Breana Taylor

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Department

• Nursing

Contact Information

• 614-236-6384
• btaylor128@capital.edu
• Battelle Hall 345

Biography

Dr. Breana Hull is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Capital University.

Her research focuses on the multilevel predictors and health sequela of sex trafficking, highlighting the role of early childhood adversities on measures of inflammation and immune function. She has presented at local, national, and international conferences.

Her clinical background is in psychiatric/ mental health nursing and corrections nursing, having previously worked as a staff nurse at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare, Franklin Medical Center, and Ohio Reformatory for Women.

Dr. Taylor's teaching strategies are guided by intersectional feminist and critical pedagogies. She seeks to integrate cultural sensitivity and social identity awareness and inclusion in the classroom and in nursing practice to develop socially aware, culturally sensitive nurses. Her overall teaching interests are in the realm of social justice, social determinants of health, and health disparities, particularly as these relate to lifespan health development, psychiatric/mental health, human trafficking, sexual health, and vulnerability among youth. Additionally, she has expertise in online adult education and implementation and use of the flipped classroom model.

She is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, International Society of Psychiatric Nurses and currently serves as the Vice President of Sigma Theta Tau International Theta Theta Chapter and Chair of the Nursing Academic Affairs Committee.