June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF CHRISTINE HEIFNER GRAOR, PhD, MSN, BSN Rank: Assistant Professor Date of Initial Appointment: August 28, 2008 Date of Appointment to Current Rank: August 28, 2009 License Number: Registered Nurse (RN): 128583, August 31, 2001 Certificate of Authority (COA1): 02379, August 31, 2011 Certification: Graduate Faculty Status: Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health, 303358-01, February 28, 2013. American Nursing Credentialing Center. Level II EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION Institution Degree Date Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Doctor of Philosophy Sociology Master of Science in Nursing: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing August, 2008 December, 1992 June 1973
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Institution Position Date College of Nursing Akron General Medical Center Assistant Professor Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2008 to Present 1993-2007 Timken Mercy Medical Center Canton, OH Timken Mercy Homecare Network, Inc. Canton, OH Timken Mercy Medical Center Canton, OH Psychiatric Emergency Department Triage 1992 1993 Psychiatric Home Visiting Nurse 1990-1992 Psychiatric Staff Nurse 1985-1992 Community Professional Serv. Dover, OH Coordinator, Partial Hospital Program, Crisis Intervention 1984-1985 O Bleness Hospital Athens, OH Critical Care Nurse 1977-1979 Hocking Technical College Nelsonville, OH Instructor of Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing 1976-1980 Athens Psychiatric State Hospital Athens, OH Mansfield General Hospital Mansfield, OH Psychiatric Staff Nurse 1975-1976 Psychiatric Staff Nurse 1973-1974
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Institution Course Date Honors College, College of Nursing, College of Nursing, College of Nursing, College of Nursing, Akron General Medical Center Kent State University Kent, OH Hocking Technical College Nelsonville, OH Honors Colloquium 1870:470 Nursing Research 8200:435 Honors Section Senior Honors Project 8200:480 Nursing Research 8200:436 Inquiry II 8200:618 Core Curriculum Instructor: Patient Psycho-education. Group Dynamics and Process. Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the College of Nursing: Clinical supervision of undergraduate students and graduate psychiatric/mental health students. Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing. Lecture and clinical Instruction. Fall/Spring: 2008/ 2009, 2009/2010. Fall/Spring: 2009 2009/2010. Summer: 2009. Fall/Spring: 2009 2009/2010 2010/ Fall: 2008, 2009. Fall/Spring: 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/ Summer: 2009, 2010. 2000-2007 1997-2008 1976-1980
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 4 DISSERTATION/MASTERS COMMITTEE 2009-2010 University of Akron. Dissertation Committee Member. Karen Yun-Ying Hung, Effects of Perceived Self-efficacy, Social Support and Adjustment to College on Chinese/Taiwanese International Students Health Promoting Behaviors HONOR STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 2009 Project Reader. Kevin McCoy: Protocol for Improving Self-efficacy in Cardiac Patients. 2009-2010 Project Co-Sponsor. Jennifer Bias and Hali Ramsey: The Relationship between Resilient Coping, Nursing Student Stress, and Grade Point Average in Sophomore Undergraduate Nursing Students 2009-2010 Project Reader. Molly White: Descriptions of Patient Falls in an Acute-Care Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. 2009-2010 Project Reader. Sarah Schutte: The Internal Reliability of Tools Used to Measure Depression and Self-Efficacy in the Population Served by a Midwest Nurse-Managed Clinic. 2009-2010 Project Reader. Kathrine Haney and Kelly Uhrig: The Relationship between Nursing Student Stress and Lifestyle Decisions in Undergraduate Nursing Students. 2009-2010 Project Reader. Lauren Donnelly and Elizabeth Kohl. The Effects of Music on the Hemodynamic Response Among Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients Enrolled in Cardiac Rehab: A Secondary Analysis. 2009-2010 Project Reader. Marlene Thompson: The Effect of a Self-Harm Educational Intervention on Learning in Foster Parents. 2009-2011 Project Sponsor. Emily Kreuz: The Relationship between Weight Loss and Fitness Group Involvement and the Performance of Behaviors. 2010-2011 Project Sponsor. Kristen Metzger: A Mission Trip to Indonesia: Balancing Professional and Personal Perspectives. 2010-2011 Project Sponsor. Melanie Sedor and Lindsi Holovach: The Relationship between Nursing Student Stress and Self-Esteem in Undergraduate Nursing Students. 2010-2011 Project Sponsor. Emily Mesek: The Effects of Interventions on Hand Washing in Hospital Employees. 2010-2011 Project Sponsor. Brittany Seifer and Kayla Puntel: The Relationship between Health Behaviors and Grade Point Average in College Seniors. 2010-2011 Project Reader: Rachael Indermuhle: A Look at Hungarian Health Care: A Professional and Personal Experience.
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 5 PUBLICATIONS: Refereed: Wynd, C, Cihlar, C., Heifner Graor, C., Imani, J., & McDougal, M. (2007). Employee health fair data: Evidence for planning health promotion programs. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 5, 255-263. Heifner, C. (1998). Critique of cognitive therapy for the suicidal patient: A case study. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 34, 35-36. Heifner, C. (1997). The male experience of depression. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 33, 10-18. Heifner, C. (1996). Women, depression, and biological psychiatry: Implications for psychiatric nursing. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 32, 4-9 Heifner, C. (1993). Positive connectedness in the psychiatric nurse-patient relationship. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 7, 11-15. Non-referred: Other publications: Graor, C. Heifner & Scott, C. M. (2010). Crisis and disaster. In M. Halter & E. Varcaolis (Eds.). Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing (6 th ed.). (pp. 528-546). St. Louis: Elsevier. Heifner, C. (1996). Designing a Partial Hospitalization Program. In S. Lego (Ed.), Psychiatric Nursing: A Comprehensive Reference (2 nd ed.). (pp. 392-397). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. PAPERS PRESENTED - NOT PUBLISHED: Refereed: Weight Loss Maintenance, Weight Loss and Fitness Group Membership, and Behavior Meanings. April 9, 2010, 34 th Annual Research Conference, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Kansas City, Missouri Gender and the Social Construction of Mental Illness. Mind over Brain: The Second Annual Nurse Psychotherapist Conference. 1999, APNA Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. The Male Experience of Depression. 1996, Second Northeast Regional APN Conference, New Platz, New York. Management of Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder in a Partial Hospitalization Program. 1995, First Northeast Regional APN Conference, King of Prussia, Pa. Positive Connectedness in the Psychiatric Nurse-patient Relationship. 1993, Advances in Nursing Research, Columbia University, New York City, New York.
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 6 PAPERS PRESENTED - NOT PUBLISHED: (Continued) Positive Connectedness in the Psychiatric Nurse-patient Relationship. 1993, Twenty-ninth Annual Clinical Nursing Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. Invited Papers Presented: The Male Experience of Depression. 1998, Ohio Psychiatric Nurses Association. Akron, Ohio. Psychiatric Nursing Practice in the 1990s: Psychiatric Nurses Expanded Roles and Competencies in a Cost-cutting Environment. 1998, Twelfth Annual Seminar, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Refereed Evidence for Health Promotion Programs: The Use of Employee Health Fair Data. Fifth Annual 2006 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators. San Antonio, TX. Management of Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder in a Partial Hospitalization Program. 1995, Fourth Annual National Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Columbus, Ohio. Positive Connectedness in the Psychiatric Nurse-patient Relationship. 1993, Twenty-ninth Annual Clinical Nursing Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. Invited Presentations: RESEARCH: Research Interests: Intentional self change, weight loss maintenance, affective meanings, health promotion behaviors Grants External Funding: Grants Internal Funding: Faculty Summer Fellowship Grant, The Engagement in Primary Care Treatment by Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. Awarded March 2010, $10,000. Faculty Support Research Grant, The University of Akron Office of Research. Awarded August 2008, $5,000.
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 7 RESEARCH: (Continued) Akron General Nursing Grant, Akron General Development Foundation, Weight Loss Maintenance, Subculture Socialization, and Affective Meanings. Awarded 2006, $2,188.23 Unfunded Research: Primary investigator (2006 2008). Quantitative research investigating the relationship between weight loss, subculture socialization, and affective meanings. This dissertation research was partially supported with internal funding (see above.) C. Heifner Graor, J. Imani, M. McDougal, C. Cihlar (2004 2006). Quantitative research describing health status and health habits of health care workers. The costs of this research were supported by the Department of Nursing, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio. Primary investigator (1996). Qualitative research describing men s experience of clinical depression. Primary investigator (1992). Qualitative research describing the dynamics of relationships between psychiatric nurses and patients. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Honors: 2005 Gamma Mu, Social Science Honorary Society, Kent State University, Kent, OH 2000 Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Honor Society, Kent State University, Kent, OH 1998 James Fleming Award for the Outstanding Paper in Sociological Theory, Kent State University, Kent, OH. 1992 Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society, Kent State University, Kent, OH Professional Organizations: 2001-present American Sociological Association: Member 2010 International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Member 2008-present Midwest Nursing Research Society: Member Health-Seeking Behaviors Research Section: Member 2010-2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee Member Qualitative Research Section: Member 2009-present Sigma Theta Tau: Member Leader Succession Committee Community Organizations/Activities: 2010 American Red Cross: Coeds Go Red, UA, 2/24/10
June, 2010 Curriculum Vitae of Christine Heifner Graor Page 8 College and University Activities: 2008-2009 College of Nursing Strategic Planning Committee: Member 2008-2010 College of Nursing Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee: Member 2009-present Program Evaluation Committee: Member 2009-present Honors College Council: College of Nursing Representative 2008-present Joint Program Doctoral Nursing Council: Member 2010 Professional Socialization Task Force: Member. 2010-2011 Admissions and Progression Committee 2009 Conference of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research: Judge. 2010-present College of Nursing Research Committee: Member 2009-present Honors College Scholarship Interviewer