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Brenda Marshall

Professor, School of Nursing

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marshallb@montclair.edu
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Dr. Marshall is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) certified in Nursing Administration (NA-BC), as a Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) and a sensorimotor psychotherapist. She has earned a doctorate in Education from Columbia University in Behavior Science/Health Education, a Master's of Science in Psychiatric Nursing from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and a Master's of Science in Policy and Health Management from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. As a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in Mental Health Dr. Marshall lived and taught psychiatric nursing in Malta.

Dr. Marshall was the principal investigator on the US Department of Education's Model Programs on College Campuses grant (2006-8), conducting research at Montclair State University related to reducing alcohol use by freshmen students, and investigating the relationships between attitude and behavior and parental engagement and student drinking behavior. More recently Dr. Marshall has had her research funded in the areas of evaluating outcomes of psychotherapy using fMRI imaging, investigating depression in parents of children with ASD, assessing the physical effects of depression on African Americans with diabetes and heart disease, and examining the impact of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training on healthcare workers in a post pandemic world, MHFA training for nursing students,and MHFA training for teachers.

She has authored four books, numerous chapters in psychiatric nursing text books and scores of articles. She is very excited to be returning to Montclair to join the excellent faculty at the School of Nursing.

Specialization

Dr. Marshall is a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in the area of Mental Health, certified as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She is the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Liaison for Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck NJ.

Office Hours

Fall

Thursday
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Spring

Tuesday
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Friday
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

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