Editorial Boards : AJN The American Journal of Nursing

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Editor-in-Chief

Carl A. Kirton, DNP, MBA, RN, ANP​

Editorial Board

Amanda Anderson, MPA, MSN, RN
Patricia Connor Ballard, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC
Kenya V. Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, NP-C, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN
Laura Cullen, DNP, RN, FAAN
Patricia D'Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN
Margo A. Halm, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Katheren Koehn, MA, RN, FAAN
Ramón Lavandero, MA, MSN, FAAN
Linda MacIntyre, PhD, RN
Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
​William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN​
Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Christopher A. VanFosson, PhD, MSN/MHA, RN
Patricia S. Yoder-Wise, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAONL, FAAN

Journal Oversight Committee

Chairperson
Annette Flanagin, MA, RN, FAAN,
Executive Managing Editor and Vice President
Vice President, Editorial Operations, JAMA and the JAMA Network

Peggy L. Chinn, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Nursing Science

David M. Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN
Executive Director
Washington State Nurses Association

Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Consultant, Professional Development
National League for Nursing

Bill Silberg
Director of Communications
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Cheryl A. Smart, MA, MBA
Publishing Consultant

Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN
Publisher, American Journal of Nursing
Chief Nurse, Wolters Kluwer Health
Health, Learning, Research & Practice

International Advisory Board

Naeema Al-Gasseer, PhD, RN, Egypt
Andrea Baumann, PhD, RN, Canada
Jane O'Malley, PhD, RN, New Zealand
Fatima Al Rifai, PhD, RN, United Arab Emirates 
Maria Schubert, PhD, RN, Switzerland
Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
Josefina A. Tuazon, DrPH, RN, Philippines

Contributing Editors

Amanda Anderson, MPA, MSN, RN
Diane Aschenbrenner, MS, RN
Edie A. Brous, MPH, MS, JD, RN
Theresa Brown, PhD, RN
Margaret Carman, DNP, ACNP-BC, ENP-BC, FAEN
Marianne Matzo, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN
Karin Morin, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Carole R. Myers, PhD, RN, FAAN
Madeleine Mysko, MA, RN
Douglas Olsen, PhD, RN
Tracy Ortelli, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Barbara J. Polivka, PhD, RN, FAAN
Donna Sabella, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

Former Editors

Sophia F. Palmer, 1900-1920
Mary M. Roberts, 1921-1949
Nell V. Beeby, 1949-1956
Jeanette V. White, 1956-1957
Edith P. Lewis, 1957-1959
Barbara G. Schutt, 1959-1971
Thelma M. Schorr, 1971-1981
Mary B. Mallison, 1981-1993
Lucille A. Joel, 1993-1998
Diana J. Mason, 1998-2009​
Maureen Shawn Kennedy, 2009-2022​