Our Faculty and Staff

Dr. Terry Morrow Nelson has served as an Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for 15 years and has many years of higher education and health care leadership experience. Her expertise lies in strategic leadership, higher education, conflict resolution, leadership development, interprofessional education and collaboration, ethics, and qualitative research. She has over 60 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and international, national, and local presentations and has been a PI and team member on multiple research grants. Dr. Morrow is a reviewer for multiple journals, including the Journal for Leadership Education, The Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, and The Qualitative Report.

As a Professor of Health Sciences, she teaches courses in the Bachelor of Health Sciences, Master of Health Sciences, Doctor of Health Sciences, and Ph.D. in Health Sciences programs. Dr. Morrow Nelson has served on Internal Review Committees and External Review Committees to support accreditation processes across multiple academic programs. She also founded the Interprofessional Diabetes Education and Awareness (IDEA) initiative in 2012 and has continued to lead this community education program with 15 health professions faculty members and approximately 70–80 students annually.

Dr. Morrow Nelson is a Florida Supreme Court Mediator and Certified Christian Conciliator. She was appointed by the mayor to serve on the City of Sunrise Education Advisory Board and did so for many years. She also served as a Women of Tomorrow Mentor for underprivileged high school girls for five years. As a result of her broad community service endeavors, she was awarded NSU’s President’s Community Service Award. In 2013, she was named Nova Southeastern University Executive of the Year and was nominated again in 2021.