A Facilitated Social/Emotional Peer Mentoring Program for Multi-cultural Pre-licensure Nursing Students

As an educator, clinician, public health administrator, advocate, and elected school policymaker, Dr. Thruston has promoted health and educational equity by championing an approach to communitybased program development, participatory research, teaching, and policymaking that is interprofessional and culturally responsive to the disparities of minority and marginalized populations. Utilizing these experiences, Dr. Thruston currently focuses on identifying and addressing inequities, implicit bias, microaggressions, and systemic racism within policy & practices, programs & services, with individuals and organizations in pre-k -12 education, higher education, and community-based organizations.

Wanda Thruston
DNP, PNP, RN
Special Assistant to the Dean for Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Indiana University School of Nursing

Phone: (317)278-2010
Email: wthrusto@iu.edu