Margarett S. Alexandre
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator, Department of Nursing, York College (CUNY)
Margarett S. Alexandre is an assistant professor and academic coordinator at the York College Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Professional Programs, of the City University of New York (CUNY). She is a Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research interest involves disability in the post-2010 Haiti earthquake. Her other interests include student mentoring and community initiatives both nationally and internationally. She also shares a great interest in transcultural nursing education, community engagement, service-learning, active learning strategies, and health disparities. In fall 2012, she played a key role in the development of the first nursing elective and global nursing course, NUR 450-Assessment of Global Health Needs, in an underserved community. She is actively engaged in a collaborative project addressing the incidence of hypertension among college students throughout the metropolitan area. Alexandre received a master's in nursing and a certificate in gerentological nursing from Adelphi University. Additionally, she is the founder and president of Mission Grandbois in L'Artibonite Haiti. She joined York College in fall 2012. Over the past five years, she has mentored nursing students at York College and the School of Professional Studies service learning internationally. Alexandre was a visiting professor at the Université Publique aux Gonaives (UPAG)-Faculté des Science Infimières in Gonaïves, Haiti, in 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015. She was co-PI for a PSC-CUNY grant to examine simulation in older adults and has published in peer-reviewed nursing journals.
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- York College
City University of New York
94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11451 - P: 718.262.2857
- F: 718.262.2696
- E: malexandre1@york.cuny.edu
