Faculty

Judy Campbell, Ph.D., ARNP-C
Associate Professor of Nursing
Dr. Campbell received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Southern Mississippi and both her Master of Science in Nursing and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She received the University of Florida College Of Nursing’s Outstanding Graduate Research Award for her work in the Ph.D. program.

Dr. Campbell’s broader area of interest is gerontological nursing, and she is ANCC-certified as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner. She taught basic nursing for 14 years at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, FL, where her academic positions included Program Coordinator of the Associate’s Degree Nursing program. While her clinical nursing and teaching background are diverse, her primary teaching experience has included Fundamentals of Nursing, Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing, and lab instruction across the curriculum, all with an emphasis on gerontological nursing. Dr. Campbell has also acted in the role of consultant to nursing students in the Florida Nursing Student Association, both at the local and state levels.

Dr. Campbell has a longstanding commitment to nursing through her professional involvement in several organizations and has received many awards related to teaching and student development. Through collaborations with leaders in the field of gerontological nursing, Dr. Campbell has presented regionally, nationally and internationally and has co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles.

Linda Daniel, MS, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Linda Daniel received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in nursing from the University of Oklahoma and a Master in Science degree in Nursing from the University of Washington, in Seattle. Her post-master's degree education included attending the University of Oslo, Norway, during a summer term to study the socialized medical system of Norway. Her clinical area of interest is community health nursing, especially epidemiology and community assessment.

Ms. Daniel began her teaching career at the University of Oklahoma and later joined the University of Michigan, from which she retired after 29 years as an Associate Professor Emeritus with tenure. While on the University of Michigan faculty, she founded the Community Nursing Health Center, which continues to provide healthcare for international graduate student families. As part of a grant to prepare nurses for leadership positions in home healthcare, Ms. Daniel also developed a national symposium on home healthcare, which brought nurses to the campus to share ideas for promoting home healthcare nursing. The symposium has been held annually for 17 years.

Renee Shell, Ed.D., ARNP-C
Associate Professor of Nursing
Dr. Shell holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Nursing and doctoral degree in Education from East Tennessee State University. She has conducted research in the areas of mental health, clinical practice issues, nursing education, and health disparities among underserved populations.

As an ANCC-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Shell has practiced in a variety of healthcare settings such as behavioral health, primary care, retail urgent care, and long-term care facilities. She has taught graduate and undergraduate nursing for 14 years, most recently at the University of Virginia. Her teaching background is diverse and includes an emphasis on mental health, pharmacology, health assessment, and nursing education.

Dr. Shell has also served as a consultant on several legal cases involving aspects of medicine and has been a reviewer for a national nursing textbook publisher and an online continuing nursing education course. Dr. Shell was the director at large for the Upper East Tennessee chapter of the Tennessee League of Nursing. She has authored several articles and presented at regional, national, and international conferences.

Sherry MacDonald, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Sherry MacDonald graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Francis Xavier University and a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Central Florida.

Ms. MacDonald is familiar with various aspects of nursing, especially those focusing on the education of nurses and nursing students. Ms. MacDonald has a varied and lengthy nursing background that includes pediatric, neonatal, geriatric and medical-surgical nursing care. She has been a flight nurse, a staff development manager, a quality management coordinator, and a member of a parish health nurse program. She also has 23 years of experience as a nursing preceptor in healthcare settings.

Ms. MacDonald has taught at both the associate and baccalaureate levels, teaching Health Assessment, Case Management, Fundamentals of Nursing, Medical-Surgical and Pediatric Nursing. She is currently the Clinical Coordinator of Remington College of Nursing.

Anthony W. Pennington, MBA, MSN, BSN, RN-BC
Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Nursing
Anthony W. Pennington has 12 years of professional nursing experience. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of California-Irvine, an Associate Degree of Nursing from Seminole Community College, his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Central Florida, and his Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management and Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix. His clinical practice has focused primarily on cardiac care within the Florida Hospital, Orlando Health and Hospital Corporation of America systems. He has also worked as a travel nurse in New Orleans and New York City.

Mr. Pennington’s teaching experience includes positions with Johnson and Johnson, Seminole Community College, Florida International University, and the University of Central Florida. His teaching includes Medical Surgical and Adult Health Nursing, Fundamentals of Nursing, Pathophysiology and Nursing Leadership.