Curriculum Vitae Marylou Scavnicky-Mylant, PhD, PMHNP-BC PERSONAL DATA Work Address: South Dakota State University College of Nursing 1011 11 th St. Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 394-5390 Licensure: Certification: South Dakota Registered Nurse (2001-present) National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Associates, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certification (1990-2000); American Nurses Association Credentialing Center (ANCC), Clinical Nurse Specialist certification in Psychiatric and Mental Health (2000-2005) and Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification (2003-present) Certified Trauma Specialist and Trainer, National Center on Childhood Trauma & Loss (2007-present) EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION YEAR DEGREE MAJOR INSTITUTION 1988 PhD Nursing University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing 1978 MSN Pediatric Nursing Case Western Reserve University 1974 BSN Nursing St. John College of Cleveland PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE YEAR POSITION INSTITUTION 8/2006 present Grant (HRSA) Manager and Course Faculty South Dakota State University PhD Program for Nurse Scientists: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in Underserved/Rural Populations 8/1992 present Professor of Nursing, Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner 8/2000-present Faculty Member, Undergraduate & Graduate End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, AACN and City of Hope National Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 9/2008-2009 Adjunct Professor University of Missouri Columbia Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Sinclair School of Nursing Graduate Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program 8/2003-2007 Adjunct Professor/Clinical Supervisor University of Nebraska Medical Center Graduate Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
1/1994-8/1994 Acting Director South Dakota State University College of Nursing, West River 8/1991-8/1992 Workshop Supervisor, Administrative & Onsite Consulting & Training Clinical Supervisor for training institutes, Rapid City, South Dakota Family and couples programs 8/1981-8/1991 Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Wyoming Graduate Faculty School of Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Children s Clinic, Fort Collins, CO 9/1990-8/1991 Director, Eagle's Wings, P.C Laramie, Wyoming 6/1985-8/1986 Research Assistant The University of Texas at Austin, (LOA) University of Wyoming School of Nursing 8/1978-6/1981 Instructor, coordinator of Case Western Reserve University Pediatric Nursing Cleveland, Ohio 8/1976-5/1978 Staff Nurse Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 5/1974-6/1976 Staff Nurse Pediatric Nursing, Cleveland Clinic Hospital Cleveland, Ohio GRANT PROPOSALS A. Funded Research: Principal Investigator, Mylant, M. A Descriptive Study of Attachment Among American Indian High- Risk Teen Mothers and Their Infants. Funding source (2009-2010, $4500): South Dakota State University Research Support Fund. Principal Investigator, Mylant, M. Governor s 2010 Individual Research Seed Grant Award. Funding source (2005-2006, $30, 000): SD Research & Commercialization Council and Board of Regents. Project Evaluator, Mylant, M. Ateyapi Prevention Project. Project Director: Bruce Long Fox, Executive Director, Rural America Initiatives. Funding source (2002-2005, $750, 000): Office of Population Affairs, Adolescent Family Life Prevention Grant "Project Takoja-Teen Survivors' Circle: A Care Project Serving Sexually Abused Native American Teens" ($648,134) Office of Population Affairs Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Grant for Rural America Initiatives Project Evaluator and Intervention Consultant 2000-2005 "Project Cante Waste: A Pilot Study ($4703) South Dakota State University 2000 Research Support Fund 2000-2001 Nurturing Parenting Skill Attainment Among Adolescent Parents Who Are Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse ($400)
Phi Chapter Research Grant Sigma Theta Tau Spring 1996 Changing Abusive Parenting Styles Among High-Risk Young Adult Parents and Pregnant Adolescents ($10,000) Children s Trust Fund Grant for The Western South Dakota Child Protection Council 1995-1996 Nurturing Parenting Program Training ($5000) Children s Trust Fund Grant for The Western South Dakota Child Protection Council 1994-1995. "A School-Based Support Group for Young Children of Alcoholics" ($6152) Governor's Statewide Drug Policy Board High Risk Youth Project Spring 1990 "The Promotion of Rural Preventive Nursing Project" ($230, 686) Co-investigator Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Nursing. April 1988 "Emotional Development: A Comparison Study Between Nursing and Non-Nursing Students" ($2000) Faculty Scholarship-Development Award The University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences July 1988 "The Process of Coping Among Young Adult Children of Alcoholics" ($2000) Faculty Scholarship-Development Award The University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences July 1987 "Emotional Development of Young Adults" ($500) Faculty Development Award The University of Wyoming School of Nursing Fall 1987 "Emotional Development" ($200) Faculty Growth Award The University of Wyoming Alumni Association Fall 1987 "The Use of Drawings in the Assessment and Treatment of Children of Alcoholics" ($200) Faculty Development Award The University of Wyoming School of Nursing Fall 1983
B. Training/Program C. Other National Center on Childhood Trauma & Loss (2007-present) SCHOLARSHIP Publications: Refereed Mylant, M. & Mann, C. (2008). Intimate partner violence and current sexual trauma among high-risk adolescent mothers. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 21(3), 164-176. Mylant, M., Ide, B., Cuevas, E., & Meehan, M. (2002). Adolescent children of alcoholics: Vulnerable or resilient? Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 8(2), 57-64. Mylant, M, & Fitgerald, C. (July/August, 2000). Domestic violence: Assessment, intervention, and prevention. The Clinical Letter for Nurse Practitioners, 4(4), 1-4. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1990). The process of coping among young adult children of alcoholics. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 11(2): 125-139. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1987). Alcoholism nursing: Toward a policy perspective. Journal of Nursing Education, September, 294-296. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1987). School-based nursing interventions with children of alcoholics. School Nurse, September/October, 9-14. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1987). The hospitalized school-aged child s capacity for an appraisal of threat. Western Journal of Nursing Research, November, 503-518. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1986). The use of drawings in the assessment and treatment of children of alcoholics. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 1(3): 178-194. Sutherland, L.G. & Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1985). Treatment of apnea in the preterm infant. U.S. Pharmacist, November, 4, 7, 11-12, 15-17, 21-22. Sutherland, L.G. & Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1985). Apnea in the preterm infant. U.S. Pharmacist, October, 3, 6, 9, 12-13. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1984). Children of alcoholics: Children in need. Family and Community Health, November, 15-62. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1983). An analysis and clinical application of ausubel s satellization theory to health care of preadolescent children. Advances in Nursing Science, October 61-71. Books/Book Chapters Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1991). Children of dysfunctional families. In P. Clunn (Ed.), Child psychiatric nursing (pp. 312-330). St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. & Keltner, N. (1991). Chemical dependency. In N. Keltner, L. Schweckey, and C. Bostrom (Ed.), Psychiatric nursing: A psychotherapeutic management approach (pp. 443-390). St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. & Keltner, N. (1991). Child and adolescent psychiatric nursing. In N. Keltner, L. Schweckey, and C. Bostrom (Eds.), Psychiatric nursing: A psychotherapeutic management approach (pp. 557-596). St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company.
Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1991). Children of alcoholics. In G. Bennet & D. Woolf (Eds.), Substance abuse: Pharmacologic, developmental and clinical perspectives, (2nd ed.). New York: Delmar Publishers, Inc. McKay, S.R. & Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1991). Substance abuse during the childbearing year. In G. Bennett & D. Woolf (Eds.), Substance abuse: Pharmacologic, developmental and clinical perspectives (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1990). Children at risk. In N. Keltner (Ed.), Basic mental health nursing. St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1990). Chemical dependency. In N. Keltner (Ed.), Basic mental health nursing. St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Company. Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1989). Children of alcoholics: Children in need. In Annual Editions: Drugs, Society, and Behavior. Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc. Non-refereed Scavnicky-Mylant, M. (1988). The process of coping and emotional development of young adult children of alcoholics. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin. Mylant, M. (1978). The hospitalized school-aged child s capacity for an appraisal of threat. Unpublished master s thesis. Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Abstracts/Proceedings Podium and Poster Presentations: International Infant attachment among American Indian Teen Mothers. Presented at the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International Conference, Coral Gables, Florida, 2009. Unlocking the link between intimate partner violence and teen pregnancy: Safely and competently. Presented at the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Psychopharmacology Institute and Annual Conference: Meeting the Challenge: Domestic and International Populations in Crisis, Louisville, Kentucky, 2008. Intimate partner violence and current sexual trauma among high-risk American Indian adolescent mothers. Presented at the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2007. "Adolescent Children of Alcoholics: Vulnerable or Resilient?" Presented at the Fifth International Family Nursing Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2000. Nurturing Parenting Skill Attainment Among Native American Adolescent Parents Who Are Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Presented at the Biennial International Nursing Conference, Nursing at the Threshold of the 21st Century-Connecting Conversations of Nursing Practice, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1997. "The Emotional Development of Young Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Qualitative Study." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International Scientific Sessions, Indianapolis, Indiana, November, 1989. "Emotional Development of Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Research poster session presented at the International Family Nursing Conference, Calgary, Canada, Spring, 1988. "The Process of Coping and Emotional Development Among Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1987. "The Hospitalized School-aged Child's Capacity for an Appraisal of Threat." Presented at the 16th International Conference of the Association for the Care of Children s Health. Toronto, Canada, 1981.
National Infant attachment among American Indian Teen Mothers Poster presentation at the Blending addiction Science and Practice: Evidence-Based Treatment and Prevention in Diverse Populations and Settings sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2010. Infant attachment among American Indian Teen Mothers Poster presentation at the first annual meeting of the Academy on Violence and Abuse, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009. Infant attachment among American Indian Teen Mothers. Presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008. Intimate partner violence and current sexual trauma among high-risk adolescent mothers. Presented at the 2007 Midwest Nurses Research Society meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, 2007. Intimate Partner Violence among American Indian Teen Mothers. Presented at the 2007 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, California, 2007. "Alcoholism and Child Maltreatment." Presented at the Ninth Annual Research Conference, Building Knowledge for Nursing: Studies in Abuse (Substance & Physical) and Violence Across the Life Span, Tampa, Florida, February, 1990. "Health PACT (Participatory and Assertive Consumer Training) for Preschool and School Age Children in a Nursing Center: A Pilot Project." Research poster session presented with Dr. J. Perkins and Jane Barnett, RN, CPNP, at the 14th National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Breckenridge, Colorado, August, 1989. "The Use of Drawings in the Assessment and Treatment of Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sixth Annual National Nurse Practitioner Symposium. Baltimore, Maryland, 1985. Urban-Rural Differences and Their Effect Upon Families and Interaction With the Health Care System." Presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for the Care of Children's Health. Chicago, Illinois, 1983. "Children of Alcoholics." Research poster session presented at the American Nurses' Association Conference: New Knowledge for Nursing Practice. Denver, Colorado, 1983. Regional "The Process of Coping Among Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the 22nd Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference. Western Society for Nursing Research, San Diego, California, May, 1989. "Emotional Development of Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Research poster session presented at the Nursing Research Conference, sponsored by the Colorado/Wyoming Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau, Boulder, Colorado, December, 1988. "The Use of Drawings in the Assessment and Treatment of Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Nursing Research Symposium sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Theta Chapter. Austin, Texas, 1984. State Reducing Health Risks of American Indian and Rural Teens. Poster Presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau Phi Chapter Annual Nursing Research Symposium, Brookings, South Dakota, Spring 2005. Project Takoja: Teen Survivors Circle. Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau Phi Chapter Annual Nursing Research Symposium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Spring, 2006. "Mental Health Access in Rural Areas." Presented at Nurses' Day at the Legislature, South Dakota Nurses' Association, Pierre, South Dakota, 2001.
Nurturing Parenting Skill Attainment Among Adolescent Parents Who Are Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Poster Presentation at the First Annual Children's Symposium, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2000. "Adolescent Children of Alcoholics: Vulnerable or Resilient?" Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau Phi Chapter Tenth Annual Nursing Research Symposium, Brookings, South Dakota, Spring, 1999. Nurturing Parenting Skill Attainment Among Native American Adolescent Parents Who Are Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, Research Day, Brookings, South Dakota, 1996. Adolescent Children of Alcoholics: High-Risk Youth. Invited and presented at the South Dakota State University Sewrey Distinguished Faculty Colloquium, Spring, 1995 "High-Risk Youth: Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Pi Chapter, Research Workshop, Laramie, Wyoming, 1991. "The Emotional Development of Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Pi Chapter, Research Workshop, Laramie, Wyoming, April, 1989. "The Process of Coping Among Young Adult Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Pi Chapter, Research Workshop, Laramie, Wyoming, Spring, 1988. "The Use of Drawings in the Assessment and Treatment of Children of Alcoholics." Research poster session presented at the Tenth Annual Perinatal Conference and the University of Wyoming Professional Development Day, Laramie, Wyoming, 1987-1988. "Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Annual Social Work Conference on "Children in Poverty," Laramie, Wyoming, 1987. "Effects of Alcohol or Substance Abuse on Family Members." Presented at the Alcohol Symposium sponsored by the Women's Center at the University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming, 1985. "The Use of Drawings in the Assessment and Treatment of Children of Alcoholics." Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Pi Chapter, Annual Nursing Research Day. Laramie, Wyoming, 1984. "The Hospitalized School-aged Child's Capacity for an Appraisal of Threat." Presented at the 2nd Annual Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Pi Research Day. Laramie, Wyoming, 1983. HONORS AND AWARDS Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing, 1981-present. Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, member, 1986-present. Sewrey Distinguished Faculty Colloquium, South Dakota State University, 1995. Phi Chapter Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau, 1996. District Nurse of the Year Award for Outstanding Quality Nursing, SDNA, 1996. Dean s Scholar Award, South Dakota State University, College of Nursing, 1996-1999. Developmental Science Fellowship, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill, 1999. Research Support Award, South Dakota State University, 2000. Award for Excellence, South Dakota State University, College of Nursing, 2006. Award for Research, South Dakota State University, College of Nursing, 2010. American Indian/Alaska Native Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Research Scholarship, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2010. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Academy on Violence and Abuse, founding member, 2007-present. American Nurses' Association, member, 1974-present. American Professional Society of the Abuse of Children, member, 1998-present. American Psychiatric Nurses Association, member, 1996-present. International Psychiatric Nurses Association, member, 2004-present.
National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association, associate member, 1998-present. Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International, member, 2006-present. Midwest Nursing Research Society, member, 1998-present. South Dakota State Nurses' Association (SDNA), member, 1993-present. Sigma Theta Tau, member, 1981-present. TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES South Dakota State University 1992-present Currently teach at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels in the areas of psychiatric and family mental health nursing and nursing research. Previous University Teaching Responsibilities Taught and coordinated both undergraduate pediatric and psych mental health content; taught graduate level courses in the area of family mental health nursing in the nurse practitioner specialty area. DOCTORAL AND MASTERS STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION Aberle, M.M. (2001). Symptoms Reported by Menopausal Women Taking Synthetic Hormone Replacement Therapy or Bioidentical Progesterone, Graduate Committee Member. Collins, C.L. (2000). The Prevalence of Illness in Breastfed vs. Formula-Fed Children in a Military Health Care Setting, Thesis Advisor. Ellis, G.M. (1997). Knowledge Level of Adolescents about HIV and AIDS in a Frontier Community. Thesis Advisor. Hague, B.J. (2001). The Lived Experience of Rural Families During Medical Emergencies, Academic Advisor. Hamill, K. P. (2005). Development of a Licensed Practical Nurse Curriculum for Sisseton Wahpeton College, Academic Advisor. Hodgman, A.M. (1997). Depressive Symptomatology and Perceived Social Support in Rural Women, Academic Advisor. Laird, E.A. (1999). Spousal Health Beliefs, Values, and Behaviors of Participants in an Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Academic Advisor. Labonte, K.A. (1996). Mental Health, Life Satisfaction and Attachment in Elderly Urban Lakota Women, Graduate Committee Member. Lochridge, A. (2008). Dental Health and Socioeconomic Status: Their Relationship with Preterm Labor in Rural Western South Dakota. A Pilot Study. Academic Advisor. Richards, E.D. (2000). Quality of Life in Veterans with COPD Post-Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Project Advisor, Nelson, V. (2009). A Focus Group Evaluation of Three Tools Used to Measure Pain in Severely Cognitively Impaired Older Adults, AcademicAdvisor. Potts, S.L. (1997). Am I My Brother s Keeper? A Well Child s Story of Living With A Chronically Ill Sibling. Academic Advisor Thom-Withorne, L.R. (1997). Health Perceptions and Health Care Practices of Lakota Sioux Living Off the Reservation in Western South Dakota. Thesis Advisor. Turbak, M. (2009). Leading a Change Process: The Acute Care Nursing transition to Medication Administration Using Bar Coding Technology at a Community Hospital in South Dakota, Graduate Committee Member.
Wilson-Kirby, D.L. (1994). Pediatric Nurses and Parental Assessments of the Level of Pain in Preverbal Children. Thesis Advisor. UNIVERSITY and COLLEGE COMMITTEES South Dakota State University (1992-Present) Graduate Curriculum Committee, member, SDSU College of Nursing, 1995-1999, 2006-2008; Portfolio Subcommittee Chairperson, 1996-1998. Promotion and Tenure Committee, member, SDSU College of Nursing, 1994-1998. Research Committee, SDSU College of Nursing, chairperson, 1998; member, 1993-1995; 1997-2001; 2006-2008. Department of Advanced Studies, SDSU College of Nursing, member, 1992-present; Cultural Taskforce Chairperson, 2007-2008; PhD Taskforce, member, 2005-present. Graduate Admissions Committee, SDSU College of Nursing, chairperson, 2000-2002. End-of-Life Nursing (Undergraduate & Graduate) Education Consortium project, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, participant, 2001-present. Committees at other universities COMMUNITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Advisory Board Member, Rapid City Community Health Center, Mental & Homeless Subcommittee, member, 2001-2002. Scientific coordinator for one of five national sites, NIH Teaching Smart Science Education Improvement Program, Girls Incorporated of Rapid City, Youth and Family Services, Fall, 2001-2004. Psychiatric and mental health nursing consultant and provider for Tiospaye Topa and Takini schools, Frontier School Health Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fall, 2001-2003. Developed and facilitated a parenting program for Native American teenage parents and their children, Rural America Initiatives, Project Takoja, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1996-2000. Invited by South Dakota Women Work to be project evaluator for the SD Partners in Prevention Project grant submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services, Summer, 1999. Invited by Rural America Initiatives to be project evaluator and intervention consultant for Project Takoja-Teen Survivors' Circle: A Care Project Serving Sexually Abused Native American Teens" an Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Grant submitted to the Office of Population Affairs, Summer, 1999 & 2000. Western South Dakota Child Abuse Prevention Council Advisory Board, member, 1993-1998, 2003-2007; Vice President, 1996-1998; Chair of the Membership Committee, 2006-2007. Invited by Youth and Family Services to be project evaluator for "Project Youth Connect" submitted to the Department of Health (DHHS) and Public Health Services (PHS),and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), Summer, 1998. Invited by Rural America Initiatives (serving transitioning Native American families) to be project director for "Project Cante' Waste' " submitted to DHHS/PHS/SAMSHA and The Casey Family Program, Spring, 1997. Advisory Board, member, Shade for the Children, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1995-1997. Foster Parent Development Committee, member, The Casey Family Program, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1996-1997. SDSU College of Nursing CV Template