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Tuskegee University is proud to announce that Dr. Cordelia Nnedu has been named the new Dean of the Tuskegee University School of Nursing and Allied Health. The nurse educator, nurse practitioner, and midwife has been a Tuskegee University faculty member for over three decades.
Dr. Nnedu knew she wanted to be a nurse since her teenage years. She received her bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado and her master’s nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) with emphasis on Maternal-Infant teaching. She has a Diploma in Midwifery from Scotland, United Kingdom, and a post master’s degree in Midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. from Auburn University.
“Dr. Nnedu’s dedication to the nursing profession and Tuskegee University students has been consistent for the last three decades,” said Dr. Mark A. Brown, President and CEO. “Her leadership as Dean of the School of Nursing will set a new standard for our students to follow.”
Dr. Nnedu is certified as a nurse-midwife by the American Midwifery Certification board (AMCB), as a nurse educator by the National League for nursing (NLN), and as a Women’s Health Care Nurse-Practitioner by National Certification Corporation (NCC). She was inducted into the Academy of Nursing Education Fellows (ANEF) in the fall of 2021, and she became a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in the fall of 2024. Dr. Nnedu’s research areas of interest include retention of minorities in baccalaureate nursing programs and the utilization of evidence-based strategies to address the impact of negative perinatal outcomes in minority women.
“I believe that Dr. Nnedu, by virtue of her extensive experience and background, is the right person to lead our School of Nursing and Allied Health at this critical junction in its history,” said Dr. Thierno Thiam, Provost and Senior Vice President.
Since the fall of 1982, Dr. Nnedu has had the privilege of teaching nursing in three different continents. Tuskegee University has been her home since August of 1991, where she started as an Assistant professor in the School of Nursing. Over the years, she rose to the rank of tenured professor, served as the department head of nursing for eight years, and chaired multiple committees in the School of Nursing and Allied Health.
“I am excited to start this new chapter as the Dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health,” said Dr. Nnedu. “I look forward to building upon the work of my predecessors and to further advance Tuskegee University’s School of Nursing and Allied Health to attract faculty, staff, and students.”
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