Beyond Normal — Alumni who are in the spotlight.

Felissa R. Lashley, Ph.D. ’73, Biological Sciences

Felissa R. Lashley is dean of the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She previously was dean and professor at Southern Illinois University’s School of Nursing and clinical professor of pediatrics at the university’s School of Medicine. An AIDS Certified Registered Nurse, Lashley was the first nurse to be certified as a Ph.D. medical geneticist by the American Board of Medical Genetics, was a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics, and the first nurse to be a member of the AIDS standing research committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. She has authored more than 250 publications and has received numerous awards, including Book of the Year Awards in 1984 and 1987 from the American Journal of Nursing and a Book of the Year Award from Nurse Practitioner in 1996.