YSN's Linda Pellico Tapped for the AYA Board of Directors
New Haven, CT — April 14, 2005
Assistant Professor Linda Honan Pellico has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA), an organization that facilitates communication between the alumni and the University and oversees the direction of Yale alumni organizations and programs. Dr. Pellico is the fourth YSN alumna to be elected to the AYA Board. Past members, Ruth Benedict, Sandy Bialos, and Maureen Doran, have all held important positions, including that of Chair of the Board of Directors.
Dr. Pellico obtained her nursing diploma from the Meriden-Wallingford Hospital School of Nursing, a B.S. in nursing from Southern Connecticut State University, her M.S.N. from Yale University School of Nursing as a general surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist. She recently earned her PhD at the University of Connecticut where she studied the experiences of students enrolled in Graduate entry programs. She has taught in the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing program at YSN since 1989, served as Program Director and Curriculum Coordinator, and been a consultant to graduate entry programs in other universities.
In addition to having held a number of nursing positions, Linda Honan Pellico is a teacher of all ages. She developed a state wide public education program "Have Bones, Will Travel" which introduces elementary school children to human anatomy with an emphasis on health and safety. For this she received the Connecticut Teachers Association Salutes Award and the Seton Ivy Award from Yale University. She is recipient of the Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching from the students of the Yale University School of Nursing.
Active in Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society for nurses, Ms. Pellico is currently Immediate Past-President of the Delta Mu Chapter and is recipient of both a Leadership Award and the Donna Diers Mentorship Award. She spearheaded the development of a creative writing award and created the book, "Do you see what I see?" which is a compilation of years of students journaling and historical photographs. The second Book is currently in development. Her research interests are on the education of adult learners, creative teaching strategies and narrative inquiry.
