Faculty and Staff
Nursing professors at Elmhurst know what it takes to succeed in nursing, because they have done it themselves.
Each member of our nursing faculty holds a master’s degree and/or a doctorate. With close ties to the profession, they teach the latest developments in the field.
What’s more, you can count on plenty of individual attention here—our clinical student-faculty ratio is 8:1. That means students get to know each other and their teachers in a collaborative, productive environment.
Full-Time Faculty
Diane Salvador, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC
Executive Director and Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Barbara Bostelmann, M.S., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Laura Brennan, M.S., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences; Director, Undergraduate Pre-Licensure Program
Jeanne Burda, M.S., R.N.
Lecturer, Nursing and Health Sciences
Elizabeth Davis, DNP, R.N., CNL, RN-C MNN
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences; Program Director, Master's Entry in Nursing Practice
Cynthia Hinojosa, DNP, APN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CCRN
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Becky Hulett, DNP, R.N., CNL
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences; Program Director, M.S. in Nursing
Sarah Katula, Ph.D., APRN
Associate Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Sandra McCormick, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Laura Minarich, DNP, APN, FNP-C
Visiting Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Mary Oesterle, Ed.D., R.N., CNL
Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Penny Reiss, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences; Director, RN-BSN Completion Program
Kathleen H. Scanlon, MSN, R.N., CNE
Associate Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Ruth Schumacher, DNP, R.N., CNL, CPN
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences
Laury Westbury, Ed.D., R.N., CHSE, CNOR, RNFA
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences; Director, Simulation Center
Mary E. Weyer, Ed.D., APN, CNS-BC, CNL
Professor, Nursing and Health Sciences