Margaret Moss

PhD, JD, RN, FAAN

Bio

Margaret P. Moss is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota), and has equal lineage as Canadian Sioux/ Saskatchewan. Dr. Moss is the first and only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctorates, and published the first nursing textbook on American Indian health (Springer 2015).

Dr. Moss is Associate Dean of Nursing and Health Policy and the Katherine R. & C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership at the University of Minnesota

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Profile

Educational Background

BS (Biology), Washington State University
PhD (Nursing), University of Texas (Houston HSC)
JD, Hamline University School of Law (St Paul, MN)

Service

Original lead staff, National Alzheimer’s Project Act, 2012
RWJF Health Policy Fellow, US Senate Special Committee on Aging, 2008-2009

Affiliations & Links

Director, First Nations House of Learning

Honours & Awards

American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year in the "Community Health" and "Professional Issues" categories (2016)

Area of Research

Dr. Moss’ clinical experience included being Staff Nurse and then House Supervisor and Patient Education Specialist with the US Public Health Service, Indian Health/Santa Fe Indian Hospital (1991–1996). Her areas of research include American Indian health, aging, health policy and health disparities with a focus on social and structural determinants of health. Dr. Moss' research methods have included ethnography, geographical information systems, survey, and other qualitative methods. She has given over 150 presentations on these topics of note most recently in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and across the US.

Publications

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Supervisor Eligibility

MHLP, MN, MSN - thesis, MSN - non-thesis, PhD