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Danielle Brimo
Danielle Brimo, assistant professor of communication
sciences and disorders, earned her bachelor’s, master’s
and doctoral degrees from Florida State University.
Brimo has worked as a school-based speech-language
pathologist at a charter school in Tallahassee, Fla., and
also taught phonetics and research methods as an adjunct faculty
member at FSU. She received a dissertation research grant funded
by the Congress of Graduate Students and earned the Outstanding
Doctoral Award in communication science and disorders at FSU.
Brimo’s research interests include studying school-age children’s
language and literacy development and how language skills support
reading, writing and spelling. Specifically she researches adolescents’
reading comprehension to determine what language-based factors
support their success. Brimo said, “TCU’s environment is very inviting. I
appreciated the student involvement during my visit, and the level of
maturity the students displayed.”
Nancy Chu
Nancy Chu is joining Harris College as an associate
professor of nursing. She earned her PhD at Oklahoma
State University, her master’s at the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and her BSN at the
University of Iowa. Chu recently served as associate
professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center. She was a John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin post-
doctoral Fellow from 2006-2008 and has been a Fellow of the National
Gerontological NursingAssociation since 2003. Chu’s research interests
include health care utilization, minority aging and health literacy. She
said she was drawn to TCU’s nursing program for its reputation and its
strong focus on the adult/gerontological population.
Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito earned his master’s degree in secondary
education from Missouri State University, and a
doctorate in kinesiology from University of Michigan.
It was his undergraduate career at Truman State
University, however, that played the most influential
role in his pursuit of a career in higher education.
Esposito specifically credits a faculty mentor he worked with on a
research project during his undergraduate work for planting the seed
that blossomed into a desire to teach at the university level.“I liked how
he taught, how he did research, how he interacted with the students,”
Esposito said of his mentor. “I was inspired. I knew I wanted to do what
he did.” Staying true to these words, Esposito is doing exactly that,
and he is thrilled to begin his professorial career in the Department of
Kinesiology at TCU. Esposito was drawn to the university because of
the equal value placed on teaching and research.
Kenneth Lowrance
Kenneth Lowrance has been a Registered Nurse since
1977, and has joined Harris College as an associate
professor of Professional Practice in the Doctor of
Nursing Practice Program. He began his nursing
education with an associate’s degree in nursing at
Central Texas College in Killeen. He then earned a BSN
at the University of Texas at Arlington, a master’s degree at Texas
Woman’s University, post-master’s FamilyNurse Practitioner at UTA and
Doctor of Nursing Practice at TCU. Previously, Lowrance served as vice
president of Goodall-Witcher Healthcare Foundation in Clifton, Texas.
He is a former member and president of the Texas Board of Nursing,
appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush, and he currently serves
as a trustee and vice president of the Clifton ISD. Lowrance has been
honored with the Distinguished Alumni awards at the University of
Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Texas Woman’s University.
His research interests include rural health and diabetes, particularly in
the Hispanic population.
Brenda Reed
Brenda Reed comes to TCU after a career as a family
nurse practitioner with HealthFirst Medical Group in
Azle, Texas. She is joining the nursing faculty as an
assistant professor of Professional Practice. Reed earned
her DNPandMS innursing-familynursepractitioner and
BSN at the University of Texas at Arlington. Reed’s research interests
include childhood obesity prevention, inherited breast/ovarian cancer
and health care policy. As a family nurse practitioner, she brings many
years of experience in health promotion and disease prevention.
Dru Riddle
Dru Riddle, assistant professor of Professional Practice,
joins the School of Nurse Anesthesia. He earned his
DNP at TCU, his master’s in nurse anesthesia at Old
Dominion and a bachelor’s in nursing cum laude
at Virginia Commonwealth University. Riddle most
recently was in primary clinical practice at Baylor All Saints Medical
Center in Fort Worth, and was a staff nurse anesthetist at NorthStar
Anesthesia (Pa.). His research interests include translational research
and evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making and anesthesia
pharmacology. “The transition to doctoral-level entry into practice at
TCU’s School of Nurse Anesthesia is on the forefront of the change in
the field of advanced practice nursing,” he said. “I wanted to be part
of this bold change in our profession, and [Harris College] positioned
itself to be a leader in this pioneering endeavor.”
Kathryn Trimble
Kathryn Trimble joined Harris College of Nursing
and Health Sciences this year as the new career
services adviser. She earned her bachelor’s degree
in communication sciences and disorders with an
emphasis in sign language interpretation and amaster’s
in counselor education with an emphasis in career
counseling from the University of South Florida. Previous to TCU,
she spent seven years at Hands-On Education, a non-profit based in
Tampa, Fla., that offers career counseling to adults with disabilities.
TCU’s Liaison Program, which places a career adviser in each college,
attracted Trimble to the university. This unique opportunity gives
Trimble the chance to do what she does best in an educational
environment.
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