Lois Magnussen
Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 433
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-4917, Fax: 808-956-5296
Email: magnusse@hawaii.edu
BS, Loma Linda, 1963; MS Loma Linda, 1964; EdD, University of Hawaii Manoa, 1990.
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
Dr. Lois Magnussen is currently serving the newly established Director of Faculty Development position. She also serves as Chairperson of the UH Statewide Nursing Consortium.
She has more than 20 years of academic administration experience within the University of Hawaii System. She has been a faculty member at the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene for more than fourteen years and served as the Department of Nursing Chair and Office of Student Services Director. Previously, Dr. Magnussen was the Director of the Nursing Programs at Kapiolani Community College and Kauai Community College.
Dr. Magnussen continues to maintain her expertise in instruction, scholarship and research. She was the principal investigator of Ike Ao Pono – Nursing Careers for Hawaiian and Samoan Students, a project funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, to provide Native Hawaiian and Samoan students with enhanced access to quality nursing education at the baccalaureate level. Dr. Magnussen has received a total of $899,565 in extramural funding over the past ten years. She conducts research in the area of intimate partner violence. She has graduate faculty status and serves as the advisor/chair for several doctoral nursing students.
Teaching Topics: Curriculum Development