I loved attending Roberts when I was a student, and I am so blessed to be a faculty member here! The campus has been so welcoming to me as both a student and now as an employee.
Profile
Since joining Roberts Wesleyan University in 2019, Sharon Kurtz has brought expertise in obstetrics, gynecology, labor and delivery, and neonatal nursing to the classroom. She holds certifications in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB), Maternal Newborn Nursing (RNC-MNN), Low Risk Neonatal Nursing (RNC-LRN), Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM), and is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC).
Sharon is an active member of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) and Sigma Theta Tau. On campus, she serves on the Faculty Senate, Student Success & Retention Committee, and Academic Integrity Committee, and contributes to the Sigma Theta Tau - Tau Xi Chapter Committee.
Outside of teaching, she enjoys playing yard games and cards, attending dance and theater productions, and riding ATVs with her kids.
Courses Taught
- NRSG 3300 - Maternity and Newborn Nursing
- NRSG 3600 - Foundations of Nursing Practice
- NRSG 2500 - Introduction to Professional Nursing Concepts, and various skills labs and simulations
Education
- Masters of Science in Nursing, Roberts 2021
- Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Roberts 2009
Certifications
- Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB)
- Maternal Newborn Nursing (RNC-MNN)
- Low Risk Neonatal Nursing (RNC-LRN)
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM)
- Certified Lactation Counseling (CLC)
Sample Publications
Tondreau, A., Gardiner, W.L., Hinman, T.B., Dussling, T.M., Stevens, E.Y., White, K.L., & Wilson, N.S. (2024). Disrupting niceness in literacy teacher education: Non-linear trajectories toward culturally relevant pedagogy. Journal of Teacher Education, 76(2), 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871241263337
Haddix, M.M., Stevens, E.Y., & Hinchman, K.A. (2023). Cultivating equitable language arts practices. In D. Fisher & D. Lapp (Eds.), Handbook of research on teaching the English Language Arts (5th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334392
Stevens, E.Y., Driskill, K.M., Huck, A., Abbott, D., Robinson, E.E., Barrett, M., Johnson, D., Polisseni, A., & Rushforth, H. (2023). A call for change: Disrupting white supremacy culture in dispositional expectations of teacher candidates. The Teacher Educators’ Journal, 16(1), 149-171. From https://www.ateva.org/journal-1
Adams, B., Stevens, E.Y., Dussling, T., & Li, S.C. (2023). Emotions, positive comparisons, and unexamined assumptions in novice U.S. teachers’ perspectives on English learners. Journal of World Languages. https://doi.org/10.1515/jwl-2023-0061
Turner, K.H., Stevens, E.Y., Paciga, K., & O’Byrne, W.I. (2022). Co-constructing meaning: Parents and children navigating digital literacies together. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 66(3), 158-167. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1264