Wendy Bauer, PhD, RN

Wendy Bauer
Wendy Bauer, PhD, RNMarquette University

Straz Hall, 520V

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America414-288-0071

Assistant Professor

Education

PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2018

BSN University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2008

Courses Taught

NURS 3201

NURS 6009

Research Interests

Chronic Illness self-management

Social Determinants of Health

Family role in health

Respiratory and allergic disease

Professional Affiliations

American Nurses Association (ANA)/ Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA)

American Public Health Association

International Family Nursing Association

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)

Sigma (Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing)

Wisconsin Public Health Association

Publications

Bauer, W. S., Schiffman, R. F., Ellis, J. E., Erickson, J. M., Polfuss, Taani, M., & Sawin, K. J. (2025). An integrative review of the use of the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory in research. Advances in Nursing Science, 48(2):p E41-E58, April/June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000512

Bauer, W. S., & Schiffman, R. F. (2023).  A center experience with common data elements in chronic illness self-management research. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 45(5), 478–485 https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459221144851

Bauer, W. S., & Schiffman, R. F. (2020). Factors influencing self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by community-dwelling adults. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 42(6), 423–430. https://doi.org /10.1177/0193945919865532

Mkandawire-Valhmu, L., Bauer, W. S., Stevens, P. E., Galvao, L. W., Grande, K. M., Yerges, A., Emer, L., Mwenyekonde, T., & Weinhardt, L. (2020). Rural Malawian women's resistance to systematic oppression, violence, and abuse by their husbands. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(1-2), 268–293. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516682518

Yerges, A. L., Stevens, P. E., Mkandawire-Valhmu, L., Bauer, W., Mwenyekonde, T., Weinhardt, L. S., & Galvao, L. W. (2017). Women's narratives of living in polygamous marriages: Rural Malawian experience distilled and preserved in poetic constructions. Health Care for Women International, 38(8), 873–891. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1326494

Honors and Awards

2022 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Edward Penson Faculty Award

2012-2015 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Advanced Opportunity Fellowship Recipient