Mary Jane Smith: WVU School of Nursing Faculty

WVU School of Nursing Faculty

Mary Jane Smith, PhD, RN

Professor & Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs

Mary Jane Smith

WVU School of Nursing
P.O. Box 9640
Morgantown, WV 26506

Phone: (304) 293-4298
Fax: (304) 293-2546

E-mail: mjsmith@hsc.wvu.edu

Education:	PhD New York University
	MNEd University of Pittsburgh
	BSN University of Pittsburgh

Certifications:	N/A
Specialty Areas:	Middle range theory development, qualitative research, teaching & learning.
Research Interests:	Intervening in drinking/driving situations. The lived experience of being pregnant for adolescents in high school. Adolescent stories about being overweight.
Research:	1) The voices of rural youth on intervening in drinking and driving situations.
	2) Thoughts and feelings of rural youth on drinking and driving.
	3) A qualitative study of intervening as a passenger in a drinking and driving situation.
	4) The lived experience of time-pressured busyness for graduate students in nursing.
	5) The lived experience of being pregnant for high school teenagers.
	6) Humanistic behaviors and primary nursing practice.
	7) Temporal experience and bed rest.