Adriana Glenn
Adriana Glenn
Ph.D., M.A., MN, RN, FNP-BC, CNE
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence; Director of RN-BSN Program Track
Assistant Professor
Department: Academic Affairs
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Adriana Glenn is an Assistant Professor with over 35 years of nursing experience, including 30 years as a FNP. Her research examines digital healthcare communication, telehealth, and online support, with an emphasis on diseases like Alagille syndrome and chronic kidney disease. She studies cultural aspects of health disparities and has extensive experience working with students in community settings both domestically and in Central America. Her work with a community-based research team, The Heart Healthy Photovoice Exhibit, was featured at the Smithsonian NMAAHC in 2018. Dr. Glenn maintains an active practice at GWU's Student Health Center while contributing her expertise in qualitative research methods and as a nurse legal consultant.
- George Mason University – Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (2014)
- California State University, Los Angeles – Master of Arts in Education Administration Concentration: education leadership (2002)
- University of California, Los Angeles – Master of Nursing in Primary Ambulatory Care/Family Nurse Practitioner (1993)
- Boston University – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1988)
- Glenn, A., Smith, P. J., & Flynt Wallington, S. (2024). A nurse-led approach to testing and adapting a telehealth guide for e-empathy in goals of care conversations for Black patients with chronic kidney disease. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108593
- Kim, H., Griffith, K., Ricciardi, R., Le, D., Glenn, A., Cameron, V., & Juon, H. (2024). Exploring disparities in healthcare utilization, cancer care experience, and beliefs about cancer among Asian and Hispanic cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32 (756). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08958-6
- Glenn, A., Davis, S., Dawn, K. (2024). The social determinants of a heart-healthy community: A participatory action research project In J. McClinton, A. Hernandez, & A. Thornton (Eds.), Qualitative research with diverse and underserved communities. Studies section 1, case study 4.
- Glenn, A. D., Marchi, N., Anderson, E., Aldous, A., & Lupu, D. (2023). "I don't want it to be left up to anybody else"- Qualitative study of patient experiences with advance care planning in chronic kidney disease clinic employing MY WAY intervention. Journal of Nephrology Social Work, 47(1), 11-20.
- Sistrunk,A., Self, N., Biswas, S., Egenrieder, J. A., Kurt Luther, L., Glenn, A., & Ramakrishnan, N. (2023): Redrawing public school boundaries: An intersection of geography, education policy, and computer science. In: Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: The International Venue on Practice-centered Computing on the Design of Cooperation Technologies - Exploratory Papers, Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (ISSN 2510-2591), DOI: 10.48340/ecscw2023_ep05
- Glenn, A. D. & Glenn, W. (2020). Educational leaders’ need for health literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 5, (S2), 80-85. https://www.ojed.org/index.
php/JSARD/article/view/2730 - Glenn, A. D. & Claman, F. (2017). Using a low-fidelity simulation to enhance cultural awareness and emotional intelligence. Nursing Education Perspective, 41(1):63-64. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.
0000000000000425. - Glenn, A. D. (2015). Using online health communication to manage chronic sorrow: Mothers of children with rare diseases speak. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 30, 17-24. Doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2014.09.013
- Ambulatory Care
- Community Health
- Diversity
- Health Care Disparities
- School / College Health Center
- Educational Research
- Social Determinants of Health
- Telemedicine
- Strategic
- Empathy
- Developer
- Connectedness
- Responsibility