Joana Velasquez

PhD, Nursing Education
Capella University

Post-graduate Certificate, Nursing Administration
Mercy University

MS, Nursing Education
Mercy University

BS, Nursing
San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation, Inc. – College
Philippines

• Use of Reflective Journaling to Promote Experiential Learning. Principal Investigator. College of Health Professions Nursing Research Endowment Fund, Pace University. Start Date: January 2025–present; Award Date: January 2025–present. Total Funding: $500
• Virtual Reality Equipment for Practice Ready Perioperative Nursing Care. Principal Investigator. The Hyde and Watson Foundation Start Date: September 2025–present; Award Date: April–2025. Total Funding: $7,500.00
• Math Anxiety Among Undergraduate Nursing Students. Principal Investigator. Scholarly Research Award, Office of the Provost, Pace University. Start Date: May 2025–present; Award Date: May 2025–April 2027. Total Funding: $2,550

• Competency and Credentialing Institute, Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)
• New York State, Registered Professional Nurse (RN)

Pace University

• New York Faculty Council (NYFC), member (September 2022–present)
• Gosin Advisory Board, member (September 2024–present)
• New York Faculty Council Academic Conduct Committee, member (September 2024–present)
• Middle States Working Group II, member (April 2025–present)
• Health Resources and Services Administration Student Scholars Summer Immersion Program, presenter/facilitator (August 2023–present)

College of Health Professions (CHP)

• College of Health Professions (CHP) Faculty Council, member (September 2022–present)
• Lienhard School of Nursing (LSN) Joint Faculty Organization, member (September 2022–present)
• CHP Faculty Affairs Committee, member (September 2024–present)
• CHP Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Committee, member (November 2024–present)
• Lienhard School of Nursing AI-CQI Committee, member (January 2025–present)
• Lienhard School of Nursing AI-CQI Committee, co-chair (September 2025–present)

Department of Undergraduate Nursing (DUGS)

• Department of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) Curriculum Committee, member (September 2022–present)
• Scholarship Review Committee, scholarship application reviewer (February 2023–present)
• DUGS Clinical Calculation Work Group, member (Fall 2024–Spring 2025)
• Faculty-Student Professional Development Mentoring Program, faculty mentor (September 2022–present)

• Leading with Kapwa: Mentorship, Mental Wellness, and Emotional Intelligence in Nursing Leadership. Podium presentation. Philippine Nurses Association of New York. (October 2025)
• Using Memes to Facilitate Discussions Among Undergraduate Nursing Students in an Ethics Class. Podium presentation. Nursing League for Nursing Location: Washington, D.C., USA (March 2025)
• Facilitating role transition from academic nurse educator to administrator. Poster presentation. Nursing League for Nursing Location: Washington, D.C., USA (March 2025)
• A Qualitative Study on the Transition Experiences of Academic Nurse Leaders from Educators to Administrators. Oral presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (July 2023)
• Debriefing the Debriefer: How to Debrief IPE Simulations. Poster presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Calgary, Canada (July 2019)
• Impact of Inter-Professional Simulation on Implicit Stereotypes of the “Other” Discipline. Panel presentation. Center for Advanced Medical Simulation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (September 2018)
• Managing Students in Crisis Implementation of a Crisis Intervention Project in a School of Nursing. Poster presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia (July 2018)
• A Multi-modal Approach to Address Test Anxiety in Nursing Students in an Accelerated Nursing Program. Poster presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia (July 2018)
• Holistic Review Impacts Success of Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students: A Case Study. Poster presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Dublin, Ireland (July 2017)

International/National

• Philippine Nurses Association of America- Student Membership Task Force, member (April 2025–present)
• Philippine Nurses Association of America- Guidance for Success Mentoring Program, mentor (September 2024–August 2025)

Regional/State/Local

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing- Omega Delta Chapter, faculty counselor, (September 2024–present)
• Philippine Nurses Association of New York- Education Committee, member (September 2024–present)
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing- Omega Delta Chapter Governance Committee, chair (September 2023–September 2024)

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
• Association of Perioperative Nurses
• Philippine Nurses Association of America

Peer-Reviewed

• Velasquez, J. The transition experiences of novice mid-level academic nurse leaders from educators to administrators: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 2023 | Volume: 13 | Number: 10 | Pages: 25–35

Work Under Review

• Velasquez, J., & Smith, A. Using Student-Generated Memes to Facilitate Discussions Among Undergraduate Nursing Students in an Ethics Class. Journal: Nurse Educator Year submitted: 07-2025 Status: In Press

• Nursing education
• Interprofessional education
• Faculty development

• NURS 402 Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
• NURS 404: Communication for Professional Nursing
• NURS 412 Clinical Management in Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing
• NURS 413 Fundamentals of Perioperative Nursing
• NURS 448: Ethics and Excellence in Professional Nursing
• NURS 474 Nursing Leadership and Management
• NURS 478: Ethics and Excellence in Nursing
• NURS 480: Transition into Professional Nursing Practice