Katharyn A. May, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Title: Dean and Professor
Phone: (608) 263-5155
E-mail: kamay@wisc.edu
Support Staff: Terry Gorman
Office Address:

K6/228 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

Dean May's early research has been focused on the social psychological experience of pregnancy with    particular emphasis on expectant and new fatherhood and, more recently, the impact of high-risk pregnancy on individual and family adaptation. Her early papers on expectant fatherhood were among the first in the area to address the male experience of childbearing as a normative life event and to link extant knowledge and theory in regard to male adult development to the literature on childbirth and the neoparental period.  Her current emphasis is on strategic leadership in nursing education, and initiatives to increase innovation and interprofessional collaboration in the health sciences.

Honors and Awards/Professional Service:

Representative Publications:

May, K. (2001). Impact of preterm labor treatment on women and their families: a grounded theory study. Issues in Women's Health International, 22(3), 246-253.

May, K. Ferguson-Pare, M. (1997). Preparing nurse leaders for the future: Views from Canada. Seminars for Nurse Managers, 5, 1-10.

May, K. (1994). Impact of preterm labor and maternal activity restriction on the expectant father. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 23, 246-253.