Ann Connor Dnp, Rncs, Fnp

Biography

 Ann Connor has a long history of excellent teaching and a sustained commitment to underserved populations. She holds a Doctoral Degree focused on Health Literacy and is an FNP with a Master's Degree is in Community Health Nursing. She has worked with persons who are homeless for 30+ years, for 12 of those years she and her family shared their home, The Community of Hospitality, with persons who were homeless. In 1988, she helped establish Café 458, a restaurant for persons who are homeless, serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors. Since its beginning, Café 458 has served as an interdisciplinary clinical learning site for students from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and other Emory University students, faculty, staff and alums. The Café philosophical framework of empowerment, respect, and dignity within a strong, supportive and safe environment makes it an ideal place for learning. The Café’s utilized a “group-care model” long before it was popular. The Café experience provides students with opportunities to learn how to start-up and run a non-profit, work in non-traditional practice sites, shape practice around the broader social determinants of health, provide group care, and imagine novel ways to reform the healthcare system.

Research Interest

 Nursing, health care