Public Health
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Healthcare
Health Disparities
Nursing Workforce
Transcultural Nursing
Nursing Student Experiences
Workplace Culture
Social Justice
Lisa Whitfield-Harris, PhD, MBA, MSN, NEA-BC, RN
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean, Academic Support & Services
Contact Information
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean, Academic Support & Services
Research & Clinical Interests
Education
- PhD, Duquesne University, Nursing Science (2016)
- Post Masters Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, Nursing Leadership (2007)
- MBA, LaSalle University, Marketing (2003)
- MSN, LaSalle University, Public Health Nursing (2001)
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Creation of a Novel Virtual Reality Simulation to Increase Nursing Skills in Management of Workplace Violence
- Perceptions of Clinical Trial Participation in African American Cancer Survivors and Caregivers
- The Lived Experience of Black Nurse Faculty in Predominantly White Schools of Nursing
- The Workplace Environment for African-American Faculty Employed in Predominately White Institutions
- Application of the symphonological approach to faculty-to-faculty incivility in nursing education
LICENSURE
- Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania & New Jersey
CERTIFICATIONs
- Advanced Nurse Executive, American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Caritas Caring Science, Watson Caring Institute
FUNDING
- 2023-present, PI, Josiah Macy's Foundation Eliminating Structural Racism in Nursing Academia: A Systems Change Approach to Anti-Racist Nursing Education
- 2022-2023, Co-I, Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing Incorporating Virtual Reality into the BSN Program to Decrease Workplace Violence. PI: Stephen DiDonato; Team: Jane Tobias, Carole Okupniak
- 2021-2023, Co-I, Philadelphia: Cities Changing Diabetes City of Hope: Latinos Preventing Diabetes-Partners/Prison Healthy Initiative Program PIs: Nilsa Graciani, Janice Miller
- 2021-2023, Co-I, Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing. Experiences of Workplace Violence of Nurses in an Urban Hospital PI: Steve DiDonato. Team: Jane Tobias, Carole Okupniak
- 2021-2023, Co-I, Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing Understanding Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ perspectives on remote learning and academic success PI: Mary Hanson-Zalot. Team: Susan Egger, Mariann Kerr, Cecelia Borden, Kate Jalboot
- 2021-2022, PI, Thomas Jefferson University Incorporating Emotional Intelligence into the Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Curricula
- 2021-2022, PI, Thomas Jefferson University Incorporating Emotional Intelligence into the Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Curricula
- 2021-2022, Co-I, Stratton Foundation Understanding Baccalaureate Nursing Students/Recent Graduate perspectives on the transition to remote learning and the impact on academic success PI: Mary Hanson-Zalot. Team: Cecelia Borden, Kate Jalboot
- 2021-2022, PI, Thomas Jefferson University Using a Culturally Tailored Mobile Digital Teaching Tool and Social Media to Improve Engagement of African Americans in Clinical Trials
Selected AWARDS & HONORS
- 2024, Fellow, NIH, Environmental health research institute for nurse and clinical scientists
- 2023, Excellence in climate leadership award, American Public Health Association
- 2023, Fellow, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing)
- 2022, National Appointment, Essentials Domain Working Group, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- 2020-2021, Fellow, Alliance of nurses for Healthy Environments, Environmental Health
- 2018, National Appointment, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Group
- 2018, Recognition, National Organization for Nurse Practititioner Faculties Mission Statement (Dissertation Results)
- 2001, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing