Maureen Baker, PhD, CNL, CHSE
Associate Professor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing
CB #7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
School of Nursing
CB #7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Dr. Baker is passionate about nursing education and inspiring the next generation of nurses to elevate the art and science of nursing. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, she leads the UNC SON EmpowerEd program, using iPads to leverage nursing education, student engagement, and student scholarly productivity. Dr. Bakers areas of research are patient engagement and innovation in nursing education.
May 2025 Faculty Excellence Award- UNC School of Nursing
October 2024 Rear Admiral Betsy Niedmeyer First Place Award for Evidence Based Practice
December 2023 Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
2023 Shirley A. Smoyak Article of the Year Award
June 2023 UNC School of Nursing Educational Support Award
May 2020 UNC Medical Center Faculty of the Year Award
May 2019 Faculty Excellence Award- UNC School of Nursing
Active Learning Strategies, while near and far, now possible in an app-based world. Epub Apple Books. (2020) Available at: https://books.apple.com/us/book/active-learning-near-and-far/id1520884249
Baker, M.J. (2020). Becoming a professional nurse: Defining nursing and socialization into practice. In Black, B.P. (Ed.), Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges (87-104). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Health Sciences.*
Baker, M.J. (2020). Nurses, patients, and families caring at the intersection of health, illness, and culture. In Black, B.P. (Ed.), Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges (255-278). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Health Sciences.*
Baker, M.J., Black, Beth P., & Beeber, L.S. (2020). Patient engagement in action: Timing and intensity of strategies used to engage low income depressed mothers of infants and toddlers. Patient Experience Journal. 7(3), 136-145.
Baker, M. J. & Zomorodi, M. (2018). Welcome to the Clinical Nurse Leader Shark Tank. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(10), 631-632.
Baker, M.J., Black, B.P., & Beeber, L. S. (2018). Rules of engagement: Strategies to enlist and retain an underserved population in a mental health intervention. Patient Experience Journal, 5(3), 108-115. Available at: https://pxjournal.org/journal/vol5/iss3/14
Evaluation of an AI-Powered Virtual Patient Platform for Clinical Skills Training in Nursing Education
Award amount: $1,360
Award type: Waived software licensing fees
Palmetto Innovative Education – In-Kind Research Support Award
Award/Grant Number: P-G0012025
October 2025- present
Society for Family Planning Funded
Mentor 2024 Changemakers in Family Planning Grant
October 2024-
2021-22 CFE/Lenovo Instructional Innovation Grants Program
UNC SON and IPE students scale Sloppy Mountain Virtual Escape Room
FALL 2021- Spring 2022, $500
Curriculum Development Awards for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
UNC SON and St. Luke’s International University (Tokyo, Japan) enter the Shark Tank/Dragon’s Den to solve health care complex problems. Fall 2021, $2500
Pre-doctoral Fellow, NRSA T32 Grantee
Interventions to Prevent/Manage Chronic Illness August 2014-2016
Pre-doctoral Fellow, NRSA T32 Grantee Interventions to Prevent/Manage Chronic Illness August
Funded Tuition/stipend NIH National Research Service Award Fall 2014- August 2016
- Apple Distinguished Educator
- Clinical Nurse Leader
- Certified Health Care Simulation Educator