Anna Pirsch

Anna Pirsch serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing at Augsburg University since 2024, specializing in the politics of health, public health nursing, and professional sustainability. Her teaching emphasizes critical consciousness, whole-person care, and addressing systemic health inequities for marginalized populations.

Education:

• PhD, Nursing (2023), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• MS, Advanced Public Health Nursing (2018), Hunter College, City University of New York
• BSN, Nursing, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Her research centers on nurse well-being and resilience during crises, particularly examining pandemic responses and gender-based violence impacts on Indigenous and Black Women through NIH-funded collaboration. As founding member of the Archive of Health, Arts, and Spirit (AHAS) in Maui, she pioneers arts-based interventions for health crises while advocating that "nursing is love in action" (Lillian Wald).

Analysis of her 2020-2023 publications reveals consistent focus on public health nursing, resilience metrics, and health equity using innovative methods like data visualization and Omaha System terminology. Her work frequently addresses social determinants of health and pandemic impacts through interdisciplinary community-clinical data integration.

Anna mentors future nursing leaders with ten years of frontline experience across emergency, public health, and psychiatric settings. Her NIH research collaboration examines help-seeking behaviors in vulnerable populations while her professional certifications include ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health RN, Public Health Nurse, and Trauma Nursing Core Course credentials.

Through AHAS, she leads arts-intervention initiatives for health crisis recovery. Her clinical background informs her research on community response systems during emergencies, with teaching responsibilities covering Politics of Health and Health Equity courses that challenge students to critically analyze healthcare structures.