The President’s Academic Fellowship Program at Frontier Nursing University is a prestigious initiative established to recognize and support outstanding faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to their field and made meaningful contributions to our academic community. This selective program offers fellows the opportunity to engage in focused leadership development alongside a small cohort of esteemed colleagues. The group began meeting in April 2026.
“This group is already off to a great start and I’m excited to see the growth and progress they make throughout this year,” Dr. Brooke A. Flinders said.
Meet the 2026-27 President’s Academic Fellows
Beki Asti, DNP, MSN, FNP, PMHNP
Dr. Beki Asti is an Air Force veteran and a Frontier graduate who started working at Frontier as a Regional Clinical Faculty and Course Faculty in 2011. In 2018, she worked as a Course Coordinator and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program.
Dr. Asti graduated from Carroll University with her BSN, then earned her FNP degree at Frontier, and went on to attend Concordia University of Wisconsin, obtaining her Doctor of Nursing Practice. Most recently, she earned her Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree at Frontier.
She has held several leadership positions, including serving as the Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners’ Upper Peninsula Chapter Secretary, Chi Pi Chapter President, Chi Pi Chapter Vice President, and Chi Pi Chapter Counselor.
At Frontier, she served on the Curriculum Committee for several years as the Co-Chair and Secretary. She is also currently a faculty mentor for new faculty at Frontier.
Dr. Asti is a published scholar with research interests including APRN student preparedness and transition to practice, community mental health and access to telepsychiatry, and substance use disorders in primary care settings.
Eva Fried, DNP, CNM, WHNP, CNE, FACNM
Dr. Eva Fried is the Clinical Director for Midwifery and Women’s Health at FNU. She was previously the Nurse-Midwifery Program Director at the University of Cincinnati and has more than 20 years of experience in patient care as a nurse practitioner and nurse-midwife.
Dr. Fried has made significant contributions to the professions of midwifery and advanced practice nursing through writing, advocacy work, and community building. In her work as a faculty member and administrator, she demonstrates commitment to excellence and fosters belongingness and community in distance education.
Dr. Fried’s education and training includes a Post Graduate Certificate in nurse-midwifery from FNU, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Wright State University. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Ohio State University, where she also completed her women’s health nurse practitioner education.
A highly respected leader, educator, and practitioner, Dr. Fried is a two-time recipient of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Excellence in Teaching Award (2020, 2021). In 2024, she became an ACNM Fellow.
Dr. Fried is a contributing author in several books and publications. She is also a frequent presenter at local, national, and international conferences, speaking on topics such as antiracist approaches to midwifery education, collaboration between graduate and faculty library sciences, and campus-wide sexual health initiatives.
Billie Anne Gebb, MSN
Billie Anne Gebb serves as Director of Library Services and Senior Instructor at Frontier. Now in her 20th year at FNU, she began working in academic libraries in 2002. When she joined FNU in 2006, she did so as the University’s sole librarian. Under her direction, the library staff has grown to include five full-time staff.
Gebb earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and a master’s degree in library science (MSLS) at the University of Kentucky. She previously served as a reference librarian at Midway College (now Midway University) and as a law librarian at the firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC in Covington, Kentucky.
Her primary research areas include information literacy throughout the curriculum and mobile technology. She co-authored a chapter with other Frontier faculty in Best Practices in Midwifery: Using the Evidence to Implement Change, which was selected as the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year for 2013. She has also published articles in Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning and Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries.
She is an active member on several FNU committees, including serving as the Chair of the Library Committee.
Kelsey Kent, PhD, PMHNP-BC, CNE
Dr. Kelsey Kent, PhD, PMHNP-BC, CNE, is a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with 14 years of experience in Veterans’ and community mental health care, specializing in the treatment of co-occurring PTSD, anxiety, and gastrointestinal disease. Her research and clinical interest focus on the brain-gut connection and the relationship between trauma and GI symptoms.
Dr. Kent earned a PhD in nursing research from the University of Texas Medical Branch, an MSN from Vanderbilt University, and a BS in psychology from Lipscomb University. She is an active member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculty and spent five years serving on the Board of Trust for the Tennessee Nurses Foundation.
At Frontier, Dr. Kent has been faculty since 2017 and serves as the course coordinator for MH708 Principles of Psychotherapy Across the Lifespan in the PMHNP program. She is currently working on research and implementation of an AI simulation tool to develop psychotherapy skills in PMHNP students. Dr. Kent also serves as chair of the FNU Research & Scholarly Works Committee, where she strives to promote research and scholarship among FNU faculty.
Katie Moriarty, PhD, CNM, CAFCI, FACNM
Dr. Katie Moriarty is course faculty in the Nurse-Midwifery program at Frontier. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, she earned her BScN at the University of Windsor, and MS degrees in Perinatal Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery at the University of Illinois Chicago. She also holds a PhD from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Her area of expertise is integrative healthcare and complementary therapies in pregnancy and women’s reproductive healthcare along with stress reduction/ resiliency. Her doctoral work specifically focused on acupressure and acupuncture. She is the first midwife to be certified in acupuncture from the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute.
Dr. Moriarty was a faculty scholar in Integrative Healthcare while a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Co-Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Education Program at the University of Michigan. She completed postdoctoral training at the National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare through the University of Arizona/ Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a Health Leader Fellowship at the Ecology Center in Detroit, Michigan.
As a Certified Nurse-Midwife, Dr. Moriarty has worked both as a clinician in all birth settings, along with holding leadership and administrative roles. She writes the Modern Midwives Blog for the PBS show, “Call the Midwife”.
Alexandra Peters, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
A graduate of Frontier Nursing University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, Dr. Alexandra Peters serves as a Course Coordinator for Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan within the Primary Care courses. She is actively involved in leadership and service at FNU through her work on the Scholarship Committee, Bylaws Committee, AI Workgroup, and as a former Co-Lead of the Pillar 3 subgroup of the President’s Steering Committee.
Dr. Peters earned her BSN from the University of Maine and her MSN from Simmons University.
As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Peters has served Vermont communities for more than a decade, with a strong focus on pediatric primary care and underserved rural populations. Her professional interests include quality improvement, health equity, and innovative approaches to enhancing patient care and nursing education.
Dr. Peters was named the 2023 Preceptor of the Year by the Vermont Nurse Practitioner Association in recognition of her commitment to clinical teaching and mentorship. She also co-authored “Improving Effective Hypertension Management in Rural Primary Care,” which was published in the Journal of Practical Nurse Education in 2025.
Vicky Stone-Gale, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP
Dr. Vicky Stone-Gale has been a faculty member at Frontier since 2014. She currently is a Course Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Family Nurse Practitioner program.
She received her diploma in nursing from Massillon Community Hospital School of Nursing in Massillon, Ohio, and completed her BSN and MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner track from Barry University. She received her DNP from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed courses in their PhD in Nursing program.
Dr. Stone-Gale has practiced in primary care for 32 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner and recently started a primary care telehealth practice. She is board certified in Family Practice by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice.
Dr. Stone-Gale completed the prestigious National League for Nursing LEAD program in 2023. She was also awarded the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Faculty from FNU, and the AANP State Advocate Award for Excellence. Dr. Stone-Gale is Chair of Probable Cause for Florida Board of Nursing and is involved with NP legislation on the state and national level and lobbies for nursing issues in Tallahassee, Florida.
Charlotte Swint, DNP, MPH, MSN
Dr. Charlotte Swint has served on the FNU faculty since October 2017. She is currently a course coordinator in the DNP program. At FNU, Dr. Swint has served as the co-chair of the Faculty/Staff Council, the Research and Scholarly Works committee, and the Mission and Philosophy committee.
She has been involved with the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) in many ways. She is the co-founder of the Health Policy Education Special Interest Group and served as the chair. She co-edited A Toolkit for the Integration of Health Policy Education Throughout the DNP Nurse Practitioner Curriculum for NONPF and was a co-author of a background paper, Benefits of Faculty Practice Partnerships. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Governance Committee and has served as the president of the Chi Pi and Xi Rho Sigma Theta Tau chapters.
Dr. Swint received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She received her Master of Public Health degree from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Vanderbilt University.
She has collaborated on articles published in Workplace Health and Safety, Nurse Educator, and Epilepsy and Behavior.
Carrie Belin is an experienced board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins DNP program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has also completed fellowships at Georgetown and the University of California Irvine.
Angie has been a full-scope midwife since 2009. She has experience in various birth settings including home, hospital, and birth centers. She is committed to integrating the midwifery model of care in the US. She completed her master’s degree in nurse-midwifery at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) and her Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as the midwifery clinical faculty at FNU. Angie is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of healthcare and has led quality improvement projects on skin-to-skin implementation, labor induction, and improving transfer of care practices between hospital and community midwives. In 2017, she created a short film on skin-to-skin called 
Justin C. Daily, BSN, RN, has ten years of experience in nursing. At the start of his nursing career, Justin worked as a floor nurse on the oncology floor at St. Francis. He then spent two years as the Director of Nursing in a small rural Kansas hospital before returning to St. Francis and the oncology unit. He has been in his current position as the Chemo Nurse Educator for the past four years. He earned an Associate in Nurse from Hutchinson Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bethel College.
Brandy Jackson serves as the Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Educator at Wichita State University and Co-Director of Access in Nursing. Brandy is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of experience. Before entering academia, Brandy served in Hospital-based leadership and Critical Care Staff nurse roles. Brandy is passionate about equity in nursing education with a focus on individuals with disabilities. Her current research interests include accommodations of nursing students with disabilities in clinical learning environments and breaking down barriers for historically unrepresented individuals to enter the nursing profession. Brandy is also actively engaged in Interprofessional Education development, creating IPE opportunities for faculty and students at Wichita State. Brandy is an active member of Wichita Women for Good and Soroptimist, with the goal to empower women and girls. Brandy is a TeamSTEPPS master trainer. She received the DASIY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty in 2019 at Wichita State University. 
Dr. Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine is an Arab-disabled queer woman of color with a PhD in Nursing and an interdisciplinary certificate in Disability Ethics from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Dr. Jamal-Eddine’s doctoral research explored spoken word poetry as a form of critical narrative pedagogy to educate nursing students about disability, ableism, and disability justice. Dr. Jamal-Eddine now serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in UIC’s Department of Disability and Human Development and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND). During her doctoral program, Sabrina served as a Summer Fellow at a residential National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute at Arizona State University (2023), a summer fellow at Andrew W. Mellon’s National Humanities Without Walls program at University of Michigan (2022), a Summer Research Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute (2021), and an Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) trainee (2019-2020).
Vanessa Cameron works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nursing Education & Professional Development. She is also attending George Washington University and progressing towards a PhD in Nursing with an emphasis on ableism in nursing. After becoming disabled in April 2021, Vanessa’s worldview and perspective changed, and a recognition of the ableism present within healthcare and within the culture of nursing was apparent. She has been working since that time to provide educational foundations for nurses about disability and ableism, provide support for fellow disabled nursing colleagues, and advocate for the disabled community within healthcare settings to reduce disparities.
Dr. Lucinda Canty is a certified nurse-midwife, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Yale University, specializing in nurse-midwifery, and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Canty has provided reproductive health care for over 29 years. Her research interests include the prevention of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in reproductive health, promoting diversity in nursing, and eliminating racism in nursing and midwifery.
Dr. Lisa Meeks is a distinguished scholar and leader whose unwavering commitment to inclusivity and excellence has significantly influenced the landscape of health professions education and accessibility. She is the founder and executive director of the DocsWithDisabilities Initiative and holds appointments as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Learning Health Sciences and Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C, FACNM (she/her) is a trailblazing force in reproductive justice, blending her expertise as a public health activist, anthropologist, and family nurse-midwife to champion the rights and health of underserved communities. Graduating with distinction from Howard University, Nikia holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public health. Her academic journey also led her to the University of Memphis, where she earned a master’s in medical anthropology, and the University of Tennessee, where she achieved both a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. Complementing her extensive education, she completed a post-master’s certificate in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).