Dr. Kaye Wilson-Anderson grew up in the Mississippi Delta, where she graduated from Leland High School in Leland, Mississippi. She received her Bachelor of Nursing degree from Delta State University and a Master’s of Nursing degree with an emphasis in nursing education and maternal-infant nursing care from the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing. Dr. Wilson-Anderson received her Doctoral of Nursing Science degree from the Louisiana State University School of Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, focusing on nursing research, spiritual development of women, and nursing education.
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Wilson-Anderson’s nursing practice centers around women’s health. She has practiced nationally and internationally, leading teams of nurses, nursing students, and women’s Bible teachers in providing healthcare and spiritual care to women in various international settings.
Scholarly Contributions
Her scholarly endeavors have focused on nursing care needed by women, women’s health educational needs, nursing education involving trauma-informed best practices, women’s healthcare needs nationally and globally, and research regarding the impact of implementing the “Memory Book” globally. “Memory Book” is a tool to assist children dealing with trauma and to help children understand that God designed them and that Jesus loves them. Most recently, Dr. Wilson-Anderson studied the impact of daily spiritual experiences in fostering resilience, compassion, satisfaction, and decreasing burnout in nursing students, nursing faculty, and nurses in clinical settings.
Dr. Wilson-Anderson began her nurse educator career at the Mississippi College School of Nursing in 1985 and taught there until 2002. In 2002, she joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing in Jackson, MS, as the Director of the Mercy Delta Mobile Clinic, providing healthcare to the Mississippi Delta. Additionally, she served as a nursing faculty member at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing. At the close of 2006, Dr. Wilson-Anderson married and moved to Oregon. During her 18 years in Oregon, she taught from 2007-2021 at the University of Portland School of Nursing and from 2021-2024 at George Fox College of Nursing. Dr. Wilson-Anderson returned to the Mississippi College School of Nursing in 2024, serving as Professor of Nursing until the end of the Spring 2025 semester. Dr. Wilson-Anderson joined the Belhaven University School of Nursing as a Professor and the Director of the Pre-licensure BSN Program in 2025.
Dr. Wilson-Anderson and her husband, Glenn Anderson, reside in Clinton, Mississippi, where they attend Pine Lake Church. They have been blessed to serve God locally, nationally, and internationally. They are the proud parents of five children and five grandchildren. Dr. Wilson-Anderson enjoys biking, golfing, gardening, painting, crafting, and baking treats for friends and neighbors in her spare time.
Professional Presentations
Workshop Presentation, Parental Knowledge and Attitudes about Sexual Health Predicting Teenage Pregnancy: An Implicit Approach, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates, Dallas, TX, 2019
Workshop Presentation, Culturally Responsive Evaluation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, American Evaluation Association, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
Workshop Presentation, Culturally Responsive Evaluation and the Social Work Profession, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates, Dallas, TX, 2020
Publications
Lawrence, S. K., & Carter, C. N. (2016). Policing: Social Control and Race. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 21(3), 34–37
Wilkerson, P., & Hamilton, C. (2016). “Ask a man what his main concern is when he gets into prison, and he’ll say getting out. Ask a woman……. She doesn’t say getting out, she doesn’t say anything else, and she says her children. She’s worried about her children.” -Susie, incarcerated mother. Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.15640/jssw.v4n1a3
