Gail Stuart

Dr. Gail Stuart is Dean and a tenured Distinguished University Professor in the College of Nursing and a Professor in the College of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Georgetown University, her Master of Science degree in psychiatric nursing from the University of Maryland, and her doctorate in behavioral sciences from Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health.

She is best known for her significant contributions to psychiatric mental health nursing. She is a prolific writer and has published numerous articles, chapters, textbooks, and media productions.  Most notable among these is her textbook, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, now in its 9th edition, which has been honored with four Book of the Year Awards from the American Journal of Nursing and has been translated into 5 languages.

She has taught in undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in nursing and serves on numerous interprofessional, corporate and government boards.  She has represented nursing on a variety of National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Nursing Research policy and research panels. She is Past-President of the American College of Mental Health Administration (ACHMA) and current president of the Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce.

She has received many awards, including the American Nurses Association Distinguished Contribution to Psychiatric Nursing Award, the Psychiatric Nurse of the Year Award from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and the Hildegard Peplau Award from the American Nurses Association.