Susan Norris

SUSAN NORRIS is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Immaculata University in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA. Norris holds a Doctorate (Ph.D.) and Master’s (AM) in Anthropology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Master’s in Nursing (MSN) from West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Bachelor’s in Nursing (BSN) from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and a Bachelor’s (BA) in Anthropology from the University at Albany, SUNY, in Albany, New York.

Having obtained her education in anthropology prior to becoming a nurse, she brings a unique perspective to nursing and nursing education. As a nurse educator, Dr. Norris teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public health nursing, nursing research and nursing leadership. Additionally, she developed and directed several global immersion and experiential programs abroad, bringing nursing students to work with riverine communities in the Amazon and the favelas of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

Dr. Norris has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Nurse Educator Award at Rutgers University and an Excellence in Teaching at Harvard University. Additionally, she was selected as a Faculty Ambassador to the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, a Faculty Delegate for Population Health to the University of Havana, Cuba, and as a Civic Engagement Faculty Fellow at Rutgers University.

Dr. Norris’ academic work has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, a fellowship from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, a short-term fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., and numerous grants from the Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs at Rutgers University. Dr. Norris was honored as a Nurse Leader by Sigma Theta Tau in 2014. Susan Norris was unanimously elected President of CONAA in 2019.