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Background

Samantha Lewis joined ßÙßÇÂþ»­â€™s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in September 2023 as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Nursing.

She is a Decker College alumna, having earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2000 and her master’s degree in nursing in 2003. In addition, Lewis earned a post-master’s certificate in psychiatry at Stony Brook University. 

Lewis is board-certified through ANCC as a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Her nursing experience includes working in long-term care facilities, hospitals, home care, outpatient mental health clinics (in New York and Connecticut) and a residential treatment center. She was a child abuse medical provider.

Lewis' current goal is to obtain a PhD in nursing.

Education

• Post-master’s certificate, psychiatry, Stony Brook University, 2008
• MS, community health nursing, ßÙßÇÂþ»­, 2003
• BS, nursing, ßÙßÇÂþ»­, 2000

Research Interests

• Personality disorders
• Trauma
• Human trafficking
• Developmental disabilities (particularly intellectual disabilities and autism)

Clinical Interests

• Personality disorders
• Trauma
• Vulnerable populations
• Developmental disabilities

Teaching Interests

• Personality disorders
• Trauma
• Psychiatry/mental health
• Care of families
• Community health
• Vulnerable populations
• Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children