Susan S. Gunby, RN, PhD  

Program Dean & Professor
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University
& Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine, Mercer University
School of Medicine
Community Representative

Susan Sweat Gunby is Dean and Professor of Nursing at Mercer University’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing in Atlanta. Dr. Gunby is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s program committee for the Executive Development Series, member of the Georgia Board of Nursing’s Education Committee, past president of the Georgia League for Nursing, member of the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal for Human Caring, and member of the Board of Directors and Chair of Publications for the American Association for the History of Nursing. She is actively involved in the activities of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Dr. Gunby’s areas of expertise in research, publications, and presentations are in qualitative research methods, pain and suffering, ethics, and historical perspectives in nursing/health care. Dr. Gunby graduated with a diploma in nursing from Georgia Baptist School of Nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Georgia State University, a Master of Nursing from Emory University, and a PhD in Nursing Education from Georgia State University.