July 4, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Moss on her July 1, 2022 promotion to full professor.
Margaret is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and holds a PhD in nursing as well as degrees in law and biology. The author of American Indian Health and Nursing (Springer Publishing Company, 2015), the first-ever nursing textbook "specifically about Native Americans written for Natives and non-Natives alike," Margaret joined the School of Nursing in 2018. At that same time, she was appointed as Director of the First Nations House of Learning. Since then, she has held several additional roles at the university, including Interim Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion.
In addition to the leadership of School committees on Anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety, Margaret has been appointed to the Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice of the US National Academy of Medicine and was named among Forbes' "50 over 50 -- Women of Impact" in 2021. Before coming to UBC, Margaret taught at Yale University, the University at Buffalo, and the University of Minnesota. Most recently, she was named to the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study committee for the Review of Federal Policies that Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities.
We celebrate Margaret's attainment of this high honour in light of the unusual, groundbreaking trajectory of her career. A significant proportion of her work has focused on professional scholarship and leadership in Indigenous matters. For an example, please follow the link below to her most recent presentation on anti-racism. We count ourselves extremely fortunate to have Margaret among our faculty.
Margaret's promotion is one of three promotions to full professor that the School is celebrating in July 2022.
