Editorial Team

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Dr. Catherine Carter-Snell (Canada) PhD RN DF-AFN.  Affiliations:  Professor-School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Calgary; Director, Forensic Education.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Dr. Theresa Fay-Hillier (USA) DrPH, MSN, PMHCNS-BC. Affiliation: Associate Professor of Nursing, Drexel University; College of Nursing and Health Professions Division of Nursing, Undergraduate Non-licensure Nursing Programs

Dr. Kathleen Thimsen (USA) DNP, MSN, ET/WOCN, FNS. Affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Dr. Annie Lewis-O'Connor (interim Associate Editor), PhD, MPH, NP-BC, DF-IAFN, DF-AFN, FAAN. Affiliation:  Founder and Director of the C.A.R.E Clinic (Caring Approach to Resilience & Empowerment) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Ms. Teresa Devitt-Lynch (USA) MSN, RN, AFN-C, AFN-BC, SANE-A. Affiliation: INTREPID Forensic Healthcare Consulting

Ms. Deb Holbrook (USA) MSN, RN, FNE-A/P, SANE-A, DF-AFN, FAAN. Affiliation: Director of Forensic Nursing at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

Ms. Valerie Sievers (USA) MSN, RN, CNS, AFN-C, DF-AFN. Affiliation: Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Forensic Healthcare Consultant

Dr. Jennifer Johnson (USA) DNP, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, AFN-BC, AFN-C, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN. Affiliations: Johnson Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC, University of Tennessee, Maryville University 

Dr. Victor Petreca. PhD, DNP PMHNP-BC.  Affiliations; Assistant Professor, Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing; Director/Principal Investigator, Center for Police Training in Crisis Intervention (The Center)

Ms. Christine Foote-Lucero MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-C, DF-AFN  Affiliation: Manager, Forensic Nursing program, University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) in Aurora, Colorado

COPYEDITING/MARKETING

Ms. Kristi Mayo  Affiliation: Marketing Director, AFN

ON LEAVE (During Presidency 2025)
Dr. Paul Clements, PhD, RN, CGS, DF-IAFN, DF-AFN  Affiliation: Clinical Professor at the Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing at Texas A & M University