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Search Committee

Chair of the Search Committee

Tara Sabo-Attwood
Dean, Arnold School of Public Health
saboattw@mailbox.sc.edu

Co-Chair of the Search Committee

Tracey Weldon
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Development, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
weldont@mailbox.sc.edu

Committee Members

Robin Dawson
Associate Dean for Academics and Associate Professor, College of Nursing
robin.dawson@sc.edu

Gaynell Magwood
Myrtle Irene Brown Endowed Professor of Nursing
magwoodg@mailbox.sc.edu

Demetrius Abshire
PhD Program Director and Associate Professor, College of Nursing
abshired@mailbox.sc.edu

Karen Wickersham
Assistant Dean for Research and Associate Professor, College of Nursing
kwickers@mailbox.sc.edu

Jewel Scott
Perinatal, Pediatrics, and Family Research Center Interim Co-Director & Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
js214@mailbox.sc.edu

Kate Chappell
Department Chair, Professional Nursing Practice and Professor, College of Nursing
kmkneece@mailbox.sc.edu

Leigh Pate
Director, USCL BSN Collaborative Program and Associate Professor, College of Nursing
LBPate9@mailbox.sc.edu

Shelli Gibbs
Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program and Associate Professor, College of Nursing
sgibbs@sc.edu

Laura Herbert
Associate Professor and DNP Scholarly Project Coordinator, College of Nursing
lauralh@email.sc.edu

Faith Young
Director of Finance and Grants, College of Nursing
youngfn@mailbox.sc.edu

Jessica McCormick
Director for Strategic Initiatives, College of Nursing
J.McCormick@sc.edu

Eboni Herbert Harris
Director, Master’s Entry into Practice Nursing Program and Professor, College of Nursing
herberte@mailbox.sc.edu

Melissa Taylor
Chief Nursing Officer, Lexington Medical Center
mktaylor@lexhealth.org


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