Courses Taught
GNRS 533 – Psychiatric Theories across the Life SpanGNRS 534 – Psychiatric Assessment across the Life Span
GNRS 700 – Philosophy of Science
GNRS 708 – Qualitative Research Designs
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Sheryl Tyson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BCDirector, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner ProgramProfessor, Graduate Programs |
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5942 Email: styson@apu.edu Fax: (626) 815-5414 |
Sheryl Tyson is currently a professor for graduate programs in the School of Nursing and director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa Pacific University. Tyson is an ANCC board certified child and adolescent psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist with extensive experience in the area of child abuse and neglect. Her work led to the realization that many abused youth had abused mothers and that helping traumatized youth required increased understanding of the experiences of their mothers. Her doctoral work examined anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder in women who had recently left abusive partners.
Tyson continues to follow these two lines of inquiry—at-risk youth and vulnerability to partner violence in women. She has participated in multidisciplinary prevention research with community-based, at-risk youth, and has also received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study on prevention of partner violence among African-American women. Her current research efforts focus on the development of a conceptual framework to elucidate the complexities of partner violence vulnerability in women in cultural and ethnic minority groups.
Tyson continues to follow these two lines of inquiry—at-risk youth and vulnerability to partner violence in women. She has participated in multidisciplinary prevention research with community-based, at-risk youth, and has also received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study on prevention of partner violence among African-American women. Her current research efforts focus on the development of a conceptual framework to elucidate the complexities of partner violence vulnerability in women in cultural and ethnic minority groups.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesMSN, University of California, Los Angeles
BSN, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., California State University, Northridge
Credentials/Certifications
Registered Nurse, California Board of Registered Nursing
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Board Certified, American Nurses Association Credentialing Center
Expertise
- Family violence
- Prevention of risky behavior, depression, and suicide in at-risk youth
- Prevention of violence against women with emphasis on ethnic minority women
- Psychiatric mental health and illness
- Qualitative research methods
GNRS 534 – Psychiatric Assessment across the Life Span
GNRS 700 – Philosophy of Science
GNRS 708 – Qualitative Research Designs
Office Hours
By appointmentOffice Location
School of NursingBuilding One, Room 311, West Campus
