Welcome to my ScholarWorks page. My name is Donna Zucker and I am an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I hope those of you who have an interest in chronic illness and social justice will visit this page. In addition I have a strong interest in qualitative research methods especially case study research. For the past 8 years my teaching, outreach and scholarship have coalesced around how humans interpret and act on their chronic health symptoms and sensations. Rehabilitation of physical and behavioral conditions has brought me together with the clients I currently serve. Those are persons who have addictions, who are recovering from addictions and who need support and guidance during the most vulnerable times in their lives: incarceration and homelessness.
Articles
University and Sheriff's Office Create a Model Collaboration (with Catherine Rigali), Corrections Today (2008)
The Suitability of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Hepatitis C (with Lynn S. Koerbel), Journal of Holistic Nursing (2007)
As incidence of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in the United States increases, management of physical...
The Nature of Hope in Hospitalized Chronically Ill Patients (with Dale Sook Kim, Hesook Suzie Kim, and Donna Schwartz-Barcott), International Journal of Nursing Studies (2006)
Background: Hope as a universal human phenomenon has been studied from various perspectives often conceptualized...
Plato's Cave and Aristotle's Collections: Dialogue across Disciplines (with Dominica Borg), Nursing Philosophy (2005)
This paper describes a joint effort between the Department of Theatre and the School of...
Peer-Mentoring for Tenure-Track Faculty (with Cynthia S. Jacelon, Elizabeth A. Henneman, and Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini), Journal of Professional Nursing (2003)
Four tenure-track nursing faculty members at a large, research-intensive university came together to help each...