Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Monica Hughes

Associate Professor at St. David's School of Nursing, College of Health Professions

Service Activities

Ongoing

Member, Service Learning Excellence Advisory Board. August 2019 - Present.
Attendee / Participant, National Board of Public Health Examiners Public Health Nursing Job Task Analysis Workgroup. December 4, 2024 - Present.
Volunteer, Round Rock East Texas Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Wolf Ranch Ward Music Coordinator. November 2024 - Present.
Member, General Education Council. October 2024 - Present.
Co-Chair, School of Nursing Curriculum and Program Evaluation Committee. August 2024 - Present.
Member, Faculty Student Governance Committee. August 2024 - Present.
Member, Undergraduate Assessment Committee. August 2024 - Present.
Member, Bylaws Committee. August 2024 - Present.
Member, Director's Council. August 2024 - Present.
Member, Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education. June 2024 - Present.
Member, School of Nursing Faculty Assembly. May 2024 - Present.
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum and Program Evaluation Committee. May 2024 - Present.
Chair, Undergraduate Council. May 2024 - Present.
Program Director, Director of Undergraduate Nursing Program. May 2024 - Present.
Member, Undergraduate Admission, Progression, and Graduation Committee. May 2024 - Present.
Member, Principal Investigator's Council. September 2023 - Present.
Member, Nursing Peer Review Committee. August 2022 - Present.
Member, DSHS Community Health Workforce Education and Training Advisory Council. July 2022 - Present.
Organizer, Global Brigades. June 2022 - Present.
Chair, College of Health Professions Education Abroad and Education in America Committee. September 1, 2021 - Present.
Member, Professional Development Committee. August 2019 - Present.
Board of Directors, Faith Partnerships for Health. February 2017 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Nurse Planner. 2014 - Present.
Member, Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies' Texas Governmental Public Health Nursing Staffing Study Taskforce. October 2014 - Present.

2025

Member, Nurses Climate Challenge School of Nursing Community of Practice. July 2022 - 2025.
Member, Association of Public Health Nurses (APHN) Education and Professional Development Committee. May 2014 - 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. July 12, 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, Human Resources for Health; BMC Medical Education. July 7, 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, Nature. June 26, 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, Public Health Nursing Journal. February 28, 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, International Nursing Review. January 31, 2025.
Letters of Recommendation for Accreditation Site Visiting, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). January 28, 2025.

2024

Lead Nurse Planner, St. David's School of Nursing Professional Development Unit. November 2019 - December 2024.
Member, The Dickey Museum & Multipurpose Center Project. December 10, 2021 - December 20, 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Public Health Nursing Journal. October 16, 2024 - December 19, 2024.
Chair, School of Nursing Strategic Planning Committee: Goal 4 Enhancing Inclusion and Collaboration. September 2023 - November 2024.
Participant, DSHS Community Health Worker Advisory Council Appointee Applicant Review Group. October 22, 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, Academia Mental Health and Well-Being. October 6, 2024.
Member, Education Abroad Advisory Board. November 2021 - August 2024.
Speaker, Central Texas Organization of Nursing Leaders. July 23, 2024.
Co-Chair, Faculty Assembly. August 2023 - May 2024.
Attendee / Participant, Hispanic-Serving Institutions Mentoring Learning Collaborative at the Center to Champion Nursing in America. October 26, 2022 - May 2024.
Co-Chair, Professional Development Committee. September 2019 - May 2024.
Member, Health Williamson County, Williamson County and Cities Health District Learning Collaborative. March 2019 - May 2024.
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum and Program Evaluation Committee. September 2019 - April 2024.
Member, Undergraduate Council. August 2018 - April 2024.
Volunteer, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Round Rock Texas East Stake Girl's Camp Nurse. March 11, 2024 - March 17, 2024.
Organizer, Healthy Workplaces Workshop. March 7, 2024.
Participant, Home Health Simulation 2024. March 5, 2024.

2023

Reviewer / Referee, St. David's School of Nursing Colleague. December 7, 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Wolters Kluwer. November 2023.
Author, letter of recommendation, Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee, TX DSHS. November 27, 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. November 4, 2023.
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member. September 2019 - August 2023.
Speaker, AACN Virtual Sharing Collective Meeting. July 26, 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. June 11, 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, Public Health Nursing Journal. June 11, 2023.
Mentor, St. David's School of Nursing. May 2023.
Member, Faculty Assembly. September 2019 - May 2023.
Organizer, 2023 College of Health Professions Health Fair. January 28, 2023 - April 22, 2023.
Judge - grad student research posters, The Graduate College Graduate Student Research Conference. April 5, 2023.
Member, Center for Experiential, Career, and Community-Engaged Learning. March 22, 2023.
Volunteer, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Round Rock Texas East Stake Girls' Camp Nurse. March 13, 2023 - March 15, 2023.
Volunteer, Senior-level Nursing Students Mock Interviews. January 30, 2023.

2022

University Mentor, Grant Writing. December 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Public Health Nursing Journal. December 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Cognella Academic Publishing. August 11, 2022 - September 9, 2022.
Member, St. David's School of Nursing Strategic Planning Sub-committee for Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) accreditation & creating a Center for Interprofessional Education. September 2018 - August 2022.
Member, Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Continuing Education Committee. September 2018 - August 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Public Health Nursing Journal. April 2022 - May 2022.
Member, COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. November 2020 - May 2022.
Participant, Bobcat Days. April 2022.

2021

Reviewer / Referee, Texas Public Health Journal. May 2020 - 2021.
Reviewer / Referee, Texas Public Health Association Annual Education Conference Abstract Reviewer. August 2014 - 2021.
Officer, Relief Society Women's Organization. February 24, 2019 - June 2021.
Grant support letter writer, The ARC of the Capital Area. May 2021.
Volunteer, Vaccine clinics - various. January 2021 - May 2021.
Volunteer, St. David's Hospital. January 16, 2021.

2020

Member, Texas Public Health Association Governing Council. March 2016 - 2020.
President, Chi Psi Chapter Sigma Theta Tau. December 2019 - 2020.
Member, Total Program Evaluation. August 2019 - September 2020.
Member, Faculty-Student Governance Committee. September 27, 2018 - September 2020.
Member, Sigma Theta Tau International, Chi Psi Chapter Leadership Council. September 24, 2018 - September 2020.
Coordinator / Organizer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Alumni Steering Committee. January 2019 - January 2020.
Volunteer, International Service Learning. January 6, 2020 - January 19, 2020.

2019

Organizer, Community Blood Drive. September 1, 2019.
Volunteer, Youth Trek Medical Team. June 2019.
Reviewer / Referee, American Public Health Association. March 2019 - April 2019.
Volunteer, International Service Learning. January 7, 2019 - January 18, 2019.

2018

Coordinator / Organizer, Faith Partnerships for Health. January 2018 - November 2018.
Young Women's Personal Progress Advisor, The Round Rock Texas East Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. September 2017 - December 2018.
Camp Nurse, The Round Rock Texas East Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. March 13, 2018 - March 17, 2018.