Anita J. Hunter

Anita Hunter has been an esteemed full professor of nursing since 1985, most recently at Clemson University, University of San Diego, Washington State University, US University and Franklin University.

Anita’s professional career includes having her own practice as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. When she moved into academia, she has taught students across the degree programs and in 1996 began her journey into international nursing. For 22 years she took nursing students to Mexico, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Uganda, and Belfast Northern Ireland. Sustainable health programs were developed in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and in Uganda. She served as the Medical Director for the NGO in San Diego who helped her develop, build, and train the health professionals in the only dedicated children’s hospital in the country (Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda). Since retiring full-time, she has dedicated her time to part-time teaching online as she loves working with students.

• Pediatric nurse practitioner
• International nursing and health expert
• Program and curriculum development
   

• Global health
• Resilience in children
• Effects of heavy metal contamination on the health of people of East Africa
• Overcoming the trauma of a natural disaster: The San Diego fire project

• University of Massachusetts, MSN in Child and Family Health (1987)
• University of Connecticut, PhD in Educational Leadership (1994)

• Full Professor in Nursing and Director on the International Nursing Program, University of San Diego (1999 - 2010)
• Full Professor and Chair, School of Nursing, Dominican University, (2010-2013)
• Full Professor in Nursing and Academic Dean, Washington State University, (2014-2018)
• Part-time Faculty in Nursing, US University, San Diego and Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio (2019 - current)
   

• Franklin University: Teaching Excellence Award
• WSU, CON: Teaching Excellence Award
• Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

• Hoffman, C.T & Consultant: Hunter, A.J. (2023). A Pearl of Uganda: The Story of Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital. Tau Publishing, Phoenix, AZ

• Hunter, A & Bolender, J. (2021). The effect of arsenic and heavy metal contamination on the health of people in Uganda

• Hunter, A.  (2020). Ugandan Americans in Giger & Davidhizar, Transcultural nursing: Assessment and intervention (8th Edition)