Education

Teaching

• Community Nursing
• Nursing Scholarship
• Service-learning
• Nursing & Healthcare Education

Research

Research interests

• Psychological Resilience & Trauma
• De-escalation Skills in Nursing Education & Clinical Practice
• Nursing Workforce Well-being & Retention
• Service-Learning in Nursing Education
• Humanistic Nursing Education

Select publications

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• Vieira, M., Hunter Revell, S., Boyden, GL, & Brisbois, M. (2025).
  Service-learning and community experiential clinical: A complementary approach.
  Nurse Educator, 50(3), 169-170.
  
• Boyden, G., Brisbois, M., Kellogg, M., & Foli, K. (2024).
  Understanding resilience among Generation Z baccalaureate nursing students: A hermeneutic phenomenology study
  Journal of Nursing Education, 63(7), 460-469.
  
• Boyden, G.-L., & Brisbois, M. (2023).
  Psychological trauma among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic with strategies for healing and resilience: An integrative review.
  Journal of Clinical Nursing, S00, 1–30.
  

Dr. Gerri-Lyn Boyden is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences. She teaches across the MS and undergraduate program tracks, with courses spanning professional nursing, scholarship, community and global health, and service-learning. Her research focuses on resilience, psychological trauma, and well-being among nursing students, clinical nurses, and community-based populations with chronic illness. She has published in leading journals such as Journal of Nursing Education, Journal of Clinical Nursing, and Nurse Educator. Dr. Boyden is a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and an active member of Sigma Theta Tau International. She is also Faculty Director of the Nursing Faculty Loan Program at UMass Dartmouth. Prior to her full-time academic role, she worked extensively in psychiatric nursing and as a clinical preceptor, providing decades of experience in mentoring and leadership. She is deeply committed to student success, innovative teaching, and fostering resilience in the next generation of nurses.

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