Marvel Williamson (born November 4, 1953, in

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) is previously the Dean of the Kramer School of Nursing at

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Academia

She came to Oklahoma from the

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, where she was a Grants Specialist and director of strategic planning for the American Nurses Foundation. She has also served as Dean of Health Sciences and Director of the Ellen Finley Earhart School of Nursing at

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; Vice President for Patient Services at Ransom Memorial Hospital (in Kansas); professor of nursing at the

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, the

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, and

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. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the

. Her

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was earned at the

and her BSN from

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Writings

Williamson is the author of numerous professional journal articles, book chapters, and the book ''Great Sex After 40: Strategies for Lifelong Fulfillment''. She served as principal investigator on 12 scientific research studies, and wrote numerous grant-funded initiatives, totaling over $6,300,000 in federal and private grants approved thus far. She is a manuscript reviewer for '' Clinical Nursing Research'', '' Western Journal of Nursing Research'', ''Nursing'' and the ''

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''. Williamson has served on the National Coordinating Committee for School Health for the

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, and the

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and on the National School Food Safety Coalition for the

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; and the Sex Education Advisory Panel for the Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York).

Personal life

She has been married to Paul Williamson since 1973; they have two sons, Marcus and Sean.

References

External links

Official Oklahoma City University website
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