EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. Psychiatric / Mental Health Nursing, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
• MSN Major - Psychiatric / Mental Health Nursing, Minor - Nursing Administration, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
• BSN University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP:

• National Association of Health Services Executives
• African Scientific Institute
• National Black Nurses' Association, Inc.
• American Organization of Nurse Executives
• American Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau

PRESENTATIONS:

• Leadership Looking beyond the Horizon. 54th Annual Convention of the National Student Nurses' Association, April 6th, 2006. Baltimore, MD.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Capoccia, V. & Banister, G. (1999). The gap between practice and research. The Counselor:Theory, Practice and Research, 17(4), 23-24.
2. Hackel, R., Butt, L., & Banister, G. (1996). How nurses perceive medication errors. Nursing Management, 27(1), 31-34.
3. Banister, G. (1988) Stress, coping, social support and psychological distress: A comparative study of black and white professionally employed women. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas, Austin.

COMMUNITY SERVICE INVOLVEMENT:

• Ladies of Charity
• SOME-So Other Might Eat
• Committee on Impaired Nurses
• Health Care for the Homeless

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Johnson and Johnson Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives, June, 2006
• The Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellows Program, May, 2001
• District of Columbia Nurses' Association Practice Award, October, 1998
• National Leadership Fellow / Join Together-Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Boston University School of public Health, June, 1994
• Counselor of the Year, Institute for Human Resources, December, 1990
• Best Bedside Nurse Award, University of Wyoming School of Nursing, May, 1980