Dr. Mary Jo Stanley, PhD, has been a nurse for over 38 years and in higher education for 16 years. Over the course of Dr. Stanley’s career, she has practiced in community, public, and school health settings, and in acute care in the ICU and PACU. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and School Nurse Credential from San Jose State University. Dr. Stanley completed her PhD in Nursing with an emphasis in education from the University of Northern Colorado where she was also faculty. She is a retired faculty and Professor Emeritus from California State University Stanislaus where she served for many years as the RN-BSN Program Coordinator and Director for the Nursing Department.
Currently, Dr. Stanley is a Professor at Colorado Mesa University where she teaches in both the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. Dr. Stanley's academic service has provided her with extensive experience in curriculum development, instructional strategies, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements for nursing programs. Additionally, she is co-author of the Wolters Kluwer textbook Rector’s Community and Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public’s Health. Dr. Stanley has an extensive background in education and is a Certified Nurse Educator. Her new book The Nurse Educator: Teaching with the Times, with Cognella publishing launched August 2025. She is a member of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, National League for Nursing, Western Institute of Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau International.
Selected Published Work
Rector, C. & Stanley, M (2022). Community and public health nursing: Promoting the public's health (10th ed). Wolters Kluwer.
Mary Jo Stanley's Curriculum Vitae