Sandra Davis

Sandra Davis, PhD, DPM, ACNP-BC, FAANP, is Deputy Director for the National League for Nursing/Walden University College of Nursing Institute for Social Determinants of Health and Social Change. Prior to joining the NLN, Dr. Daviswas Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), at the George Washington University School of Nursing. With over 35 years in faculty, administrative, educator, clinical practice, and leadership roles, her scholarly interests include health inequities, social and structural determinants of health, structural competency, and antiracism.

Internationally, she held DEI discussions at Riverside College in Bacolod, Philippines. Nationally she contributed to the NLN Vision Series titled "A Vision for Integration of the Social Determinants of Health into Nursing Education Curricula" and sits on the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. Dr. Davis was Principal Investigator on a Photovoice Project, "The Social Determinants of a Heart Healthy Community," which was exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. She recently co-published an article in Academic Medicine with Dr. Anne-Marie O'Brien entitled "Let's Talk about Racism: Building Structural Competency in Nursing."

Dr. Davis is a board-certified ACNP and Past President of the NP Association of Washington, DC. She is an AACN/Wharton Executive Leadership Fellow, a Leadership for Academic Nursing Fellow, a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and an inductee in the Temple University Distinguished Alumni Gallery of Success.

Dr. Davis received a BA from Wellesley College, a BSN from Temple University, an MSN and ACNP certification from the University of Pennsylvania, a DPM from Temple University, and a PhD from Drexel University in Educational Leadership.