Stacen Keating

Stacen Keating, PhD, RN, is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Meyers College of Nursing, New York University. She teaches in both undergraduate and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs, with a focus on applied epidemiology, population health, and public health science for nurses. Her scholarship centers on global nursing education equity, aiming to support nurse educators in low- and middle-income countries to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.

Her educational background includes a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS from Northeastern University, and a BSN from Columbia University School of Nursing. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.

Keating's research interests lie at the intersection of nursing education, global health equity, and environmental health. She is deeply engaged in curriculum innovation using instructional design frameworks like ADDIE and design thinking. Her work promotes evidence-based teaching practices and the integration of climate change and public health topics into nursing curricula. She is particularly focused on developing open-access educational resources to address global shortages of qualified nurse educators.

The recent publications highlight a consistent trend in educational innovation, with themes centered on open-access resources, pandemic response training, climate change integration, and global nursing education reform. These works reflect a strong commitment to scalable, adaptable, and evidence-based solutions in nursing education.

• Digital Innovation Boot Camp, American Association of the Colleges of Nursing in conjunction with Apple, Inc. (2019)
• Fellow, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (2019)
• Faculty Award, College of New Jersey Support of Scholarly Activities (2010)
• Scholar, John A. Hartford Foundation's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (2006)
• Penn-Hampton Scholar Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing-Hampton University Center for Researching Health Care Disparities

Keating actively mentors and supports global nurse educators through her leadership roles. She serves on the advisory council of Nurses International, a non-profit dedicated to open-access nursing education in resource-limited settings, and contributes to the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment by advocating for policy changes on climate and environmental health. While specific grant details are not mentioned, her involvement in funded initiatives and recognition through competitive fellowships and awards indicates a strong record of scholarly support. She is currently advancing her expertise in instructional design through certification at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.

She is actively involved in developing and disseminating the Nurses International Open Access BSN program, an integrated curriculum with lectures, references, assignments, and assessments. This initiative, supported by communities of practice and remote mentoring, aims to build sustainable nursing education capacity worldwide. Her work leverages technological solutions and open licensing to promote equity and scalability in global health education.