rd Annual Conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the
Hyatt Regency Baltimore, February 11-14, 2009. The following year,
2010, the Annual Conference will be held at the Hilton Austin,
Austin, TX, February 4 - 6, 2010. For our 25th Anniversary in 2011,
the Annual Conference will be held in Jacksonville, FL at the Hyatt
Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront, February 17-19, 2011. Plan now for
a gala event! In 2012, we will be going to New Orleans for our
Annual Conference in 2012. As many of you know, we had planned to
be in New Orleans for the 2006 annual conference but Hurricane
Katrina scuttled those plans. The Local Planning Committee from New
Orleans asked for another opportunity, so hopefully 2012 will be
the year!
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SNRS
Special Awards
Three
senior researchers receive top honors at annual meeting for
excellence in scholarship.
This year the Awards Committee was honored to select three esteemed
members whose lifetime achievements in scholarship merited special
honors from their peers.
SNRS Distinguished Researcher Award
This award recognizes the lifetime achievements of an individual
whose established program of research has enhanced the science and
practice of nursing in the Southern region.
The 2008
recipient is Nancy L. McCain, DNS, RN, FAAN. Dr. McCain is a
Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Nursing. Her theoretical and empirical work in the area of
psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is internationally known and has guided
her federally funded work in the areas of stress management
interventions for persons with cancer and HIV. Furthermore, she has
conducted research in the area of PNI and complimentary clinical
interventions. Funders for this important work include the National
Cancer Institute, the National Institute for Nursing Research and
the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. At
Virginia Commonwealth University, she was key in developing an NINR
P20 Center for Biobehavioral Clinical Research, which supports
faculty research, and she has mentored students on prestigious
pre-doctoral NRSA awards. She has served on numerous NIH study
sections and is a reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Nursing,
Nursing Research, and Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Her
nominator noted that, "The work that she has undertaken was a
forerunner of what has now been identified at the NIH as clinical
and translational research. The complexity of her work is reflected
in the amount of national funding she has received and its impact
can be partly judged by the extensive dissemination of her
findings. ...Her mentorship is unassuming and thoughtful. She is a
team player in all sense of that expression."
SNRS/ John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Research Award
This award recognizes the contributions of an individual whose
established program of research has enhanced the science and
practice of geriatric nursing in the Southern region.
The 2008
recipient is Gail Davis, EdD, RN. Dr. Davis is a Professor
of Nursing in the College of Nursing at Texas Woman's University
(TWU) in Denton. Her primary research interests have been in the
area of arthritis, osteoporosis, and chronic pain management with
older adults. In 2005, Dr. Davis' geriatric research and its
practice applications were recognized by the American College of
Rheumatology when she received its Master Clinician Award. She has
published multiple book chapters and manuscripts in Research in
Nursing & Health, Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Her
nominator wrote, "Dr. Davis is passionate about her work,
cares about the older adults with whom she comes in contact, and is
a genuinely sincere scholar who is interested in making
contributions that will improve the quality of life for older
adults with osteoporosis, arthritis, fractures and chronic pain.
"
SNRS Award for Research in Minority Health
The purpose of this award is to recognize the contributions of an
individual or a group conducting and/or promoting research that has
significance for improving the health care of minorities and other
under-represented groups in the Southern region.
The 2008
recipient for the SNRS Award for Research in Minority Health is Linda
Moneyham DNS, RN, FAAN, Professor and Rachel Z. Booth Endowed
Chair at University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing and
Senior Scientist at the Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness
Research and Education at The University of Alabama at Birmingham,
and is a Visiting Research Professor at The University of South
Carolina College of Nursing, Columbia, SC. She currently has an R01
to test the effectiveness of two formats for delivery of a peer
counseling intervention designed for rural women with HIV disease.
Has multiple publications in journals such as International Journal
of Nursing Studies and Nursing Research and has coauthored book
chapters. Her nominators wrote, "Dr. Moneyham's research
focuses on a highly vulnerable population of women in the
southeastern United States, HIV-infected women. In particular, Dr.
Moneyham has made significant contributions to our understanding of
the process of stress, coping, and adaptation the life-threatening
illness of HIV/AIDS." "She has dedicated herself and her
professional career to improving the lives of HIV- infected women.
She does not just study the women, she truly cares for them."
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Annual
Conference Awards Presented
D.
Jean Wood Award honors manuscript from UAB researchers; Student
poster presenters garner 9 awards!
The 2008 D.
Jean Wood Nursing Scholarship Award was announced at the Society's
Annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama in February. The winning
paper, "The Effectiveness of Psychoeducational Support
Interventions on Quality of Life Among Rural Breast Cancer
Survivors," was authored by Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN,
Patrick McNees, PhD, FAAN, Xiaogang Su, PhD, and Lauren A. Hassey,
BSN. The research group is from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham and the University of Central Florida. The D. Jean Wood
Nursing Scholarship Award, named in honor of the first SNRS
President, recognizes the contributions of a researcher who has
enhanced the science and practice of nursing in the Southern
region. Read the abstract.
The annual meeting showcased excellence in student scholarship as
well. Student Poster Awards were presented for all 3 poster
sessions. First place winners received a $75 award, and second
place winners received $25. First authors of winning student
posters (with institutional affiliation and poster title) were:
First place Session 1, Rebecca Carbley, Emory University NHW School
of Nursing, Feasibility and Effectiveness of Pedometer-Based
Self-Monitoring to Increase Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity in
African Americans with Metabolic Syndrome
First place Session 2, Elizabeth Tovar, University of Kentucky
College of Nursing, Development of the Health Beliefs Related to
Cardiovascular Disease (HBCVD) Scale
First place Session 3, Gwendolyn Hayes, University of Kentucky, GIS
Mapping: Tobacco Smoke, Radon, and Lung Cancer
Second place, Session 1, Clarence Byrd, The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Body Mass Index and Weight Perceptions in
Pre-Hypertensive and Hypertensive Black Americans
Second place, Session 2, Barbara Jackson, School of Nursing
University of Louisville, Adaptation & Resiliency in African
American Mothers
Second place, Session 3, Mei-Kuei Tai, The University of Texas at
Houston, Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Physical Activity in Heart
Failure
Honorable mention, Session 1, Deborah Lekan University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, Fatigue and Physical Activity in Older Men
and Women after Myocardial Infarction
Honorable mention, Session 2, Mary Cazzell, University of Texas at
Arlington, Adolescent Inhalant Use: Analysis and Assessment Using
the Middle Range Theory of Adolescent Vulnerability to Risk
Behaviors
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Small
Grants and Dissertation Awards
2007
Small Grant and Dissertation Award winners acknowledged with
featured poster presentations at annual meeting.
In 2007, two aspiring doctoral scholars received support from SNRS
for their dissertations and two. Patricia Weinstein from the
University of Central Florida was selected to receive the Council
for Advancement of Nursing Science/ SNRS Nursing Science
Advancement Dissertation Grant Award for 2007. The title of her
grant is Awareness of Increased Risk for Heart Disease and
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women with SLE.
Frankie
Ballard from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
was selected to receive the SNRS Dissertation Award for 2007. The
title of her grant is Homeless Sheltered Women's Health
Promotion Behaviors.
Selected to
receive the two SNRS Small Grant Awards were: Dr. Charlene
Kreuger from the University of Florida at Gainesville for her
proposal entitled, Heart Rate Variability and Learning in the
Preterm; and Dr. Vanessa Johnson
from the
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for her proposal
entitled, Participation of Native Americans in Genetic and
Genomic Research.
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Aging/Gerontology RIG Update
Aging
RIG honors Dr. Flood at Birmingham meeting; sponsoring symposium
for 2009 meeting.
Eileen Rossen, Chair
Leanne Lefler, Co-Chair
The Aging/Gerontology Research Interest Group proudly announces
that Dr. Meredith Flood from the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte received our 1st "Rising Investigator Award" at
our RIG meeting during the February, 2008 Southern Nursing Research
Society's 22nd annual conference in Birmingham Alabama. This
competitive award recognizes one Aging RIG member a year that
conducts Gerontological nursing research "which has the
potential to enhance the science and practice of gerontological
nursing". Dr. Flood's work focuses on healthy and successful
aging. I would like to thank our Awards Committee who reviewed the
applications: Dr. Leanne Lefler, chair, and Drs. Elaine Souder,
Catherine Cole, Pao Feng Tsai, and Suzanne Prevost.
Our annual meeting was exciting for a number of reasons. The John
A. Hartford Foundation, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing
Capacity Program and the Hartford Center of Geriatric
Nursing Excellence at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
co-hosted our RIG meeting and provided delicious refreshments. We
had 36 attendees who shared their research interests and Dr. Flood
gave a summary of her work. Many of the RIG members presented
papers and/or poster at the conference. Please check out our RIG
website at SNRS for our announcement for abstract submission for an
Aging Gerontology RIG sponsored symposium for the 2009 conference.
Hope to see you at the 2009 conference!
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Letter
from the Outgoing President
President
Patty Gray Finishes 2-Year Term; Highlights Activities and
Acknowledges Assistance
 It's amazing
how quickly two years goes by. When I began my term of office as
President in 2006, SNRS had just signed a contract with an
inclusive management firm, Resource Center for Associations. The
transition to the new management company was viewed as an
opportunity for SNRS to achieve enhanced effectiveness and growth.
Looking back, our relationship with our management company has far
exceeded our hopes. Our Executive Director, David Stumph, has been
incredibly patient in working through the thousands of details
involved in completing the transition. Our fiscal practices have
been examined and revised, contracts have been obtained for future
meeting sites, and membership services have resulted in membership
exceeding 1300 for the first time ever. Dave has helped expand the
Board's knowledge of current recommended association management
practices. We can feel confident that we are poised to serve as a
national model for association effectiveness. Personally, I could
not have asked for a more optimal support than has been provided by
our headquarters staff. In addition to our Executive Director, it
has been my pleasure to work with Kristi Klinke who coordinates
member services. She is unfailingly helpful and patient. The other
members of the staff at headquarters, most recently Barbara Trumbo,
are also dedicated to providing timely and effective service to the
SNRS membership and the members of the Board.
Over the past two years, the members of the SNRS Governing Board
have also worked diligently to help advance SNRS and our ability to
achieve the purposes for which SNRS was founded. Together, the
members of the Board formed a collective leadership group that I
experienced as dedicated, enthusiastic, committed and creative. We
dove into some necessary but at times tedious tasks--a detailed
review of the Bylaws to help ensure that the organization is
positioned to respond to the challenges of being a non-profit
membership driven organization in the 21st century. We carefully
monitored the fiscal status of the organization and with
painstaking attention to detail, made investment decisions to
provide for long term financial stability and growth. We were
committed to the resurgence of the Research Interest Groups and to
the research development of our membership. Both the RIGS and the
small grants program have grown over the past two years and future
growth is expected. Perhaps most exciting, we established a
research endowment fund and have announced the $250,000 Campaign
for the 25th Anniversary. The achievement of this goal will expand
our small grants program and ensure its viability into the future.
It has been an exciting and rewarding two years. Thanks to each of
you for your participation and engagement in SNRS, from your
financial contributions to the research fund or participation in
the annual Silent Auction to your involvement as a presenter at the
annual meeting; from your service as a chair of a RIG or state liaison
to your leadership as a Board member; from your membership renewal
to your contributions to our research endowment-the opportunities
are boundless and your efforts are appreciated! I look forward to
continuing to serve the organization in whatever ways I may. I hope
each of you also consider your answer to the question-"what
can I do and how can I continue to contribute to making SNRS the
best possible regional research society?" My best wishes to
each of you and again, thank you for the opportunity to serve.
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SNRS
Membership News
Membership
passes 1,300 through the hard work of the Membership Committee! Opportunities
for State Liaison exist.
This has been an exciting year with many accomplishments for SNRS
and that definitely includes growth of the membership. If you did
not get the news-the number of SNRS members went over 1,300 two
weeks before the Birmingham 2008 conference. Many of you have
contributed to this growth of our organization and I especially
want to thank the Membership Committee who worked throughout the
year to achieve this goal. The Membership Committee is made up of
the State Liaisons from each of the 14 member states and is chaired
by one of the members at large of the SNRS Board. I want to take
this opportunity to send them a big "THANK YOU" to the
committee (Liaisons) for their work. Ten of the 14 members gathered
for a brief committee meeting during the 2008 Birmingham conference
and met Kristi Klinke who coordinates our membership data at the
Resource Centre. The membership is monitored by a State Liaison who
welcomes new members, does follow up on members who have not
renewed, and seeks new members from within their state. I encourage
each of you to check out the SNRS website to learn more about the
State Liaisons, their roles, and the current membership for each
state. Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina state liaison positions
recently became open so e-mail me if you have interest in being
considered for any one of those positions.
Martha Alligood,
SNRS Board member and Director of Membership
alligoodmar@suddenlink.net
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Welcome
to Dr. Mary Walker - Newest Board Member
Dr.
Walker first to assume position of Director of Development
 In April, the
Nominating Committee forwarded to the Board Mary Klotz Walker,
RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean of the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
at the Loyola University Chicago as the Board member to fill the
newly created Board position of Director of Development. Dr. Walker
was the only qualified candidate who applied for the position and
in consultation with SNRS parliamentarian, it was decided not to
call a special election with only one candidate, but to approve Dr.
Walker as a motion by the Board. Dr.
Walker was President of SNRS from 1994-96 and comes to us with
impeccable fund-raising talents. We look forward to her wisdom and
guidance as we move toward our goal of raising $250,000 by our 25th
Anniversary in 2011! More news to come!
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Introduction of New Board Members
Dr.
Anne Stiles from Texas Woman's University in Denton Elected
Member-at-Large
Anne Scott Stiles, PhD, RN
Governing Board, Member-at-large
Chair, Communications Committee
Dr. Stiles is a professor and Associate Dean at Texas
Woman's University in Denton Texas. She teaches in the doctoral
program in the Research and Theory course, Instrumentation, and
Explorations in Theory, along with chairing many dissertations.
After assuming the role of Interim Associate Dean in the fall of
2007, she assumed the position of principal investigator for the
Department of Education grant, Graduate Assistance in Areas of
National Need (GAANN). This program will assist in reducing the
faculty shortage by permitting doctoral fellows to progress full-time
through the program with an emphasis on nursing education. They
receive stipends and full payment of tuition and fees. Fellows also
have the opportunity to get mentored assistance as they work with
nurses and administration in a local hospital, Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton, which has provided a 25% matching grant.
Dr. Stiles' research focus is maternal sensitivity and infant
secure attachment in adolescent parent-infant dyads. She has
conducted several small pilot studies, including one intervention
study. She received training in conducting and scoring the
Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure through Alan Sroufe and
Elizabeth Carlson at the University of Minnesota. She also received
training on the NCAST tools and the FIRST Parenting Intervention at
the University of Washington. Another area of focus has been
personal space boundaries in which she has over 10 publications. As
a part of a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona
in the early nineties, Dr. Stiles developed a theory of personal
space boundaries with an accompanying instrument.
In service to her profession, Dr. Stiles reviews manuscripts for
several journals, including the Journal of Child and Family
Studies, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, and Journal of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. She is an active member of her
local Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Beta chapter, serving on the executive
board in recent years. Dr. Stiles joined SNRS in 1996 upon moving
to the region. She has attended the conference nearly every year,
has presented at several, and has served on the planning committee
for two of the conferences. Her passion for research is fueled by
the desire to empower nursing as a highly respected science in the
health care arena.
As a new member of the SNRS governing board, and chair of the
Communications Committee, Dr. Stiles has several goals. The web
page will be updated on a regular basis, and has been enhanced with
a new Doctoral Student page. She envisions this page as a resource for
doctoral students to find scholarships, conferences, and a place to
chat with peers from other schools. The web page will also be
getting updated with new information about each Research Interest
Group (RIG) as the year progresses. The Southern Connections Newsletter will be published three times
a year. The Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research will be published four
times a year facilitated by Judy Lewis, Managing Editor. If you
would like to serve on the Communications Committee or have any
suggestions for the web site or any of these publications, please
let me know at astiles@mail.twu.edu. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you in this
capacity.
Dr. Mona Shattell of University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Elected Secretary
Mona M. Shattell, PhD, RN
Governing Board, Secretary
Dr. Shattell is Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She teaches
undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing, and a graduate law
and policy course in addition to mentoring undergraduate students
in research and serving on multiple doctoral dissertation
committees. She is the co-faculty advisor to an interdisciplinary
UNCG student organization Health and Social Justice (HSJ)
which aims to connect the community and HSJ members to
improve access to health resources, expand students' experiences
through community involvement and education, and facilitate
discussion and awareness of health disparities.
Her research has focused primarily on mental health, health care
environments, patient-provider relationships, and health
disparities in the access, use, and perception of mental health
services. One of her current projects is a feasibility study of a
cognitive- behavioral group therapy intervention for depressed
Spanish-speaking Latina women. Dr. Shattell facilitates a
community-based participatory research team comprised of community
members and academic researchers from multiple disciplines to
conduct mental health research for Latina women.
Dr. Shattell is participating in the Sigma Theta Tau International
Mentored Leadership Program (formerly known as Chiron Mentoring
Program) to learn the role of scholarly journal editor from mentor
Dr. Sandra Thomas, editor of Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
Dr. Shattell is an Associate Editor of Issues in Mental Health
Nursing and she shares (with New Zealander Dr. Tony MacCulloch)
a monthly column titled, "Comments, Critique, and
Inspiration." Currently, Dr. Shattell is the principal
investigator on a study of the quality of the peer-review process,
which she is conducting with co- investigators Dr. Peggy Chinn, Dr.
Sandra Thomas, and Dr. Richard Cowling.
Dr. Shattell joined SNRS in 1999 during her first year of her
doctoral program. The following year, in 2000, she joined the
Communications Committee, serving first as a student representative
(2000-2002) and then as a regular member (2002-2006). In 2006, she
became a member of the Membership Committee as the North Carolina
State Liaison. This year she was elected to the SNRS Governing
Board as the Secretary.
Dr. Shattell's initial goal is to assemble a committee of Society
members to assist in developing policies and procedures related to
archiving documents of historical importance to the Society, and to
begin planning for a "History of SNRS" presentation for
the 25th anniversary celebration. Dr. Shattell extends her
gratitude to the following SNRS members who have already agreed to
serve on this committee: Dr. Barbara Holtzclaw, Dr. Debra Wallace,
Dr. Sandra Thomas, and Dr. Susan Appel. Anyone interested in
joining this committee should email Dr. Shattell at mona.shattell@gmail.com.
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SNRS
Endowment Fund and Investment Strategies
Treasurer
Carolyn Lewis explains newly adopted conservative investment
strategy and endowment fund.
The SNRS Board of Directors decided to invest the Society's Reserve
Account funds, approximately 85% of SNRS's annual operating costs,
as a means of maximizing its value. Increased interest income will
then allow additional funds to be set aside in the newly
established Research Endowment Fund; when the Board met last
September it was decided that $10,000 would be set aside as seed
money for the Fund. The goal is to increase this Endowment Fund to
$100,000 over the next 5 - 10 years, thus assuring our ability to
support member's research through dissertation and grant awards.
During July and August 2007, Board members were surveyed regarding
choices for financial investment of reserve funds and results were
compiled by the investment firm of Citigroup Smith Barney. During
the September 2007 meeting, the Board reviewed the recommendations
as proposed, and agreed to adopt a 'conservative' investment
approach, which should garner an 8% return on investment.
Maturities on investments for the operating fund will be limited to
one year or less. The Executive Director and Treasurer will monitor
investments closely and, working with the investment firm,
determine appropriate adjustments as needed. These moves should
insure continued solvency of SNRS.
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Opportunity
for SNRS leadership - Editor of Southern Connections!
Leadership
opportunity through Editorship
With the resignation of Dr. Carol Boswell, the Board invites the
membership to apply for the Editor position for Southern
Connections. The Editor plays a key role in showcasing the work of
members, as well as assuring members receive news of the
organization and the scholarly community. Editorship of this online
newsletter involves regular interface with the Chair of the
Communications Committee, Dr. Anne Stiles, as well as staff at the
Resource Center, who provide operational guidance. If you're a
detail-oriented individual who can work against deadlines and would
like an opportunity for growth and leadership in SNRS please
contact Dr. Stiles at astiles@mail.twu.edu.
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