Assistant Professor
Texas A&M Health Science Center
College of Nursing

314-SRPH Administration Building
College Station, TX  77843-1266
Email: kbowman@tamhsc.edu

Education and Post-Graduate/Specialty Training

• Diploma: Missouri Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO, 1976

• BSN: University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, 1988

• MS(N): University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, 1992

• PhD: Saint Louis University, School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO, 2002

• Post Doctoral Fellowship: The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Austin, TX, 2005

Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Nursing

• Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

• Clinical Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing 

Licensure

• Registered Nurse, Texas

• Registered Professional Nurse, Missouri

Honors & Awards

• Ed and Molly Smith Centennial Fellowship in Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 2006 - 2008

• The 3rd Annual Health Promotion Collaboratory, invited participant, Center for Health Promotion Research (CHPR), The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursin, 2007

• Center for Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 2006

• Dean’s Excellence Award for Research, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursin, 2006

• Summer Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, invited participant, 2005

• Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Institutional National Research Service Award in Women’s Health, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 2004   

• Service Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Theta Chapte, 2004

• Nursing Student Council Award for Outstanding Clinical Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, 1995

• Nursing Student Council Award for Outstanding Clinical Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, 1994

Areas of Interest

• Research: parenting among adults maltreated as children, resilience among women with histories of childhood maltreatment

• Education: patient education, undergraduate and graduate curriculum development, RN to BSN/MSN education, accelerated nursing education

Clinical Experience

• Antepartum

• Labor and Delivery

• Postpartum

• Newborns

Professional Affiliations

• American Nurses Association, Texas Nurses Association (ANA, TNA)

• Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS)

• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

Selected Publications

• Bowman, K., Rew, L., & Murphey, C. (in press). Childhood Maltreatment among Community Dwelling Adult Latinas. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.

• Bowman, K. G., Ryberg, J., & Becker, H. (online August 9, 2008; in press). Examining the Relationship between a Childhood History of Sexual Abuse and Later Dissociation, Breastfeeding Practices, and Parenting Anxiety. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Online First, doi:10.1177/0886260508322196   

• Bowman, K. (2008). The Challenges of Studying Childhood Sexual Abuse Among Adolescent Mothers. Family & Community Health: The Journal of Health Promotion & Maintenance, 31, S15-S23.

• Bowman, K. G. (2007). A Research Synthesis Overview. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20(2), 171-176.

• Bowman, K. G. (2007). When Breastfeeding May Be a Threat to Adolescent Mothers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 89-99.

• Bowman, K. G. (2006). Adolescent Postpartum Care: What Daughters Want and What Their Mothers Expect to Provide. Pediatric Nursing, 32(3), 209-215.

• Bowman, K. G. & Ruchala, P. L. (2006). A Comparison of the Postpartum Learning Needs of Adolescent Mothers and Their Mothers. JOGNN, 35(2), 250-256.

• Bowman, K. G. (2005). Postpartum Learning Needs. JOGNN, 34(4), 438-223.