Nancy Carolyn Sharts-Hopko

Background

Sharts-Hopko, Nancy Carolyn was born on December 21, 1953 in Cincinnati. Daughter of John Edwin and Dorothy May (Kinder) Sharts.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1976; Master of Arts, New York University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1984.

Career

Staff nurse and team leader neonatal Intensive Care Unit, New York Hospital, New York City, 1976-1978; instructor, Lehman College, Bronx, New York, 1978-1980; nurse clinician, Covenant House, New York City, 1979-1980; assistant professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1980-1984; overseas associate, St. Luke's College Nursing, Tokyo, 1984-1986; associate professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1986-1997; professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., since 1997. Short-term consultant World Health Organization, Bangladesh, 1983. Member American county St. Luke's International Medical Center, New York City,1 987-.

Member of advisory commission on fertility and maternal health Food and Drug Administration, 1992-1995.

Achievements

• Nancy Carolyn Sharts-Hopko has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain, major United States Army Reserve, 1987-1995. Member Pennsylvania League Nursing (nominating committee 1990-1992), Sigma Theta Tau (international church development committee 1990-1992, president Alpha Nu chapter 1990-1992).

Interests

• Avocations: music, reading, crafts, gardening.

Connections

Married Alan Kent Engel, June 12, 1976 (divorced 1990). 1 child, Carl Lawrence Engel. Married Joseph James Hopko, July 18, 1992.

Father:

John Edwin Sharts

Mother:

Dorothy May (Kinder) Sharts

Spouse:

Joseph James Hopko

Spouse:

Alan Kent Engel

child:

Carl Lawrence Engel Sharts-Hopko