5/12/26 IAHC Virtual Journal Club - Cocreating Caring With Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing in the Anthropocene Era

Dr. Kelly Dyar is a tenured Associate Professor and the Director of Inquiry & Scholarship at the University of West Georgia's Tanner Health School of Nursing. She has taught across undergraduate and graduate nursing programs since 2015. Her scholarly work spans caring science, nursing education, nephrology nursing, and the experiences of military and Veteran populations. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications and national and international presentations. She holds certifications in nephrology nursing and nursing education and will be inducted in 2026 as a Fellow of the American Nephrology Nurses Association. She has secured competitive grant funding, including a $3.6 million HRSA grant. She serves in multiple leadership roles within professional nursing organizations. She is also a Watson Caring Science Caritas Leader, integrating caring science principles into teaching, scholarship, and practice. Her career reflects a sustained commitment to advancing nursing education, fostering caring learning environments, and supporting the professional growth of nurses.

Dr. Rafael Tubongbanua, EdD, MN, RN, FSIEN, is an associate professor of nursing at Truman State University. He earned his doctorate in education (EdD), majoring in nursing education, from the University of West Georgia, Tanner Health School of Nursing. He completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of St. La Salle in the Philippines. Dr. T. is a strong advocate for humanizing nursing education and clinical practice and for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the field. His teaching philosophy is grounded in the principles of human caring science. His dissertation explored the lived experience of doctoral nursing students who speak English as an additional language in the United States.