Cindy Farley, CNM, PhD, FACNM Associate Program Director /Coordinator of Graduate Studies

"I have been a nurse-midwife since 1981, when I graduated from Emory University. I have a strong clinical background, working in a free standing birth center, developing a nurse-midwifery practice in a tertiary care center, and serving as a local “locum tenems” for several Ohio nurse-midwifery and physician practices. I spent most of my years in practice as a nurse-midwife in the Springfield, Ohio nurse-midwifery practice - The Nurse-Midwives Center. I worked in a small rural midwifery practice that was full scope and fairly independent in nature for 6 years until August 2006. I am now clinically active in a large midwifery practice in a tertiary care center, University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving the urban poor."

"I also have a great deal of experience in education - both in on-campus settings and in distance education modalities. I have designed curriculum for nurse-midwives, nurse-practitioners and occupational therapists. I taught for seven years with CNEP as the antepartum course coordinator. I was the course co-author for the Antepartum Course in the Institute of Midwifery. I have been teaching in the Master's of Science in Midwifery Program since its inception in 1998. I am currently working as a consultant to 2 developing programs for clinical doctorates in midwifery - one here at Philadelphia University and one at SUNY Brooklyn."

Below Cindy describes her education background.

"I earned my doctoral degree in nursing at the Ohio State University on December 10, 1999. I was skeptical about getting a Doctorate in Nursing for all the reasons many midwives are skeptical about nursing - nursing theory is a lot of baloney, nursing doesn’t always understand midwifery. So I interviewed with an attitude of “convince me that this is okay”. I took with me a brochure of the program where I was teaching at the time - the Community-Based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program (CNEP).

The dean of the OSU program told me their focus was on clinical issues, which made sense to me. I want to know that the valued practices of midwifery are scientifically sound. The dean then took me to meet my advisor, Dr. Nancy Lowe. When I handed Nancy the brochure, I said I was teaching at CNEP and was motivated to obtain my doctorate by the high caliber of students in this program. She looked at me and said, “I’ve applied to this program!” This seemed like a very positive omen to me! And so...I was her advisor and teacher in her nurse-midwifery program, and she was my advisor and teacher in my doctoral program. I was very fortunate to be studying with Nancy, who is an outstanding nurse-midwife scientist and particularly well-versed in quantitative methods. Also on my dissertation committee was Dr. Mary Rowan, a nurse-midwife, who is very well-versed in qualitative methods. I learned from women who have the mind of the scientist and the heart of the midwife and who value both.

I have two children in college, Kyle and Katy, and a furry family that consists of a dog , Alfie, and two cats, Baxter and Ruby. I am very excited to be a part of the innovative and ground-breaking Master’s of Science in Midwifery Program here at Phildelphia University, and I look forward to working with you as you undertake your journey through this program."

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