University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing faculty member Sharon Spencer, DNP, RN, has been nominated as a recipient of the Alabama League for Nursing Lamplighter Award for exemplary contributions to the nursing profession. Spencer will be awarded at an awards banquet in early March.
Spencer has been a clinical assistant professor in the UAH College of Nursing since 2010, serving in educational and academic roles with a focus on excellence in teaching, academic student advising, and mentoring new faculty and graduate teaching assistants.
Dr. Marsha Howell Adams, UAH Dean of Nursing, tells UAH.edu, “Dr. Spencer is very deserving of this award. She is a master clinician with a specialty in critical care who works tirelessly to position nursing students for success. She is a mentor and professional role model to students.”
Spencer is an expert in critical care nursing with a research interest in nursing leadership, education, and mentoring programs. She has been actively involved in the UAH Nurse Educator Teaching Certificate Program, The University of Alabama System Scholar’s Institute, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
Prior to her tenure at UAH, Spencer worked as a clinical nursing faculty member at the Delgado Charity School of Nursing in New Orleans and as an RN at Tulane Medical Center. She received her BSN and MSN degrees from Loyola University and her DNP from UAH.
To learn more about Sharon Spencer’s career in nursing and recent Lamplighter Award, visit here.
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