Faculty Experts
Meet our faculty experts. Their work directly supports MSU’s Strategic Plan: Choosing Promise, Intentional Focus 2: Improve Lives and Society Through Research, Creativity, and Scholarship. Please click on a profile for details.
The Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing is currently recruiting for five of its
six Endowed Professorships. Click here for more information about the Endowed Professorships.
Dr. Anne Brown
Dr. Anne Brown
Dr. Brown's research focuses on using GIS spatial data analysis and mapping approaches to examine structural factors and multi-level interventions for rural mental health, especially suicide. Her research is focused on the population level, including the broader social, economic, environmental, and political drivers of health.
Dr. Shelly Hogan
Dr. Hogan's research interests encompass a multifaceted approach, which involves investigating nursing education, interprofessional collaboration, and preventative healthcare factors affecting the well-being of rural and underserved populations in Montana.
Dr. Rebecca Hoover
Dr. Laura Larsson
Dr. Larsson is interested in community-based risk communication research with vulnerable groups. Dr. Larsson utilizes techniques such as digital signage technology and motivational interviewing in novel settings to expand the reach of traditional public health communication approaches to settings with limited access.
Dr. Benjamin Miller
Dr. Benjamin Miller focuses on quality of care in rural communities through educational preparation, transition to practice, and provision of care in low-resource communities.
Dr. Carrie Miller
Dr. Carrie Miller’s research interests focus on simulation-based pedagogy in preparing healthcare students for safe clinical practice and its impact on clinical outcomes.
Dr. Ruth Tretter
Dr. Ruth Tretter