ENVEST Event: My Trauma and Pain; Your Discomfort, Silence or Courage: Dr. Kechi Iheduru-Anderson
Join us on April 13th at 4PM via Zoom.
https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/98353864249 Meeting ID: 983 5386 4249
Dr. Kechi Iheduru-Anderson is the inaugural Nursing Program Director and associate professor at the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She is an Inaugural Fellow of American Association of Colleges of Nursing Elevated Leaders in Academic Nursing (ELAN). Prior to this, she served as assistant dean of nursing and the director of Laboure College's RN to BSN Program in Milton, Massachusetts. She had held other leadership positions in nursing practice and academia. Kechi earned her Doctoral degree in nursing education and master's degree in nursing leadership and healthcare administration from Regis College Weston Massachusetts, her bachelor's degree at Curry College. She is a certified nurse educator (CNE). Her research interests focus on equity, diversity, inclusion, and antiracism in nursing practice, leadership, and education. Dr. Iheduru-Anderson is a prolific writer and student advocate.
Kechi is an active member of Association of Black Nurse Faculty and National Black Nurses Association, American Nurses Association-MI, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She is a very active member of several committees with the Michigan Nursing Action Coalition. She is the recipient of received the 2016 ANA -Massachusetts Excellence in Nursing Education Award, Fall 2020 Blackboard Exemplary Course Award, 2021 Association of Black Nurse Faculty Young Publisher award, and 2021 Faculty Excellence Award for The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University. She is an avid faculty and student advocate and mentor.
