Program Coordinator
Shannon Gauvin
Title: Director of Nursing & Professor
Phone: 207.621.3466
Email: shannon.gauvin@maine.edu
Full-Time Faculty & Staff
Erin Bellaire
Assistant Professor of Nursing & Clinical Coordinator
My name is Erin Bellaire and I live in Clinton with my husband and 14 year-old son. I have been a nurse for 23 years and worked in healthcare for the last 25 years! I spent the first 19 years of my career at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, Me. I was fortunate to … Read More
Shannon Gauvin
Director of Nursing & Program Coordinator
Dr. Gauvin has been a nurse for 23 years. She earned her ADN from CMMC School of Nursing, her BS in nursing from USM, and her Master’s in nursing with a dual concentration in nursing education and management from the University of Phoenix. She completed her research doctorate in 2016 in Health Administration. Her research … Read More
Kristie Harrison
Assistant Professor of Nursing
After graduating from USM in 2005 Kristie began working in a small community hospital. In the beginning, she thought she would get her year of medical surgical experience and move to a bigger hospital, but developed a fondness for nursing in a small community hospital. Kristie stayed at that job for seven years before moving … Read More
Vickie Ireland
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Dr. Vickie A. Ireland joined the nursing faculty at UMA in January 2021 after more than 29 years (and 18 moves!) as an active-duty military spouse. She has held nursing licenses in 7 states across the country before settling in Maine last year. She is board-certified in emergency nursing, but also has experience in trauma, … Read More
Jennifer Lakey
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Dr. Lakey has been a part of the UMA faculty since 2018. She has over 20 years of experience as a nurse and has worked in various roles throughout her career, including in the emergency department and as a school nurse. Dr. Lakey earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Messiah College in 2000, … Read More
Bobbi J. McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Bobbi McCarthy has been a nurse since 1992 with a wide range of experience including med-surg, home-care, hospice, interventional radiology, ER and teaching. She teaches Caring Concepts, Adult Mental Health, and Pharmacology for Nurses; as well as other courses as they arise. She also manages the Simulation Lab where she assists students through simulated patient … Read More
Amanda R. Thaller
Lecturer of Nursing Resource Laboratory
Amanda Ray Thaller, RN, MSN, ACNP has been a nurse since 1999, with a wide range of acute clinical experience on units, including neurology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, orthopaedics, trauma, woundcare/burn, heme/oncology, bone marrow transplant, bariatric surgery, and gynecology. Amanda has been teaching since 2004 in the clinical setting at three different institutions. In 2012, she accepted … Read More
Erin Voisine
Lecturer of Nursing
Erin Voisine has been a nurse since 2004, with a range of nursing experience including medical-surgical, OB maternal-newborn, pediatric, long-term care nursing, as well as education. She instructs adult and pediatric nursing skills. Her lab focus is supporting the student as they learn nursing skills in a supportive and safe environment and to foster life-long … Read More
Kirsten Wichern
Student Services Coordinator
Program Liaison for: Applied Science, Nursing
UMA Augusta Campus
Phone: 207.621.3035
Email: kirsten.wichern@maine.edu
Current UMA Students can schedule an appointment with Kirsten here.
Not yet a UMA student? Schedule an appointment with Kirsten here.
Adjunct Faculty
Cherie Annis
Instructor of Nursing
Cheryl J Annis, received an MS in Community/Public Health Nursing from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA in 2000. She received her BSN in 1978 from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, IL. She served as an adjunct professor at UMA teaching the Community and Global Health Lecture and Clinical courses. Ms. Annis will begin … Read More
Pamela Caldwell
Part-Time Faculty
Professor Pam Caldwell has been a registered nurse for over 25 years with a variety of nursing and educational experiences. She has worked for 20 years on a medical-surgical unit, as Charge Nurse/Nurse-in-Charge. Nursing experiences also include geriatric nursing in long-term care/dementia and rehabilitation units, medical-surgical and intensive care units. Management experience include Practice Manager … Read More
Meredith Kendall
Adjunct Faculty
Meredith Kendall teaches Reiki at the University of Maine at Augusta and nursing at the Maine College of Health Professions. Dr. Kendall is a Reiki teacher/practitioner. She conducted and published Reiki research. She created and coordinated Reiki programs at two healthcare facilities in Maine. Kendall is the author of two books about Reiki; Reiki Nurse: My life as … Read More