Linda D. Norman, DSN, RN FAAN
Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing
Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Linda Norman, 8th Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been active in nursing practice and nursing education for over four decades. She is recognized as a national and international leader in nursing and health profession education. Linda has spearheaded curricular innovations ranging from blended learning, interdisciplinary education, quality improvement, disaster management and doctoral distance learning.

Linda continues to publish in established journals and has been responsible for more than $7.5 million in external funding in support of pioneering curriculum designs. A sought-after consultant in curriculum and evaluation, served as the director of evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Northwest Health Foundation and Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future Program. She has been actively engaged as a co-investigator on several of the Buerhaus research teams related to nursing workforce issues. In 2004, she was recognized for her myriad contributions to the field by being inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.