Eugenia Shawler

Biography

Gene Ann Shapinsky began teaching at IWU in 2001 as an adjunct faculty member at the Louisville Center.  She has facilitated classes at the Florence and Lexington campuses as well and currently serves as an online instructor.  Gene Ann became a full time faculty member in the Post-licensure (RNBSN) Program in 2011.  She has 39 years of nursing experience, first working in acute care in the Emergency Department before moving into education in 1988.

Interests

Gene Ann’s research interests are student and program related.  Her dissertation focused on programmatic variables that affected NCLEX pass rates in nursing students.  She served as an accreditation surveyor for 6 years with the NLNAC.  Gene Ann is active in her church and local community and enjoys doing volunteer work in her local school district.  

Degrees

• ASN
  1982, Jefferson Community College
• BSN
  1988, University of the State of New York
• MSN
  1996, Bellarmine University
• PhD
  2006, Indiana State University