معرفی
Dr. Michelle-Marie Spadoni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at Lakehead University's School of Nursing since 2014. Her academic qualifications include a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (2010) from the University of St. Catherine's, MN, an MA in Nursing (2002), a BScN (2000), and an RN diploma (1983).
Her research focuses on:
- Relational Practice frameworks
- Addressing Moral Distress in nursing
- Compassion and resilience in healthcare
- Story and art-based inquiry methods
- Socially Just Nursing Practice
- Cultural Safety in education
Recent publications analyze clinical placement standards, Indigenous curriculum integration, and the spiritual dimensions of nursing education. She has received the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing Teaching Award (2014) and the Associate Medical Services Phoenix Fellowship.
Her teaching spans foundational nursing theory, leadership development, and graduate-level nursing philosophy, emphasizing:
- Hermeneutic and critical feminist approaches
- Post-colonial and post-structural analysis
- Narrative and aesthetic ways of knowing
- Deconstructing power dynamics in healthcare
