Good teachers possess a capacity for connectedness. They are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves.
― Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life

 

Dr. Nancy Pontes, PhD, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, School of Nursing—Camden.  She is a nationally certified, family nurse practitioner with 25 years’ experience working with a variety of vulnerable populations globally.  The overarching focus of Dr. Pontes’ research is to explore social determinants of health and well-being among youth and families, especially those affected by victimization and violence. Her Federal grant through the Department of Education to expand Spanish education for Health Professions was nationally awarded the AACN Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2018. She received the 2018 Innovations in the Continuum of Care Award by the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey (ONL) for improving health equity through Spanish for Health Professions. Her Spanish for Health Professions Program Grant collaboration was awarded the 2020 Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award, Rutgers University Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes and the Rutgers’ Chancellor’s Award for Academic Civic Engagement (2019). Her scholarly work received the 2019 ENRS/Nursing Research Authorship Award (Eastern Nursing Research Society) for research on interaction effects of bullying victimization on suicidality. In 2020 Dr. Pontes was selected as a finalist for the CARES Award in Research, by the Institute for Nursing. She is actively involved in international collaborations and student learning abroad experiences in Guatemala, Cuba and Puerto Rico.