Dean, Rory Meyers College of Nursing New York University | New York, New York New York University (NYU) has appointed Angela Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN, as Dean of the Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Dr. Amar is an accomplished leader, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, and researcher studying sexual and dating violence. Amar joins NYU from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Nursing, where she has been dean and a tenured professor since 2018. Amar was previously on the faculty of Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing where she served as an associate dean, and on the faculty at Boston College where she was program director for the Advanced Forensic Nursing Program. Amar is highly engaged nationally, including serving as a member of the American Academy of Nursing Board of Directors, as Government Affairs Committee chair of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and as a member of the Finance Committee of the National League for Nursing. She is a widely published author and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including receiving the 2022 Nursing Leader Award from the Asian American Group and Las Vegas India Chamber of Commerce; being selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Wharton Executive Leadership program; and receiving the 2017 Lillian Sholtis Brunner Award for Innovative Practice in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a Distinguished Fellow with the International Association of Forensic Nurses, and a Fellow in the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education. Dr. Amar holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing, a master’s in Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.Read the full press release here.Amy Segal led this search with John Muckle, Alice Holland, Chloë Kanas, and Ethan Thomas.