Hunter College Appoints New Nursing Dean

Hunter College has appointed Ann Marie Mauro as the next Joan Hansen Grabe Dean of the School of Nursing, President Jennifer J. Raab announced. Dr. Mauro begins her new role on July 10.

“At this exceptional time in the history of our School of Nursing, Dr. Mauro has a clear sense of the challenges and opportunities of urban schools of nursing,” President Raab said, “and she has a thoughtful and tactical view of how best to address them.”

As a national expert in health professions, Dr. Mauro brings a strong record of administrative and academic accomplishments to Hunter. Dr. Mauro’s past leadership focused on expanding innovation, diversity and collaborative partnerships across academic and professional nursing organizations nationwide. As former Dean of Nursing and Health Studies at Monmouth University, Dr. Mauro opened a state of the art simulation lab and learning center while providing exceptional leadership for accreditation and regulatory compliance for many of the health studies and nursing programs.

She also served a pivotal role in the university’s crisis management team where she coordinated the university’s Covid response. Dr. Mauro is currently director of the Nursing Education Program and visiting professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she provides leadership for the online EdD, MEd, and post-master’s certificate programs.

Dr. Mauro is a fellow in several important national organizations including the American Academy of Nursing, American Heart Association, Academy of Nursing Education, and New York Academy of Medicine. In addition, she is the immediate past president of the Eastern Nursing Research Society, past member of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and served six years on the National League for Nursing Board of Governors.

Before her Monmouth deanship, Dr. Mauro served as founding associate dean of the Center for Educational Research and Innovation at Rutgers University School of Nursing. Previously, Dr. Mauro was clinical associate professor of nursing at NYU and the founding chair of the university’s first non-tenure track faculty senators council. Prior to NYU, Dr. Mauro was assistant professor of nursing at Seton Hall University, where she held leadership roles in college governance while helping to develop a new nursing PhD program.

Hunter recently announced the establishment of the Evelyn Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program founded with the support of a $52 million gift from Leonard A. Lauder in honor of his late wife, a proud Hunter alumna.

Hunter College School of Nursing looks forward to Dr. Mauro’s visionary leadership as it continues its proud tradition of educating exceptional nurses prepared to provide outstanding research and care to diverse urban communities.

About Hunter College

Located in the heart of Manhattan, Hunter College is the largest college in CUNY and one of the oldest public colleges in the country. More than 23,000 students attend Hunter, pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 170 areas. Hunter’s student body is as diverse as New York City itself and Hunter College’s mission — to cultivate intellectual and personal development, encourage social and civic engagement, and inspire a lifelong zest for learning in the students of New York City – resonates deeply within the School of Nursing which strives to provide nursing education of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost.

Supporting nearly 1,200 remarkable students, the School's nearly 40 full-time faculty and staff are a diverse body of experts and leaders in Nursing education, research and practice. Undergraduate programs include a generic and accelerated (second-degree) BS in Nursing, and an RN-to-BS in Nursing. The Master’s program offers specialties in Adult/Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gerontological/Adult Nurse Practitioner, Community/Public Health Nursing, a dual masters in Nursing Administration and Urban Policy and Leadership, and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner as well as a postgraduate Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner advanced certificate. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares nurses for advanced practice and leadership positions in health care. Hunter’s post-masters PhD in Nursing prepares nurse scientists for academic positions and research rooted in issues of health equity with a particular focus on urban communities. In addition, Hunter is excited to be in the final steps of developing a new Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program.

Hunter School of Nursing is also a proud partner in a major research consortium of the Weill Cornell Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Center.