Editor-in-Chief

Marilyn “Marty” Douglas, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Assistant Clinical Professor,

University of California, San Francisco

Editorial Manager

Marjory Spraycar

Editorial Board

Huda Huijer Abu-Saad, PhD, RN

Dean, School of Nursing

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Margaret M. Andrews, PhD, RN, CTN

Director & Professor, School of Nursing

University of Northern Colorado

Greenley, Colorado

Pamela J. Brink, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus, Nursing and Anthropology

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

John C. Buffum, PharmD, BCPP

Psychiatric Pharmacy Consultant

University of California, San Francisco

 Noel J. Chrisman, PhD, MPH

Professor, School of Nursing

University of Washington, Seattle

 Carmen de la Cuesta PhD, MSc, DEM, SRN

Professor, School of Nursing

Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colómbia

Visiting Professor, University of Alicante, Spain

 Lydia A. DeSantis, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN

Professor, School of Nursing

University of Miami

Raisa Gul, RN, RM, MHA

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Guifong Guo, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Beijing Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China

Panduleni Hailonga, MSc, RN

Program Director, Center for Global Education

Augsburg College, Windhoek,

Republic of Namibia, Africa 

Beverly M. Horn, PhD, RN, CTN

Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing

University of Washington, Seattle

Kathryn H. Kavanagh, PhD 

Instructor, Medical Anthropology

Towson University and University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Margarita A. Kay, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, College of Medicine

University of Arizona, Tucson 

Juliene G. Lipson, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor, Dept. of Community Health Systems

University of California, San Francisco 

Patti Ludwig-Beymer, PhD, RN CTN

Administrative Director, Education & Research

Edward Hospital and Health Services

Naperville, Illinois

Nadia Mohamed Mahmoud, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing

University of Alexandria, Egypt

Margaret  McKenna, PhD, RN, MPH, MN        

Principal, ConTEXT Sociocultural Research & Consulting

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Health

University of Washington, Seattle

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, DrPS (hon.), FAAN

Dean & Professor, School of Nursing

University of Pennsylvania

Akram Omeri, PhD, RN, CTN, MCN, FRCNA

Transcultural Nurse Consultant

Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing

University of Western Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Wasileh Petro-Nustas, ScD, RN

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Nursing

The University of Jordan, Amman, JORDAN

Joan Uhl Pierce, PhD, RN, FAAN

President & CEO

Pierce and Associates Nursing Consultants

Knoxville, Tennessee

Marilyn A. Ray, PhD, RN, CTN

Professor, College of Nursing

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Janice M. Roper, PhD, RN

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of California, Los Angeles

Jose Siles Gonzalez, PhD, RN

Professor Titular, Department of Nursing

University of Alicante, Spain

Antoinette A. Sabapathy, MSN, RN, SCM, WHNP

Assistant Manager, School of Health Sciences

Nanyang Polytechnic University

Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Siriorn Sindhu, DNSc, RN

Associate Professor & Assistant Dean

Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University

Bangkok, Thailand

Kathryn P. Sucher, ScD, RD

Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science

San Jose State University, San Jose, California 

Anna Frances Wenger, PhD, RN, FAAN

Senior Scholar, Interfaith Health Program

The Rollins School of Public Health

Affiliate Faculty, Emery University, Atlanta, Georgia

Panel of Peer Reviewers

Sheila Bunting, PhD, RN

Associate Professor of Nursing

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Jacqueline L Burchum, DNSc, APRN, BC

Assistant Professor, Loewenberg School of Nursing

University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

Miriam Carasa, EdD, RN, CAN

Chief Nursing Officer and VP for Patient Services

North General Hospital

New York, New York

Lauren Clark, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, Colorado

PaJa Lee Donnelly, PhD, RN, CS,

Assistant Professor of Nursing

School of Allied Health & Life Sciences

New York Institute of Technology

Marie F. Gates, PhD, RN

Professor and Director,

Bronson School of Nursing

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

Claire Gulino, EdD, RN, CTN

Professor Emeritus,

San Diego State University

Jehad Omar Halabi, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor & Head

Department of Clinical Nursing

The University of Jordan, Amman

Marianne Hattar-Pollara, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Professor, School of Nursing

Azusa Pacific University

Paula Herberg, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, Department of Nursing

California State University, Fullerton

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

University of Texas – Austin

Mary R. Ingram, PhD, RN, CS

Captain, U.S. Public Health Service

Family Nurse Practitioner, Indian Health Service

Sioux San Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota

Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN

Professor of Nursing

The City University of New York

College of Staten Island

Mary Elaine Jones, PhD, RN

Brig. Gen. Lillian Dunlop Professorial Chair in Nursing

University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas

Jeanne Kemppainen, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Sharon M. Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Graceland University

Lamoni, Iowa

Pamela Goyan Kittler, M.S.

Cultural Nutrition Consultant

Sunnyvale, California

Anahid Kulwicki, DNS, RN

Professor, College of Nursing

Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Jana Lauderdale, PhD, RN

Associate Professor -- Adjunct, School of Nursing

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Hae Ok Lee, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, Colorado

Cheryl J. Leuning, PhD, RN, CTN

Associate Professor of Nursing

Augustana College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Violeta Lopez, RN, PhD, FRCNA

Professor, The Nethersole School of Nursing

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Marlene C. Mackey, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina

Paula M. McGee, PhD, Cert. Ed. RNT

Professor, Health & Social Care Research Centre

University of Central England, Birmingham

United Kingdom

Marjorie G. Morgan, PhD, RN, CNM. CTN

Nurse Midwife

South Carolina Department of Health

     & Environmental Control

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Henry M. Plawecki, PhD, RN

Professor, School of Nursing

Purdue University, Calumet

Somjai Puttapitukpol, DNSc, RN

Assistant Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

School of Nursing

Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Pakred Nontaburi, Thailand

Grayce Roessler, PhD, RN, CTN

President, Transcultural Seminars

Huntington Beach, California

 Cynthia K. Russell, PhD, RN, CS, ANP

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

University of Tennessee, Memphis

Patricia A. Seabrooks, DNSc, ARNP, BC

President/Consultant

Seabrooks and Associates, Inc., Miami, Florida

Linda S. Smith, MS, DSN, RN, CLNC

Director/Associate Professor

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

Mary C. Sobralske, PhD, FNP, RNC, CTN

Nurse Practitioner

Shriner’s Hospital for Children-Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

Rachel E. Spector, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN

Cultural Care Consultant

Needham, Massachusetts

C. June Strickland, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

University of Washington, Seattle

Inez Tuck, PhD, RN, MBA

Associate Professor & Chair, School of Nursing

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Sharon M. Valente, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

University of Southern California, Los Angelos

Rick Zoucha, DNSc, APRN, BC, CTN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania