Faculty

Linda S. Paskiewicz, PhD, CNM, RN
Professor and Director of Nursing

E-mail: lpaskie@saintmarys.edu

Specialty:

  • Women's Health

Courses:

  • Nursing Research

Research Area:

  • Obesity and Women's Health
  • Bariatric Surgery

Education:
Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois - BSN
University of Illinois, Chicago - MS
University of Illinois, Chicago - PhD
University of Pennsylvania - Post Doc

Jayne Kendle

Jayne Kendle RNC, MS(N)
Associate Professor

E-mail: jkendle@saintmarys.edu

Specialty:

  • Pediatric Nursing - Certified Obstetric Nurse
  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Respite Care

Courses:

  • Child Health Nursing
  • Introduction to Professional Nursing

Education:
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN - BSN
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri - MSN

Ella Sue Harmeyer

Ella Sue Harmeyer RN, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing

E-mail: harmeyer@saintmarys.edu

Specialty:

  • Community Health Nursing

Courses:

  • Community and Public Health Nursing
  • Women's Health

Education:
Indiana University - BSN
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - MS

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Annette Peacock-Johnson, MSN, RN, BC
Associate Professor

E-mail: ajohnson@saintmarys.edu

Specialty:

  • Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Gerontology

Courses:

  • Intro to Professional Nursing
  • Nursing of Adult - Chronic
  • Understanding the Older Adult

Education:
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL - BSN
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - MSN

Nano Farabaugh

Nano Farabaugh RN, MS, RTC
Associate Professor

E-mail: nfarabau@saintmarys.edu

Specialty:

  • Psychiatric Nursing

Courses:

  • Psychiatric Nursing
  • Suicidology

Education:
College of Saint Teresa, Winona, MN - BS
University of Massachusettes - MS

Susan Cataldo

Susan Cataldo
Administrative Assistant

E-mail: scataldo@saintmarys.edu

Education:

 Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan, BS


Mary Alice Byrn, PhD
Assistant Professor

E-mail:

Speciality:

  • Maternal Health

Courses:

  • Perinatal Nursing

Education: Loyola University, Chicago, PhD

Hope College, Holland, Michigan, BSN

Mary Wcisel

Mary Wcisel, RN, MSN
Associate Professor

E-mail: mwcisel@saintmarys.edu

Speciality:

  • Medical Surgical Nursing

Courses:

  • Intro to Professional Nursing
  • Advanced Adult Health
  • Nursing Leadership

Education:
Ball State University - BSN
Indiana University - MSN

Cindy Iavagnilio

Cindy Iavagnilio, MSN, CRNA
Assistant Professor

E-mail: ciavagni@saintmarys.edu

Speciality:

  • Med Surg Nursing
  • Nurse Anesthetist

Courses:

  • Essentials of Nursing Practice

Education:
BSN, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
MSN, Edinboro University, Edinboro,PA
Anesthesia: Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA

Mary Kay Welle

Mary Kay Welle, MSN,RN,CNS, ONC
Assistant Professor

E-mail: mwelle@saintmarys.edu

Courses:

  • Nursing of Adults - Acute
  • Intro to Professional Nursing

Education:
BSN, Indiana University at South Bend, IN
MSN, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

Trish Keresztes

Trish Keresztes, PhD, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor

E-mail: pkereszt@saintmarys.edu

Speciality:

  • Critical Care
  • Leadership

Courses:

  • Adult Health-Advanced
  • Nursing Leadership
  • Nursing Research

Education:

 BSN, Indiana University
MS, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
PhD., University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

  

 

Juliana Mwose, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC
Visiting Assistant Professor

E-mail: jmwose@saintmarys.edu

Speciality: Critical Care of the Adult  

Courses:

  • Adult Health-Advanced
  • Nursing Leadership
  • Intro to Professional Nursing
  • Pharmacology for Nursing

Education: BSN,Indiana University,South Bend,IN

MSN,Indiana University/Purdue,Indianapolis, IN