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Lea Acord, PhD, RN

Office Phone:

(414) 288-3821

E-Mail:

lea.acord@marquette.edu

Specialization

Nursing education, nursing administration, pediatric nursing

Highest Degree

PhD - University of Pittsburgh

Additional Descriptors

  • Currently Executive Director of the Wisconsin Center for Nursing
  • Former Dean of the College of Nursing

Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught

  • "Culture and Health" - provides a cultural perspective of the concepts of health and illness and the relationship of health care behaviors and beliefs to culture and social structure.  The expected outcome is a greater appreciation for human diversity related to culture and health.

Selected Publications

Collaboration and Innovation in Nursing Education, Chengdu, PR China

Issues and Innovations in Nursing, California Institute for Nursing and Health Care, San Franciso, CA

Building Nursing Leaders Through Scholarship, STTI Biennial Convention, Toronto, Canada

Extramural Grants or Awards

Team Leader for 'Team Wisconsin' - RWJ Nursing Education Summit, 2008

Project Manager, Wisconsin Health Workforce Data Collaborative Project,(submitted) 2008

Editor/Reviewer/Consultant

  • External reviewer - tenure and promotion dossiers

Professional Affiliations

  • Treasurer, Wisconsin Nurses Association
  • Delegate to ANA convention

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Acord, Lea

Bekhet, Abir

Belknap, Ruth

Boaz, Lesley
Bobay, Kathleen

Bratt, Marilyn
Bull, Margaret
Dressler, Diane
Fehring, Richard
Frenn, Marilyn

Glasenapp, Kate
Haglund, Kristin
Hanson, Lisa
Jones, Kelli

Kosmoski-Goepfert, Kerry
Kowatsch, Judith

Laabs, Carolyn Ann

Lough, Mary Ann
O'Brien, Maureen

Piacentine, Linda

Poedel, Robin
Rhone, Gloria

Schweitzer, Tracy

Sebern, Margaret

Shaw, Christine
Stohrer, Fr. Walter
VandeVusse, Leona
Wake, Madeline

Weiss, Marianne

Woda, Aimee

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