Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword Janice G. Brewington, PhD, RN, FAAN Preface Pamela V. Hammond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Core Values, Visibility and Leadership in Nursing Education: An African American Nurse Leader's Perspective Beverly Malone PhD, RN, FAAN Chapter 2: Personality and Depression: Affects on Academic Achievement in College Students Bertha L. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Spencer R. Baker, PhD, CCFC Chapter 3: Enhancing Student Understanding of Challenges Faced by African Americans Related to Cancer Prevention and Control Sandra Millon Underwood, PhD, RN, CHN, FAAN Chapter 4: Challenges in Integrating HIV/AIDS, Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Implications for Educators Delroy M. Louden. PhD, FRSH Chapter 5: Mentorship and Nurse Educators: A Model for Diversity Willar F. White-Parson, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN Chapter 6: Using Simulation to Enhance Cultural Competency Richardean Benjamin, PhD, RN, MPH, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF Chapter 7: Closing the Gap on Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Nursing Education Mary H. Hill, DSN, RN Chapter 8: Nursing Care or Care of Nursing? Doctoral Education and the Shortage of African American Nursing Faculty Maurice C. Taylor, PhD, JD Earlene B. Merrill, EdD, RN, CNE Chapter 9: Health Disparities Research: The Issue for HBCU PhD Nursing Programs Pamela V. Hammond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Janet Simmons Rami, PhD, RN Appendix A: Author Profiles Appendix B: PhD Dissertations: Hampton University School of Nursing, 2002-2009 Appendix C: PhD Dissertations: Southern University and A&M College School of Nursing, 2004-2009

About the Author

Pamela V. Hammond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF Dr. Pamela V. Hammond is Provost and the immediate past dean of the School of Nursing at Hampton University. She has held a variety of leadership positions of increasing responsibility and dedicated herself to promoting the education and well-being of students and the health and welfare of underserved, abused, and neglected individuals. Her most notable appointments have been to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Library of Medicine Environmental Health Information Partnership, Virginia Board of Nursing, and the Advisory Council on the Future of Nursing in Virginia. Dr. Hammond continues to serve on several boards and is an active member of numerous professional organizations including the acclaimed American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Nursing Education. Dr. Hammond holds the BS degree in Nursing from Tuskegee University, a MS in Maternal Child Nursing from the University of Maryland-Baltimore, and doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Old Dominion University. (from http://provost.hamptonu.edu/)