Co-Chair, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership | Associate Professor, Nursing | DNP, MS, RN, PHN, CNE | Online & On Campus RN, PHN, CNE

Program Coordinator, Master of Healthcare Administration | Professor | DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-B...

Program Coordinator, Master of Healthcare Administration | Professor | DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC | Online Innovative, tenured professor bringing over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience to help develop future healthcare leaders and graduate nursing professionals. Adept in graduate course delivery and healthcare leadership curriculum development, along with accreditation activities to support programs. Expertise in healthcare policy, strategy, operations management, leadership, informatics, and helping students develop their final, scholarly capstone projects. Executive healthcare leadership experience that is translated into the the online classroom. Research interests include interprofessional collaboration, graduate curriculum development, competency-based learning/outcomes in healthcare leaders, and burnout in healthcare professionals.

Co-Chair, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership | Program Coordinator, Health Services...

Co-Chair, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership | Program Coordinator, Health Services Administration & Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies | Certified in Lean Process Improvement Methodology & Online Teaching Certified in Bioinformatics DHSC

Dr. Ximena Suarez-Sousa’s professional background is in educational psychology. She holds ...

Dr. Ximena Suarez-Sousa’s professional background is in educational psychology. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Louisville (KY). Dr. Suarez-Sousa is currently a core faculty in the Educational Leadership doctoral program at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM). Back in her native Peru, she conducted Applied Behavioral Analysis interventions to students with severe disabilities, provided counseling and training to families, as well as conducted research on parental stress, and validation of translated into Spanish psychoeducational assessment tools. From 2010 to 2019 she was faculty in the School of Teaching and Learning and served as the Special Education Master’s Degree Program Coordinator for 9 years. Dr. Suarez-Sousa also functioned as Co-Coordinator of Teacher Education Assessment and Accreditation for approximately 3 years as well as served as Site Visitor/Evaluator for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Her research interests include psychoeducational metrics’ norm development, validity and reliability studies, program impact studies, and adult learning orientation / online instructional practices. Most of her research is conducted within the quantitative research paradigm. Dr. Suarez-Sousa is the managing editor of The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning (IJGLL).

Program Coordinator, Graduate Nursing | Professor | PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE | Online