Nagia Ali has been with the School of Nursing at Ball State University since 1987. She has served as an assessment co-coordinator for the systematic evaluation of the School of Nursing programs up to the end of fall 03. She has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses totally on-line for more than six years. She has adapted classroom courses to the on-line format. She developed two new on-line courses1) NUR 607, Data Analysis in Nursing, as a core for graduate students in all academic tracks and 2) NUR 314, Undergraduate Statistics. She has also helped other faculty redesign traditional courses to on-line courses and developed new Internet courses for the graduate program.

Dr. Ali co-developed a five-point Likert scale instrument to evaluate Web classes that is currently used in the School of Nursing. Further, she worked with other colleagues to develop "Community of Communities," an electronic course, where students from different classes access the on-line community and discuss cultural issues and cultural case studies. She also co-developed an on-line instrument to measure the effectiveness of "Community of Communities."

Dr. Ali co-authored grants that address the changing faculty role in on-line teaching, and these were funded by the National League of Nursing. She has participated with other faculty in the School of Nursing and in the College of Applied Science and Technology in obtaining funds for connecting research with on-line teaching and for evaluating our master's program.

Dr. Ali is a reviewer of manuscripts for three professional journals. On 2003, she has reviewed the 2nd edition of Kemp’s Terminal Illness: A guide to Nursing Care. She has also reviewed the 7th edition of Greeberg's Comprehensive Stress Management textbook, 2002. On 2008, Dr. Ali has reviewed chapters from Denise Polit’s textbook, Data Analysis and Statistics for Nursing Research and Georg’s textbook, Nursing Theories. She has served on local, national, and international nursing organizations. She has conducted presentations to community groups in the area of breast cancer screening and health promoting behaviors.

Dr. Ali has been participating as a member of the International Scientific Review Committee of the ISEF. She has also served as a judge in the Annual East Central Indiana Regional Science Fair. Dr. Ali has done consultation to Excelsior College regarding nursing research in 2003 and in 2006.

Education:

Publications:

• Ali, N., Shonk, C., & El-Sayed, M. (2009). Bone health in men: Influencing factors. American Journal of Health Behaviors, 33(2), 213-222.

• Hodson, K., Ryan, M., Ali, N., & Kelsey, B. (2007). Integration of global health concepts in nursing curricula: A national study. Nursing Education Perspectives, 28 (3), 124-129.

• Ali,N., Hodson-Carlton,K., & Ryan,M. (2005). Online education: Needs assessment for faculty development. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 36(1), 32-38.
• Ali,N., Bantz, D., & Siktberg, L. (2005). Validation of critical thinking skills in online responses. Journal of Nursing Education, 44(2), 90-94.
• El-Sayed, M., Ali, N., & Ali, Z. (2005). Interaction between alcohol and exercise: Physiological and hematological implications. Sports Medicine, 35(3), 257-269.
• El-Sayed, M., Ali, N., & Ali, Z. (2005). Aggregation and activation of blood platelets in exercise and training. Sports Medicine, 35(1), 11-22.
• Ali, N., Hodson-Carlton, K., & Ryan, M. (2004). Students’ perception of online learning: Implications for teaching. Nurse Educator, 29(3), 309–313.
• Ryan, M., Hodson-Carlton, K., & Ali, N. (2004). Role of faculty in distance learning and changing pedagogies. Nursing Perspectives, 25(2), 73-80
• Ali, N., Ryan, M., & Hodson Carlton, K. (2002). The social aspects of the online learning. In D. Billings (Ed.), Conversations in E-Learning (pp. 163-167). Pensacola, FL: Pohl Publishing, Inc.
• Hodson Carlton, K., Ali, N., & Ryan. M. (2002). Creating and managing an online community. In D. Billings (Ed.), Conversations in E-Learning (pp. 159-162). Pensacola, FL: Pohl Publishing, Inc.
• Ryan, M., Hodson Carlton, K., & Ali, N. (2002). The online learning community. In D. Billings (Ed.), Conversations in E-Learning (pp. 155-158). Pensacola, FL: Pohl Publishing, Inc.
• Ali, N., Hodson Carlton, K., & Ryan, M. (2002). Web-based professional education for advanced practice nursing: A consumer guide for program selection. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 33(1), 33-38.
• Ali, N. (2002). Prediction of coronary heart disease preventive behaviors in women: A test of the health belief model. Women & Health, 35(1), 83-96.
• Ryan, M., Ali, N., & Hodson Carlton, K. (2002). Community of communities: An electronic link to integrating cultural diversity in nursing curriculum. Journal of Professional Nursing, 18(2), 85-92.
• Ali, N., & Siktberg, L. (2001). Osteoporosis prevention in female adolescents: Calcium intake and exercise participation. Pediatric Nursing, 27(2), 132-139.
• Ryan, M., Hodson Carlton, K., & Ali, N. (2000). Transcultural nursing concepts and experiences in nursing curricula.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 11(4), 300-307.

Professional Organizations:

• Sigma Theta Tau International
• American Nurses Association
• National League for Nursing

Courses Taught:

• NUR 314, Undergraduate Statistics
• NUR 322,   Research in Nursing
• NUR 603, Nursing Theory
• NUR 607, Data Analysis in Nursing
• NUR 610, Concept Analysis 1
• NUR 611, Concept Analysis 2
• NUR 620, Curricular Designs in Nursing
• NUR 622, Teaching in Nursing
• NUR 672,   Practicum of Role Expectations
• RES 697, Research Paper