Faculty
Learning from Leaders
At Indiana Wesleyan University, you learn from experienced leaders. Many faculty members have a terminal degree (DNP,
Faculty members make themselves available. Many make use of social media, such as Twitter, to help students stay in touch. They have been identified as having the personal strengths required of gifted teachers:
- In tune with the emotions of others
- Sees the untapped potential in others
- Constant drive for accomplishing tasks
- Seeks to take people and projects from great to excellent
- Maps a clear direction through the complexity of a situation




barbara ihrke - Ph.D.; RN
Vice President of Academic Affairs, School of Nursing
barbara.ihrke@indwes.edu






darla gowan - DNP; FNP-BC; RN
Associate Professor; Assistant Dean, Nurse Practitioner Programs
darla.gowan@indwes.edu
















melanie walters - Ph.D.; MSN; PMHNP-BC; RN
Assistant Professor
Melanie.walters@indwes.edu





penny callaway - DNP; MSN; APRN; FNP-BC; RN
Associate Professor
penny.callaway@indwes.edu




rob dawson - DNP; FNP-C; RN
Professor; Dean, Division of Pre-licensure Nursing
rob.dawson@indwes.edu


ruth eby - DNP; RNC-OB
Associate Professor; Dean, Division of Doctoral Nursing
ruth.eby@indwes.edu



