Arlene J. Lowenstein

Dr. Lowenstein, PhD, RN serves as Professor and Director of the Health Professions Education Doctoral Program and teaches in undergraduate nursing courses and graduate level health professions education online courses at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lowenstein came to Simmons in 2004 following retirement from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where she was Director of the Graduate Program in Nursing (she failed retirement 101, 102 and 103). She holds the title of Professor Emeritus from the Institute. Her research areas include racial and class conflict in the health care workplace, women with HIV/AIDS, and discharge planning, and she is now beginning a new research program looking at how health professionals are taught to teach patients effectively, effectively being the key word. She has received grant funding for her research, has published extensively, over 50 articles and book chapters, presented her research nationally and internationally, and served as a consultant. She has received a number of teaching awards from her students. Her books have expanded beyond nursing, and are now written for all health professionals. Her latest book, Teaching Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion: Working with Patients, Families and Communities, received the Book of the Year 2009 Award from the American Journal of Nursing. Although she is a digital immigrant, she has now fallen in love with online teaching and learning, which she finds a joy to teach. Her latest book is the 5th edition of Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing and Related Health Professions, which will be published in March, 2010. That book has new chapters on Technology, Web 2.0, Classroom Assessment and Study Abroad among others.