Rate My Professor Racquel Ingram

Dr. Racquel Ingram, PhD, RN, is the Founding Dean of the Teresa B. Caine School of Nursing at High Point University. She joined the institution in 2021 as Founding Chair and Assistant Professor of the Department of Nursing in the Congdon School of Health Sciences, collaborating with university leaders to develop the Bachelor of Science in Nursing pre-licensure program, which admitted its inaugural class in fall 2022. In January 2023, the department was established as an independent School of Nursing, with Ingram appointed Founding Dean to lead its growth, including plans for additional undergraduate and graduate programs emphasizing student-centered education, academic rigor, interdisciplinary care, health disparities, illness prevention, health promotion, and community engagement. Her leadership at High Point University builds on the institution's health sciences initiatives amid nursing shortages and global health challenges.

Ingram possesses over 26 years of nursing experience, including 23 years as a nurse educator with expertise in nursing curriculum and program development, and 19 years in nursing leadership as of 2023. She previously served as Chair and Associate Professor of Nursing at Catawba College beginning in spring 2015. Ingram earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing between 2005 and 2010, focusing on minority health disparities and health literacy. She is an Amy V. Cockcroft Nurse Fellow in Nursing Leadership and a member of the North Carolina Board of Nursing representing RN Nurse Educators at BSN and graduate levels. Elected Chair of the Board effective January 1, 2023, after serving as Vice Chair, she has chaired and served on multiple committees, contributed to regulatory processes, policy implementation, and strategic planning. Her scholarly contributions include publications such as 'Overcoming Low Health Literacy in Critical Care' (2012, co-authored with Donald D. Kautz) and work on mastery learning in nursing education and health literacy adherence.