Faculty

Zebuline (Zeb) Koran, DNP, APN, NEA-BC

Director of Graduate Nursing Studies, Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-7832
Email: zkoran@aurora.edu Education: DNP, University of Kentucky
MSN, Aurora University
RN, St. Francis School of Nursing

Kerry Vaccaro, DNP, RN, CHSE

Director of Skills and Simulation Center, Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-4895
Email: kvaccaro@aurora.edu Education: DNP, Grand Canyon University
MSN, Lewis University
BSN, Elmhurst College

Dana Bennett, MSN/Ed, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-3770
Email: dbennett@aurora.edu Education: MSN/Ed, University of Phoenix
BA, Psychology, Aurora University
AAS, Nursing, Waubonsee Community College

Amanda Bodinet, MSN, RN, CPAN

Chair of the Undergraduate Nursing Program, Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-6163
Email: abodinet@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Drexel University
BSN, Lewis University

Karla Cavazos, DNP, RN, TCTCN

Lecturer of Nursing Email: kcavazos@aurora.edu Education: DNP, Rush University
MSN, Rush University
BSN, Loyola University

Kristie DeMayo, MSN, RNC-OB

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-5483
Email: kdemayo@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Purdue University
BSN, Purdue University
ADN, Kishwaukee Community College

Julie Ellis, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE

Associate Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-5522
Email: jellis@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Benedictine University
BS, Nursing, Northern Illinois University
ADN, College of DuPage

LaTisa Foscett-Gonzalez, DNP, RN, BA

Assistant Professor of Nursing, RN-BSN Coordinator Office Phone: 630-844-4640
Email: lfoscett-gonzalez@aurora.edu Education: DNP, Resurrection University
MSN, Lewis University
BS, University of Illinois at Chicago
BSN, University of Illinois at Chicago
BA, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sarah Gouwens, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-3868
Email: sgouwens@aurora.edu Education: DNP, Lewis University
MSN, Rush University
BSN, University of Iowa

Sandra Johnson

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-3717
Email: sandrajohnson@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Kaplan (Purdue Global)
BSN, University of Phoenix
ADN, Waubonsee College

Harrison Krebs, PhD, RN, CCRN

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-3775
Email: hkrebs@aurora.edu Education: PhD, Illinois State University
MSN, Illinois State University
BSN, Illinois State University

Misti Ludwig, DNP, RN, Gero-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-6509
Email: mludwig@aurora.edu Education: DNP, Regis University
MSN, Regis University
BSN, Regis University
ADN, Joliet Junior College

Veronica Mayer, PharmD, RPh

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-6505
Email: vmayer@aurora.edu Education: PharmD, Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy
BS, Pharmacy, Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy

Melissa Pertl, MSN, RN, CNRN, CNE

Associate Professor of Nursing, Judith B. Dunham Distinguished Professor in Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-5133
Email: mpertl@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Lewis University
BSN, Lewis University

Christina Pykett, MSN, RN, RN-NIC, RN-ELBW, NPD-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing Email: cpykett@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Olivet Nazarene University
BSN, Aurora University

Maureen Tite, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing Office Phone: 630-844-3713
Email: mtite@aurora.edu Education: MSN, Lewis University
BSN, Lewis University