Nursing professor wins honors and an election

Bethany Hall-Long, associate professor of nursing, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, which cited her "outstanding contributions and achievements in nursing."

She was inducted into the academy in November, the same month in which she was elected to the Delaware General Assembly as a representative from the newly drawn 8th District in New Castle County.

Involved in academic-community partnerships, Hall-Long has focused on the health problems of vulnerable populations. She joined the CHNS faculty in 1996 and holds a joint appointment with the Health Services Policy Research Group in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy.

While teaching at George Mason University, Hall-Long founded Student Nurses in Action, a federally funded student public health nursing workforce program, which she brought to UD. Working with community organizations and businesses, student nurses gain experience in such nontraditional settings as senior centers, mobile health units and public health settings. They also help write grant applications for funding for these organizations.

Hall-Long has received the University's and the nursing department's excellence-in-teaching awards. She also received a Nurse Scientist Training Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research.

She earned her doctorate from George Mason University, where her research focus was nursing administration and health policy.