Marsha Howell Adams, DSN, RN, CNE

Director of Undergraduate Programs, Professor
205.348.7156
madams@bama.ua.edu

Dr. Adams received a BSN, MSN, and DSN-Nursing Administration from the University of Alabama School of Nursing at Birmingham. She earned a Post-Master’s Certificate in Rural Case Management from the University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing. As Director of the Undergraduate Program, Dr. Adams is responsible for providing leadership and managing day to day activities related to the program. In addition, she provides classroom, on-line and clinical instruction on both the undergraduate and graduate level. She is recognized as a Nursing Academic Fellow by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and certified as an on-site evaluator by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. She is presently on the National League for Nursing Board of Governors and serves on the Editorial Board for Nursing Education Perspectives. She has also served as the chair for the NLN Excellence in Nursing Education task group. She has been the recipient of the CCN Board of Visitors Commitment to Teaching Award, the University of Alabama National Alumni Association Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, the Alabama League for Nursing Lamplighter Award and the Alabama State Nurses Association Outstanding Nurse Educator/Academe Award. Dr. Adams has served as a rural nursing consultant for over 20 years. Clinical research interests and publications have focused on rural women and children and nursing education. Professional memberships include National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau, Alabama State Nurses Association, Rural Nurse Organization, Alabama Rural Health Association, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Case Management Society of America.