Authors and Disclosures
Tracey Motter, DNP, MSN, RN
Tracey Motter is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs at Kent State University College of Nursing in Kent, OH. During her tenure at Kent State, she has received numerous teaching awards at the college, university, and national level and has received national workforce development funding to increase diversity in nursing. She is an expert in NCLEX preparation and teaches the NCLEX success course. Dr. Motter is also a co-investigator in funded research on interdisciplinary end of life care. Her area of interest for research is in nurses' self-care and resiliency, transition to practice, and preparing nurses to be leaders in providing quality cost-effective healthcare. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and the American Nurses Association. Email: tmotter2@kent.edu
David Hassler, MFA
David Hassler directs the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University in Kent, OH. In 2009, he co-founded Traveling Stanzas, a community arts project which creates illustrations in response to poems generated from community workshops in schools, healthcare facilities, libraries, senior centers, and veterans' organizations. Hassler is the author or editor of nine books of poetry and nonfiction, including Red Kimono, Yellow Barn; Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community; and Speak a Powerful Magic: Ten Years of the Traveling Stanzas Poetry Project. His play, May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970, based on the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, was published by The Kent State University Press along with a Teacher's Resource Book and was produced in 2020 as a national radio play by the WKSU NPR station. Hassler's awards include Ohio Poet of the Year, the Ohioana Book Award, and the Carter G. Woodson Honor Book Award. His TEDx talk, "The Conversation of Poetry," conveys the power of poetry to strengthen communities. In addition to his creative writing publications, he has co-authored articles on poetry, technology, and healing in the Journal of Palliative Medicine and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. Email: dhassle1@kent.edu
Mary K. Anthony, PhD, RN
Mary K. Anthony serves as Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Kent State University College of Nursing in Kent, OH and Director of Nursing Research at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Anthony received a PhD in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Her area of research focuses on the structure and processes of healthcare delivery systems, including decision making, delegation, leadership, and interruptions. She has investigated patient-centered models of care, particularly those associated with building caring patient and family relationships and how those relationships relate to hospital discharge. Dr. Anthony has held leadership positions in several professional and community healthcare organizations. Email: manthony@kent.edu
