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Stephanie DeVane-Johnson
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Stephanie DeVane-Johnson, PhD, CNM

Assistant Professor

  • Brief Bio

    Dr. DeVane-Johnson joined Duke University School of Nursing on November 1, 2017. She teaches in the ABSN program. Dr. DeVane-Johnson is known to faculty and students in our ABSN program where as a Consulting Associate she was engaged with the maternity courses and served as a mentor for ABSN and Health Equity Academy students. Having taught maternity courses at UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University, Dr. DeVane-Johnson brings a wealth of evidenced based knowledge and enthusiasm to the classroom. She has 20 years’ experience as a full scope Certified Nurse Midwife working in private practice and academic institutions, providing care for women from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Dr. DeVane-Johnson maintains her clinical practice by working part time in a private OB/GYN office in Greensboro, N.C. She received her BSN from UNC – Charlotte, her MSN and Certification in Nurse-Midwifery from Vanderbilt University, and she earned her PhD in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2016. While pursuing her PhD she received several scholarships and awards including a National League of Nursing Foundation Scholarship as well as a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Dissertation award. She is a fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Research Institute. Her professional passions include women’s health, maternal/child health and decreasing health disparities in the African-American community, more specifically, the impact of cultural and socio-historical influences on infant feeding decisions in the African American community. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for “Pathway 2 Breastfeeding”, a community initiative that works to combat health disparities in the African-American community by providing breastfeeding education and support.

    Academic Program Affiliations

    Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program
    Master of Science in Nursing Program

    Education

    PhDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    MSNVanderbilt University
    BSNUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte