Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, is the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She has received numerous honors and awards including the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature. She is senior editor for the Annual Review of Nursing Research. series, now in its 24th volume. In 1998 Dr. Fitzpatrick was senior editor of the of the first volume of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research as well as a series of Research Digests, including Nursing Research Digest, Maternal Child Health Nursing Research Digest, Geriatric Nursing Research Digest, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Research Digest. She is co-series editor for the Annual Review of Nursing Research (Annual, Springer Publishing Company); co-author, with Jeanne Novotny, Doris Lippman, and Nicole Sanders, of 101 Careers in Nursing (Springer paperback 2006); co-author, with Mary Jane Smith, of Best Practices in Nursing Education: Stories of Exemplary Teachers (Springer Publishing Company, 2005); co-editor, with Kristen S. Montgomery, of Internet for Nursing Research: A Guide to Strategies, Skills, and Resources (Springer Publishing Company, 2004); co-editor, with Ann Glasgow and Jane Young, of Managing Your Practice: A Guide for Advanced Practice Nurses (Springer Publishing Company, 2003); co-editor, with Kristen S. Montgomery, of Essentials of Internet Use in Nursing (Springer Publishing Company, 2002); co-editor, with Kristen S. Montgomery, of Internet Resources for Nurses (now in its second edition, Springer Publlishing Company, 2002); co-editor, with Carol Romano and Ruth Chasek, of The Nurses' Guide to Consumer Health Web Sites (Springer Publishing, 2001); and co-editor, with Sandra Deller, of Fundraising Skills for Health Care Executives (Spinger Publishing Company, 2000).
Adeline M. Nyamathi, PhD, ANP, FAAN, is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UCLA School of Nursing.
Deborah Koniak-Griffin, RN, EdD, FAAN, is Audrienne H. Moseley Professor of Women's Health Research with the UCLA School of Nursing.
