Nursing
Health Sciences Building Room 243
Phone: 417.625.9322
Fax: 417.625.3186
Grace E. Ayton
Interim Director of Nursing/Associate Professor, Nursing 1986
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Columbia Union College
Master's (M.N.), Wichita State University
HSB 245, ext. 3148
Kelli Blanton
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2012
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Westminster College
Master's (M.S.), University of Pheonix
HSB 260, ext. 5473
Dana Bush
Interim BSN Coordinator/Associate Professor, Nursing 2010
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Old Dominion University
Master's (M.N.), University of Washington
Doctorate (Ph.D.), Capella University
HSB 247, ext. 9882
Chrys A. Corcoran 
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2001
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), University of Tulsa
Master's (M.S.), University of Kansas
HSB 251, ext. 3150
William Davis
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2011
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Pittsburg State University
Master's (M.S.), University of Missouri-Kansas City
HSB 251, ext. 9700
Christine B. Eller
Associate Professor, Nursing 1981
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), University of Connecticut
Master's (M.S.N.), University of North Carolina
HSB 261, ext. 3151
Lauren Haggard
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2010
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Lincoln University
Master's (M.S.N.), University of Missouri - Columbia
HSB 250, ext. 3076
Patricia Hempsmyer
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2005
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Wichita State University
Master's (M.S.N.), Wichita State University
HSB 246, ext. 9629
Vivian Jackson
Assistant Professor, Nursing 2011
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Pittsburg State University
Master's (M.S.N.), University of Kansas
HSB 248, ext. 9628
MSN Coordinator, Professor, Nursing 1999
Bachelor's (B.S.N.), Pittsburg State University
Master's (M.N.), University of Mississippi
Doctorate (PhD), University of Missouri-Kansas City
HSB 262, ext. 3149
3950 Newman Road
Joplin, MO 64801-1595
(417) 625-9300
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