Margaret Moss, Ph.D., J.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Margaret P. Moss, Ph.D., R.N., J.D., is Associate Professor and Chair of the Leadership, Systems, Informatics and Policy Co-operative in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota, as well as Director of Inclusivity and Diversity. She is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, with equal lineage in the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe. She has researched, presented extensively, and written on the subject of American Indians, aging, and policy.

She received a B.S. in biology from Washington State University, an M.N. from the University of Phoenix, and a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center, where she was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

She is one of only 13 doctorally prepared American Indian nurses in the country. She then completed a 2-year postdoctorate fellowship at the University of Colorado’s Native Elder Research Center. Concurrently, she entered law school and was awarded a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law. She is the only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctorates.

Dr. Moss envisions advocacy from both health and legal perspectives. In 2004, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed her to the Minnesota Board on Aging, where she serves on the diversity and the public policy committees. She was one of 19 National Congress of American Indians delegates to represent Indian issues at the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. She was recently elected secretary to the National Interfaith Council on Aging, an interest group of the National Council on Aging.