Donna Sabella, MEd, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, KU-RHSHS Nursing Program Liaison Coordinator
Information:
| Office: | Old Main #358 |
| Telephone: | 484-646-4108 |
| Fax: | 610-683-4708 |
| E-mail: | sabella@kutztown.edu |
Office Hours:
| Monday | None |
| Tuesday | 10:30AM - 12:00PM - Old Main 358 |
| Wednesday | 1:00PM - 3:00PM - Online |
| Thursday |
10:30AM - 11:30AM - RHSON Room G-33 3:00PM - 3:30PM - RHSON - Room G-33 |
| Friday | None |
*And By Appointment*
Biography:
Donna Sabella holds degrees in Portuguese, English/ESL, and nursing and has lived and studied in Brazil. Currently she is a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate School of Education's Educational Linguistics/Language in Education division. Her dissertation examines the narratives of women involved in prostitution and the therapeutic implications of those narratives for those involved in treating prostituted women.
Donna is a mental health nurse who, in addition to her teaching at KU, is a founding member and program director for Dawn's Place, a residential recovery program for prostituted and trafficked women in Philadelphia, for which she also designed the treatment program. She serves on the board of Dawn's Place as well as on the Chester County Mental Health/Mental Retardation board and PennTESOL-East, the organization for English as a second language professionals. She is also a member of the Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition.
Her areas of interest include mental health, women's issues, social justice, narratives, communication and the use of language in educational, healthcare and therapeutic settings.
Education:
- BA Indiana University - Portuguese
- BSN Thomas Jefferson University - Nursing
- M.Ed. Temple University - ESL/English
- MSN Widener University - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- Ph. D. candidate - University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Professional Experience:
- Indiana University- Portuguese faculty
- Belmont Treatment Center- Mental health nursing
- Ursinus College- Linguistics, ESL, composition and American Studies exchange program
- West Chester University - ESL, linguistics and composition
- Immaculata University - Graduate program in cultural and linguistic diversity and graduate nursing program
- Neumann College - Mental health nursing
- Widener University - Mental health nursing
- Montgomery County Community College - Foreign student advisor and language placement advisor
- Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA - Mental health nursing
Professional Organizations:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National League of Nursing
- PennTESOL-EAST
- American Psychiatric Nurse Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International : Delta Rho Chapter (Jefferson)
Community:
- Board member of the Chester County, PA MH/MR Board
- Board member of Dawn's Place
- Member of Philadelphia Anti-Trafficking Coalition
- Board member of PennTESOL-East
Presentations:
- (2009, February).Health risks, problems and needs among prostituted and trafficked women: What the healthcare provider needs to know. Drexel University Women's Health Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
- (2009, March). "Othering" in education and mental health. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, Colorado.
- (2008, September). Health risks, problems and needs among prostituted and trafficked women. 5th National Conference on Prostitution, University of Toledo, Ohio.
- (2007, September).Supporting recovery for prostituted and trafficked women. 4th National Conference on Prostitution, University of Toledo, Ohio.
- (2007, April). In sanity: Out of the Life. Paper presentation at the Pennsylvania American Psychiatric Nurse Association Annual Conference in Danville, PA
- (2007, April). Journey to freedom: Supporting recovery for prostituted and trafficked women. Invited presentation at the Lenten Luncheon Series sponsored by Neumann College, Aston, PA
- (2006, December). The consequences of sexual exploitation of women. Invited presentation for the Defenders Association of Philadelphia CLE training seminar in Philadelphia, PA
Publications:
- Two book reviews in Language in Society:
- D. Broeder (1993). Talking about people: A multiple case study on adult language acquisition. 22,1.
- E. Hatch (1993). Discourse and language education. 22,4.
Honors and Awards:
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Delto Rho Chapter, inducted 1979
- Magna Cum Laude BSN Jefferson University, 1979
- Dean's Award for Excellence, Widener University School of Nursing MSN Program, 2007