Biography
Samantha Lewis joined Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in September 2023 as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Nursing.
She is a Decker College alumna, having earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2000 and her master’s degree in nursing in 2003. In addition, Lewis earned a post-master’s certificate in psychiatry at Stony Brook University.
Lewis is board-certified through ANCC as a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Her nursing experience includes working in long-term care facilities, hospitals, home care, outpatient mental health clinics (in New York and Connecticut) and a residential treatment center. She was a child abuse medical provider.
Lewis' current goal is to obtain a PhD in nursing.
Education
- Post-master’s certificate, psychiatry, Stony Brook University, 2008
- MS, community health nursing, Binghamton University, 2003
- BS, nursing, Binghamton University, 2000
Research Interests
- Personality disorders
- Trauma
- Human trafficking
- Developmental disabilities (particularly intellectual disabilities and autism)
Teaching Interests
- Personality disorders
- Trauma
- Psychiatry/mental health
- Care of families
- Community health
- Vulnerable populations
- Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children
Clinical Interests
- Personality disorders
- Trauma
- Vulnerable populations
- Developmental disabilities