Rosemary Donley, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., BC, FAAN

Sister Rosemary Donley, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAAN, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill, is a Professor of Nursing and the Jacques Laval Chair for Justice for Vulnerable Populations at Duquesne University School of Nursing. She is a certified adult nurse practitioner.

Her professional life has taken her around the world. She has served as President of the National League for Nursing and Sigma International. Currently, she chairs the CGFNS Board. A past Senior Editor of The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, she serves on the Editorial Boards of Health Progress and the OJIN

She has worked with the U.S. Army and Navy Medical Commands; served on the peer review panel of Tri-Service Nursing Research group, and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Special Medical Advisory Group.

She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing. A former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 1977-1978, she teaches graduate seminars in health policy and finance and social justice. She also plans national symposia on social justice for vulnerable populations. Currently she is planning the twelfth symposium: Social Justice, for Vulnerable Populations: The Face of the Person who is Poor.