Two Women Named to Associate Dean Posts at Frontier Nursing University

Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, Kentucky, has announced the appointment of two women as associate deans.

Lisa Chappell was appointed associate dean of family nursing. Dr. Chappell has been a certified nurse practitioner for 18 years and has been on the staff at the university for the past five years.

Dr. Chappell holds a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama Birmingham. She earned a Ph.D. in nursing at the Medical College of Georgia.

Anne Cockerham was named associate dean of midwifery and women’s health at the university. She has served on the faculty at the university for four years and was recently appointed a professor of history.

Dr. Cockerham holds a master’s degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She earned a Ph.D. in nursing history from the University of Virginia. She is the author of Rooted in the Mountains, Reaching to the World: Stories of Nursing and Midwifery at Kentucky’s Frontier School, 1939-1989 (Butler Books, 2012).