A Buffalo, NY native, Dr McCrory-Churchill is a Certified Nurse Educator and Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, with 20 years of clinical experience. She began her nursing education at Erie Community College, obtaining her AAS in 2003. She immediately began her nursing career with Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, working in Hematology/Oncology and the Emergency room, where she remained until 2009. Her educational path continued to a BS/MS in Nursing/Maternal and Child Health, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, from the SUNY at Buffalo in 2006. In 2008, McCrory-Churchill began working as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, a role she found rewarding and continues on a per diem basis to maintain clinical skills and community networks. She became a Nationally Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care through PNCB in 2015.
Joining the Faculty at D’Youville University in 2007 as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. McCrory-Churchill turned her focus to education completing a Doctor of Health Education degree from A.T. Still University in 2010. Further strengthening her focus, she obtained the National League for Nursing (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential in 2020. As a first-generation college student, she understands well the challenges that students may face in navigating higher education and seeks to foster academic belonging. Her research pursuits have led to more than a dozen international presentations, and her international medical mission work has offered students and colleagues an opportunity to live the DYU mission.
Education & Training
Graduate Certificate, Global Health Old Dominion University
DHEd AT Still University, 2010
BS/MS Nursing, Maternal and Child Health, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, SUNY at Buffalo, 2006
AAS SUNY Erie Community College, 2003
Awards & Honors
AACN New Deans Leadership Institute, Cohort 4 (2023)
Spirit of St. Marguerite D’Youville Service Award (2019)
D’Youville ITI Teaching Innovation Award (2019)
Buffalo Business First Healthcare Champion (2016)
Ruth T. McGrorey Award for Leadership in Nursing (PNAWNY) (2016)
Buffalo Business First 40 under 40 (2016)
Spirit of St. Marguerite D’Youville Service Award (2015)
Spirit of St. Marguerite D’Youville Service Award (2013)
Spirit of St. Marguerite D’Youville Service Award (2012)
Kaleida Health Divisional Quarterly Employee Recognition award (2008)
Nurse Leader Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing (2007)
Research Interests
Cultural Competence
Global Health
Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Leadership
Burnout
SoTL, Mobile Health
Publications
Contributed Chapter: Emotional Intelligence for Organizational Leadership, Transformational Leadership Styles, Management Strategies, and Communication for Global Leaders, Darcia Roache, June 2023, IGI Publishing, ISBN13: 9781668488225
McCrory-Churchill, S., & Hill, E. (2022). Prevention of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa, a review. Global Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579759211065058
McCrory-Churchill, S., & Clay, L.(2021). Academic writing in the health professions: A comparison of two writing-intensive course models within a cross-disciplinary course. Imagining SoTL, 1, 25–40.
McCrory-Churchill, S. (2020) She Had a Door, American Journal of Nursing, 120(12), 72.
