Ora Lea Strickland, PhD, ScD (Honorary), RN, FAAN

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Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff
School of Nursing
Emory University
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Atlanta, GA 30322
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Dr. Strickland is Professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the first person to hold an endowed professorship at the School, the Independence Foundation Research Chair. Previously Dr. Strickland was professor in the School of Nursing of the University of Maryland at Baltimore. She has taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro. She has held nursing positions at Davidson County Health Department and Harlem Hospital Center in New York City.

Dr. Strickland earned a doctoral degree in child development and family relations from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She took a master's degree in maternal and child health nursing from Boston University, Massachusetts, and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro. She received Honorary Doctorate of Science degrees from the Ohio Medical College, Toledo, Ohio; and Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.

A prolific author, Dr. Strickland has won nine "American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year" Awards. Dr. Strickland is the Founding Editor and Senior Editor of the Journal of Nursing Measurement. An internationally known specialist in nursing research, measurement, evaluation, maternal and child health and parenting, Dr. Strickland is frequently called upon as a consultant nationally and internationally, and has presented more than 200 lectures, speeches and workshops.

Content last updated September 19, 2008.