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Carolyn Harmon, PhD, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CSSGB, FAAN

Director,
University of South Carolina

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Dr. Carolyn S. Harmon is a Professor and Director of Healthcare Leadership and Nursing Informatics at the University of South Carolina, where she also serves as a Nurse Scientist for the ACORN Center, a Propel AI Scholar, and a Provost’s AI Teaching Fellow. She holds a PhD from the University of South Carolina and a DNP from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Harmon is ANCC Board Certified in Nursing Informatics, a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, DataCamp AI Certified, and an Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Fellow. She is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Harmon is the Past President of the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) and currently chairs the Artificial Intelligence Subgroup of the Learning Collaborative for Digital Health Workgroup and co-chairs the policy and advocacy workgroup within the Nursing Knowledge Big Data Science Initiative.

Education

University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
PhD, 2022
Nursing Science
2019 To 2022
Dissertation: Unintended Consequences of the EHR and Cognitive Load in ED Nurses

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Doctor of Nursing Practice, 2014
Executive Leadership with research focus in nursing informatics
2012 To 2014
Dissertation: Nurses' Perception of the Electronic Health Record
Advisor: Dr. Linda Roussel

Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Master of Science in Nursing, 2003
Health Systems Management
2001 To 2003

Bluefield State University
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States
Associate and Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 9395
Nursing
1991 To 1995

Professional Associations

American Academy of Nursing
2025 - Present

Nursing Knowledge Big Data Science
2023 - Present

American Nurses Informatics Association
2010 - Present

ANA and SCANA
2009 - Present

Sigma Theta Tau International
2003 - Present

Job History

University Of South Carolina
Director of Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Leadership, and Nursing Education
Columbia, SC, United States
January 2024 - present

Center for Nursing Advancement at East Tennessee State University
Nurse Scientist
United States
August 2023 - May 2024

Belmont Abbey College
Dean of Nursing
Belmont, NC, United States
June 2020 - June 2023

Carolinas College of Health Science/Atrium Health
Chair of Nursing
Charlotte, NC, United States
April 2018 - July 2020

University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor/Director
SC, United States
May 2015 - July 2018

Carolinas HealthCare System/Atrium Health
Senior Application Specialist; Outcomes Manager; Adjunct Faculty
SC, United States
December 2003 - December 2016

Capella University
Lead Faculty for nursing informatics specialty
SC, United States
September 2014 - July 2016

Honors and Awards

Community Engagement Award
University of South Carolina
2018

Landers Nursing Scholarship
Queens University of Charlotte
2003

Palmetto Gold
South Carolina
2018

Quality Beacon Award Gold Level
Carolinas HealthCare System
2013

Sigma Theta Tau Scholarship
Mu Psi-at Large
2003

Touchstone Award Bronze Level
Carolinas HealthCare System
2010