Carol J. Huston, RN, MSN, DPA, FAAN
Carol Huston is the President of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). She was elected in 2005 to serve two years as President-Elect (2005-2007) and two years as President (2007-2009). Since being inducted into Gamma chapter in 1977, Huston has actively served at the chapter, regional and international levels. Specifically, she has held multiple offices in her local chapter, Kappa Omicron Chapter (#253) since helping to found the chapter in 1988; served as the Region 1 coordinator for the 1999-2001 biennium; and was a member the STTI Board of Directors from 2001-2005.
Dr. Huston has been a professor at California State University, Chico (CSUC) School of Nursing since 1982. She also taught in the Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner program (MSN/FFP) and MSN-Entry program at Western University of Health Science in Pomona, CA from 1998-2006. She teaches leadership, management, professional issues, and health systems to undergraduate and graduate students. She also is advisor for the CSUC RN-BSN program. Dr. Huston was named one of seven Master Teachers in 1999/2001 as well as the CSUC Outstanding Teacher in 2001/2002. Huston is co-developer of the Marquis-Huston Model for Teaching Critical Thinking, which has been recognized internationally by nurse scholars.
Huston is also the co-author or author of four books, representing a combined 11 editions. Her co-authored book “Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing” has been translated into four languages and “Management Decision Making for Nurses” was an AJN book of the year. She published “Professional Issues in Nursing” in 2006. Dr. Huston has published more than 70 articles in leading professional journals and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. She also serves as a manuscript reviewer for multiple other journals.
Dr. Huston is also a successful grant writer and served as a co-investigator of a $1 million dollar HRSA grant from 1999-2004. In addition, she is the author or co-author of four leading textbooks on leadership, management, and professional issues, and has keynoted more than 150 presentations at nursing and healthcare events worldwide. Her research interests include critical thinking, mentoring, outcomes measurement, quality health care, and empowerment of the nursing profession. In November 2007, she was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing.