Joanne Noone, Ph.D., RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN (she/her/they)

  • Professor, School of Nursing
  • Director, Master's in Nursing Education Program, School of Nursing
  • A.B. Youmans Spaulding Distinguished Professor

Biography

My research, community involvement and clinical practice revolve around health equity. I was project director of Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success (HealthE STEPS), funded by Health Resources & Services Administration Nursing Workforce Diversity grant from 2017-2021. I am currently program manager of the Oregon Nursing Education Academy, funded by Health Resources & Services Administration and Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission grants through 2026 to increase and retain the nurse educator workforce and improve health equity.  

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • Ph.D., 2003, University of Hawaii

  • Fellowship

    • Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
    • Fellow of the National League for Nursing Academy for Nursing Education
    • Fellow of the Western Academy of Nurses

  • Certifications

    • Post Master's Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Certified in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing
    • Certified as a Peer Reviewer and Master Reviewer by Quality Matters

Memberships and associations:

  • Riding Beyond Board Member - 2025 - present • La Clinica Board Member – 2023 – present • Western Institute of Nursing, Governor Representative of Nursing Education, 2017 – 2020; 2023-present
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member (2020 –2024) and Chair (2021-2022)
  • Western Institute of Nursing, Governor Representative of Nursing Education, 2017 – 2020; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member (2020 –present) and Chair (2021-2022)
  • Oregon Nurses Association Cabinet on Nursing Education, July 2015 – 2019; chair, September, 2017 - 2019, Cabinet on Human Rights & Ethics, 2021-present
  • Oregon State Board of Nursing Education Advisory Group, June 2014 – 2018
  • Oregon State Public Health Advisory Board, 2013-2015
  • Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion Community Advisory Council, November, 2012 - 2020
  • Jackson County Public Health Advisory Board, June, 2011 –2019 Vice-Chair, 2012-2014; Chair 2014-2016.
  • Medford School District Teen Parent Advisory Board, December 2010-2012
  • Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood Health Services of Southwestern Oregon, 2006-2011. Became Vice-Chair 2007-2008. Served on Executive Committee (2007-2010)
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, 2018-present
  • American Academy of Nursing Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel, 2019-present

Honors and awards

  • 1997, Hawaii Nurses' Association Nurse of the Year Award for recognition of achievement in the profession of nursing.
  • 1998, Recognition by the Hawaii House of Representatives Nineteenth Legislature for selection as Nurse of the Year
  • 2008, Finalist – OHSU Outstanding Teaching Award
  • 2008, OHSU Golden Rose Team Award for Service Excellence
  • 2009, Finalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program
  • 2012-13, Fellow, Leadership for Academic Nursing Program, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  • 2013, Selected for the Inaugural Faculty Policy Intensive Cohort (one of 8 faculty selected from a national pool) American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  • 2014-15, Cohort Member, Developing Equity Leadership Through Training and Action (DELTA), Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion
  • 2016, OHSU Faculty Senate Collaboration Award
  • 2018, OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Individual Champion Award
  • 2019, A.B. Youmans Distinguished Professor, OHSU
  • 2020, Finalist – OHSU Outstanding Leadership Award
  • 2021, OHSU School of Nursing Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Award
  • 2022, Equity Advocate Award, Southern Oregon Health Equity Coalition

Publications

Selected publications

  • Reifenstein, K., Noone, J., Najjar, R., Criswell, K. & Thiele, D.  (In press). Development of a Policy Equity Impact Assessment Tool.  Nursing Outlook. Noone, J., Allen, T., Elliott, E., Lowery, A., McKenzie, G., Garcia, E., & Mood, L.  (2025). Preparing Clinical Educators and Preceptors to Advance Health Equity. Journal of Nursing Education, 64 (3), 163-169.
  • Richmond, R., Noone, J., Voss, H., Hale, A. & Gran-Moravec, M.  (2025). The Development of Undergraduate Competencies in Caring for People Experiencing Homelessness.  Nurse Educator, 50 (2), E80-E84. Noone, J., Champieux, R., Taha, A., Gran-Moravec, M., Hatfield, L., Cronin, S. & Shoemaker, R. (2024). Implementing Open Educational Resources:  Lessons Learned.
  • Noone, J., Murray, T., Najjar, R., & Reifenstein, K.  (2024). Applying an Equity Lens to Manuscript Writing, Reviewing, and Publishing.  Journal of Nursing Education, 63, (12), 826-834. Noone, J.  (2024). Reimagining Evaluation of Research and Scholarly Contributions to Nursing Science and Practice. Journal of Nursing Education (guest editorial), 63 (2), 1-2.
  • Bacuetes Milo, R., Najjar, R., Godfrey, T.M., Wang, S.Y., Noone, J., Scorsone, K., Josias, M., & Boehning, A. (2024). Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a Regional Professional Nursing Organization. Nursing Outlook, 72, (3), 102171. Noone, J. & Gubrud, P. (Eds.). (2024). Best Practices in Teaching Nursing.  National League for Nursing.
  • Noone J.  & Valenzuela Martinez, A. (2024).  Follow-up of a program to improve undergraduate and graduate nursing student diversity. Nurse Educator, 49 (5), 256-61. Noone, J., McKenzie, G., Hatfield, L., Bean, K, Speidel, Z., & Vidal, G.  (2024). Creating Structures to Support Quality Matters Certification within a School of Nursing, Journal of Nursing Education, 63 (4), 205-211.
  • Murray, T. & Noone, J. (2023).  Equity and Excellence. Journal of Nursing Education (guest editorial), 62 (2), 67-68. Turner, H., Webb, J., Taha, A., Knight, E., Noone, J., Lord, A., & Perry, C. (2023).  Regional Delivery in Graduate Nursing Programs for Students Living in Rural Communities.  Journal of Professional Nursing, 46, 70-76.
  • Noone, J., & Murray, T.A. (2023).  Addressing diversity, equity, and inclusivity contributions in academic review. Nurse Educator,49 (1), 25-30,  Najjar, R., Noone, J., Reifenstein, K. (2023). Supporting an inclusive environment through correct name pronunciation. Nurse Educator, 48(1), 19–23.
  • Noone, J. (2022).  Preparing Nurse Educators to Teach Social Determinants of Health Using Backward Design. Journal of Nursing Education, 61 (9), 511-515. Murray, T. & Noone, J. (2022).  Advancing Diversity in Nursing Education:  A Groundwater Approach.  Journal of Professional Nursing, 41 (140-148).
  • Noone, J. (2022).  Creating Inclusive Learning Environments: Challenging and Changing the Paradigm. Journal of Nursing Education (guest editorial), 61 (3), 115-116. Noone, J. (2022). Engaged students: Essential to achieve distinction in nursing education. In M. Adams and T. Valiga (Eds.). Achieving Distinction in Nursing Education. National League for Nursing.
  • Najjar, R., Jacobs, S., Keeney, S., Vidal, G., & Noone, J. (2022). Reflections on the process of implementing trauma-informed education lunch and learns. Nurse Educator,46 (4). E126-130.  Noone, J. & Najjar, R. (2021). Minimizing Unconscious Bias in Admission to Nursing School.  Journal of Nursing Education, 60 (6), 317-24.