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Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD, MPH, FAAN, has had a
lifelong interest in nursing knowledge development and maternal and
infant health. She received a BSN from the University of Dayton, as
well as a master’s degree in nursing education with a
specialization in maternity nursing, and a doctoral degree in
philosophy of education from Indiana University-Bloomington. She
also received an MPH degree in maternal-child health from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, and completed post-doctoral
studies in educational psychology at The University of Texas at
Austin. She currently holds the Luci B. Johnson Centennial
Professorship in Nursing. Her teaching includes global health;
quantitative design and analytic methods; and theoretical and
philosophical aspects of nursing. Her research focuses on health
promotion of childbearing-aged women and infants. Dr. Walker was
honored in 2017 by induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International
Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Kay C. Avant, PhD, RN, FNI, FAAN, retired as Professor Emeritus
in 2016. She has also had a lifelong interest in nursing knowledge
development and maternal-infant health. She received her diploma in
nursing from Methodist Hospital, Dallas; her BSN from Texas
Christian University; her MSN from the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill; and her PhD from Texas Woman’s University.
She completed post-doctoral work in community and school health
nursing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in
Australia. Her teaching included philosophy of science, theoretical
development of nursing, and informatics. Her research interests are
primarily in standardized language development, and global health
of women and children.
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