Rate My Professor Rebecca Hill

Dr. Hill’s academic background includes a BSN from the University of Rhode Island; an MSN, post-master’s certificate in nursing education, and DNP from Duke University; and a PhD in Nursing from Boston College. Her program of research centers on the evaluation of problematic feeding in breastfeeding dyads affected by ankyloglossia (tongue-tie), earning her distinction as only the second nurse to receive grant funding from the Gerber Foundation for investigations into the physiological mechanics of breastfeeding in infants with tongue-tie. Among her honors, she received the Nancy T. Watts Award in 2019—the highest faculty recognition at MGH IHP for exceptional teaching—and was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in 2023, where she serves on the Breastfeeding Expert Panel and was elected to the Fellow Selection Committee. Dr. Hill is deeply engaged in professional leadership, serving on the National League for Nursing Board of Governors as Governor-at-Large, co-chairing the international Committee on Interprofessional Research, Education, and Ankyloglossia Science, and holding roles in the American Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the Massachusetts/Rhode Island League for Nursing executive board.