Yanick Joseph is an experienced leader in healthcare management with 30+ years in health care management, and over 12 years in nursing education. Her perspective of teaching is grounded in the constructivist framework of learning, and she brings a repertoire of skills to impart knowledge to students using a variation of instruction modalities. Her philosophy reflects her interests in experiential learning and she is passionate about using simulation in all aspects of student learning. The classroom dynamics she employs permits dialogue, self-direction, and inquiry—all of which fosters a higher degree of student engagement. She has held significant leadership roles of increasing responsibility in management, performance improvement, graduate and undergraduate nursing education. She has a proven record in transmitting vision into reality and mission into action plans through focused strategy/policy development, successful mobilization of resources, staff/student empowerment and engagement.

Dr. Joseph is also the 2018 recipient of the Mabel K Staupers Award for Outstanding Leadership in Professional Nursing Development and Results Oriented Growth in Nursing Practice.