Meet Our Alumni
Dr. Joyceen S. Boyle
Dr. Joyceen S. Boyle, PhD, a member of the University of Utah College of Nursing’s first PhD class, is the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award. Boyle held positions of assistant professor and associate professor at the U. College of Nursing. She later served in a number of administrative appointments at the School of Nursing at the Medical College of Georgia, and in 2003 became professor and associate dean for academic affairs, University of Arizona. Currently she is a part-time professor of nursing, teaching research courses and supervising dissertation research projects.
Internationally renowned for her role in the development of transcultural nursing, Boyle was instrumental in establishing the Transcultural Nursing Society. Her numerous publications and presentations include Transcultural concepts in nursing care, which received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the year award in 1996. Boyle’s interest in transcultural care has always guided her research projects addressing health care in the People’s Republic of China, Ute Indian Diabetes, and border and refugee health. Her work has been recognized with many prestigious awards, including the 1993 Nursing Research/Educator of the Year Award from the Georgia Nurses Association. In 2005 she received the Award of Distinction from the Graduate College at the University of Arizona.
“Joyceen is a role model for future generations of nursing students, faculty, and practitioners,” says Jan Morse, PhD, FAAN U. College of Nursing professor and Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair. “Many institutions have benefited from her leadership, but she has remained, by reputation and philosophy, a ‘grad from the U’!”
