Rate My Professor MARK CRIDER

Dr. Crider's research centers on health policy, particularly its impact on persons with chronic mental illness, with his doctoral dissertation examining the American Nurses Association's role as both a professional society and labor organization. He has contributed to nursing scholarship through co-authored publications, including 'Promoting Nursing Students' Ethical Development in the Simulation Setting' (2017, Teaching and Learning in Nursing) and 'Integrating a Professional Apprenticeship Model with Traditional Nursing Education' (2011, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing). A dedicated leader, Dr. Crider served two terms as President of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association from 2016 to 2020 and currently acts as its Young Nurse Professional Leadership Consultant. He was President of the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania during his undergraduate years, President of the California League for Nursing, a three-time delegate to American Nurses Association assemblies from Pennsylvania and California, and has held board positions with state chapters of the American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing. An honorary member of the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania, he was appointed in 2019 to the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Emergency Room Treatment and Behavioral Health to study behavioral health needs and emergency department impacts.