Alvita K Nathaniel PhD FNP-BC FAANP

Alvita Nathaniel, PhD, is Professor Emerita and past department chair at West Virginia University School of Nursing. Mentored by Barney Glaser, Nathaniel continues to be involved with grounded theory initiatives. In addition to her grounded theory publications, she co-authored the nursing textbook, Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, which is now in its 6th edition (2nd Elsevier edition). Writing the ethics textbook led to her grounded theory research on moral reckoning in nursing, which she continues to pursue along with additional scholarship focusing on the two main foci of classic grounded theory and nursing ethics. She is a Fellow of the Grounded Theory Institute, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, a Fellow of the West Virginia University Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and a founding member of the International Grounded Theory Alliance. Dr. Nathaniel is past Editor of The Grounded Theory Review, an open access online journal focusing solely on classic grounded theory.