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About the Editor

Martha Raile Alligood is professor emeritus at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville,
North Carolina, where she was Director of the Nursing PhD program. A graduate of Good Samaritan School of
Nursing, she also holds a bachelor of sacred literature (BSL) from Johnson University, a BSN from University of
Virginia, an MS from The Ohio State University, and a PhD from New York University.
Her career in nursing education began in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) in Africa and has included graduate
appointments at the University of Florida, University of South Carolina, and University of Tennessee. Among
her professional memberships are Epsilon and Beta Nu Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI),
Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS), North Carolina Nurses Association/American Nurses Association
(NCNA/ANA), and Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS).
A recipient of numerous awards and honors, she is a Fellow of the National League for Nursing (NLN) Acad-
emy of Nursing Education, received the SNRS Leadership in Research Award, and was honored with the East
Carolina University Chancellors’s Women of Distinction Award. A member of the Board of Trustees at Johnson
University, Dr. Alligood chairs the Academic Affairs Committee.
She served as contributing editor for the Theoretical Concerns column in Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 24,
2011, and is author/editor of Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application, fifth edition, as well as this eighth edition
of Nursing Theorists and Their Work.

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