Catherine Brownell is Assistant Professor of Nursing and Chair of the Nursing program at UC. She joined the Department of Nursing in July 2002 as Project Coordinator for the Tapestry Project, a Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from HRSA Bureau of Health Professions. She received a Ph.D. from Binghamton University in 2002. Cathy has a B.S. from SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome and an M.S. from Syracuse University. Her research interests are in rural health and community health nursing. She has presented her research locally and nationally.