College of Nursing Faculty and Staff
Fostering Academic Excellence
As health care continues to evolve, our faculty and staff lead innovative, practice-informed nursing education that prepares students for the future of the profession. By staying current in teaching methods, simulation, and clinical technologies, faculty create engaging learning environments that support student success in a diverse, global health care system.
Through strong partnerships with higher education, health care organizations, and state agencies, we strengthen curriculum, expand experiential learning, and advance education that improves health and health care.
Associate Dean for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Also teach in the Nursing graduate programs.
I have 3 areas of teaching and research which are: care for older adults, nursing and health informatics and Healing Touch. When I have some empty space, you can find me digging dirt in one of my many gardens. My life long goal is to build healing and healthy environment wherever I go.
5 Roosevelt Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Sonja J. Meiers, PhD, APRN, CNS, PHN, AGCNS-BC, FAAN is the Jane W. and James E. Moore Nursing Research Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Professor Emeritus of Graduate Nursing at Winona State University. Dr. Meiers has led major initiatives to expand enrollment in graduate nursing education programs; increase capacity within advanced practice nursing programs; advocate for advanced practice nursing at the state level; conduct collaborative local, regional, and international family health and family nursing research; and conduct international nursing professional conferences. Dr. Meiers has developed and tested measures of the family health experience that have been translated into a number of languages. Dr. Meiers is committed to mentoring faculty and students in all stages of their programs of scholarship across methodologies. Dr. Meiers received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Minnesota where she focused on the meaning of the family member-nurse interaction, and her master’s degree from Winona State University, where she focused on evidence-based nursing education.
