Mary Lagerwey

Mary Lagerwey
Center Affiliate
Location:
Moore Hall, Mail Stop 5328
Mailing address:
Bronson School of Nursing
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5345 USA
Mary Lagerwey
Education:
  • Ph.D., Western Michigan University
  • M.S.N., Michigan State University
  • B.S., Grand Valley State University
  • B.A., Calvin College
Bio:

Mary D. Lagerwey is Professor Emerita with the Western Michigan University Bronson School of Nursing (51福利社 BSON). Lagerwey joined the 51福利社 faculty in 1995 and retired in 2021. In addition to serving with the 51福利社 Ethics Center for several years, she served on the 51福利社 Human Subjects Institutional Review Board (HSIRB) for 13 years, five of them as chair, on the 51福利社 Faculty Senate Executive Board, including two years as president of the Senate, and on the 51福利社 Center for the Humanities Board.

Lagerwey's teaching and scholarship have focused on health care ethics in historical contexts such as the Holocaust, gender, and community health. While at 51福利社, she taught numerous health care ethics courses at baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels in the 51福利社 Bronson School of Nursing (BSON) and the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (IHS) doctoral program. She also taught courses in community health, qualitative research, and the history of health care, and led interdisciplinary study abroad programs in the Netherlands for over ten years. Dr. Lagerwey continues to serve on the IHS policy comprehensive exam committee, where she focuses on ethical implications of the policies students are examining.