Shirley S. Travis, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Dean, College of Health and Human Services
Unit:
CHHS Dean's Office
Mail Stop: 2G7
Office Location: Robinson B 413E
Phone: 703-993-1918
Email: stravis1@gmu.edu
Dr. Shirley Travis received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Georgia State University and her PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
Dr. Travis’ research and publications focus on long-term care and the patterns of care that individuals and their family caregivers require over time. Her research on end of life care focuses on transitions in care from active curative treatment to palliation modes of care in long-term care settings. Dr. Travis’ awards and honors include the Janssen Eldercare Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the healthcare of older Americans, Academic Gerontologist of the Year by the Southern Gerontological Society for her record of applied research in long-term care, and the Springer Geriatric/Gerontological Nursing Research Award for her end of life research. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Travis served as a Pope Eminent Scholar of the Rosalynn Carter Institute and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Institute. Dr. Travis has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles, books, and book chapters on aging and long-term care.
Dr. Travis maintains involvement in numerous professional organizations and service activities. In addition to committee appointments and advisory committees assignments, she is a Past President of the National Gerontological Nursing Association and Past Chair of the Clinical Medicine Section (now the Health Sciences Section) of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Travis is a Fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, the Gerontological Society of America, the National Gerontological Nursing Association, and the American Academy of Nursing.
Recent Publications:
McAuley, W.J., McCutcheon, M.E., & Travis, S.S. (accepted for publication). Advance directives for health care among older community residents. Journal of Health and Human Services.
Han, B., Remsburg, R.E., McAuley, W.J., Keay, T., & Travis, S.S. (accepted for publication). Length of hospice service among U.S. adult patients: 1992-2000. Inquiry.
Kao, H.S., McHugh, M., & Travis, S.S. (accepted for publication). Psychometric tests of the “Expectations of Filial Piety Scale” in a Mexican American population. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Travis, S.S., McAuley, W.J., Dmochowski, J., Bernard, M.A., Kao, H.F., & Greene, R. (accepted for publication). Factors associated with medication hassles experienced by family caregivers of older adults. Patient Education and Counseling.
Travis, S.S., Greene, R., McAuley, W.J., & Bernard, M.A. (2006). Differences in the ways that family caregivers experience medication administration hassles. Journal of Aging and Pharmacotherapy, 13(2), 35-51.
McAuley, W.J., McCutcheon, M.E., Travis, S.S., & Lloyd, J. (2006). Participant characteristics predicting voluntary early withdrawal from a multidisciplinary program providing home-delivered meals and dietitian/social work case management to homebound elders. Journal of Nutrition and Aging, 25, 83-99.
Amador, K.T., Travis, S.S., McAuley, W.J., Bernard, M.A., & McCutcheon, M. (2006). Recruitment and retention of ethnically diverse long-term family caregivers for research. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 47(3/4), 139-152.
Haigler, D., Bauer, L., & Travis, S.S. (2006). Caring for you, caring for me: A ten-year caregiver educational initiative of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development. Health and Social Work, 31, 149-152.
Han, B., Remsburg, R.E., McAuley, W.J., Keay, T., & Travis, S.S. (2006). National trends in adult hospice use and length of service: 1991-1992 to 1999-2000. Health Affairs, 25, 792-799.
McAuley, W.J., Buchanan, R.J., Travis, S.S., Wang, S., & Kim, M. (2006). Recent trends in advance directives at nursing home admission and one year after admission. The Gerontologist, 46,377-381.
Talley, R.C. & Travis, S.S. (2005). The impact of federal legislative and regulatory initiatives on family and professional caregivers. Geriatric Care Management Journal, 15(1), 4-8.
Kao, H.S. & Travis, S.S. (2005). Effects of acculturation and social exchange on the expectations of filial piety among Hispanic/Latino parents of adult children). Nursing and Health Science, 7(4), 226-234.
Kao, H.S. & Travis, S.S. (2005). Development of the expectations of filial piety scale-Spanish version. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52(6), 682-688.
Sparks, L. & Travis, S.S., & Thompson, S. (2005). Listening for the communicative signals of humor, narratives, and self-disclosure in the family caregiver interview. Health and Social Work, 30(4) ,340-343.
Travis, S.S., Kao, H.S., & Acton, G. (2005). Helping family members manage medication administration hassles. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 43(11), 13-15.
Binch, J., Beamon, R., Clontz, S., Goodwin, P., Hartwig, H., Kolhatkar, R., List, M., & Travis, S. S. (2005). Incorporating medication regimen reviews into the interdisciplinary care planning process. Geriatric Nursing, 26, 89-93.
Travis, S. S., Moore, S., Larsen, P., & Turner, M. (2005). Clinical indicators of treatment futility and imminent terminal decline as discussed by multidisciplinary teams in long-term care. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 22, 204-210.
Educational Background:
- PhD - Virginia Tech
- MSN - Georgia State University
- BSN - Georgia State University