- Clinical Associate Professor
- College of Nursing
- Phone: 401.874.5078
- Email: mleveillee@uri.edu
- Office Location: White Hall, Dean’s Suite, 39 Butterfield Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Biography
Dr. Mary Leveillee brings leadership and clinical experience to her role as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, having previously been a Sr. Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at a specialty hospital and working many years as an advanced practice nurse in both in-patient and out-patient psychiatric settings with a specialty in women’s issues and eating disorders. She has a passion for professional clinical excellence and developing nurses who are prepared to meet the needs of a contemporary society.
Dr. Leveillee is nationally certified as a psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing.
Research
Psychiatric mental health nursing; eating disorders; women’s issues; client –nurse relationships; contemporary leadership development
Education
DNP, Nursing, George Washington University
PhD, Nursing, University of Rhode Island
MS, Nursing, University of Rhode Island
BSN, Nursing, Rhode Island College
Selected Publications
Wolfe, B. E., Kelly-Weeder, S., Willis, D. G., & Leveillee M. (2021). Characterizing loss of control associated with binge eating in college-age men. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. doi: 10.1177/1078390320987609 [online ahead of print]
Levillee, M., Towney, C., McCue, E., Ritchie, K, Sheehan, J., Matthews, J., & Ueubelaker, L. (2012). The patient who is withdrawn. In L. Damon, J. Sheehan, J., Matthews, & L. Ueubelaker (Eds.), Inpatient psychiatric nursing, clinical strategies and practical inventions. Springer Publications.
Kim, H.S., Lauzon Clabo, L.M., Burbank, P., Leveillee, M., & Martins, D. (2010). Nursing education: Application of critical reflective Inquiry in nursing education. In N. Lyons (Ed.), Handbook of reflection and reflective inquiry: Mapping a way of knowing for professional reflective inquiry. Springer.
Ferszt, G., Salgado, D., Defedele, S., & Leveillee, M. (2009). House of healing: A group intervention for grieving women in prison. The Prison Journal, 89, 46-64.
Ferszt, G. & Leveillee, M. (2005). How do you distinguish between grief and depression? Nursing 2006, 36, 60-61.