Dr. Nancy Moules
Positions
Professor
Faculty of Nursing, Faculty
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
Cell: 403.617.1657
Preferred method of communication
Admin Assistant/Faculty Administrator
Gaylynne Plysiuk
gaylynne.plysiuk@ucalgary.ca
Background
Educational Background
PhD Nursing, University of Calgary, 2000
MN Nursing, University of Calgary, 1997
BN Nursing, University of Calgary, 1995
Biography
Dr. Moules is a professor in the Faculty of Nursing and former Associate Dean, Research for the Faculty (2020-2025). She is the editor of the Journal of Applied Hermeneutics and co-founder and Chair of the Canadian Hermeneutic Institute. A recipient of teaching excellence awards, including the University of Calgary Teaching Excellence in Graduate Supervision, and two CARNA Research Excellence awards (Research 2011; Education, 2015), she was the 2012 recipient of the CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Education and the CASN 2015 Excellence in Nursing Education. She was the 2021 recipient of the Graduate Student Association Supervisors' Award. She held a Killam Annual Professorship from 2012-2013 and was admitted to the Order of the University of Calgary in 2013.
Research
Areas of Research
My program of research is currently focused on family relationships and the impact of grief and loss. This loss may be associated with relational effects of cancer on families. Research focuses on psychosocial aspects of child and family cancer care and on palliative care. My research method is hermeneutics based on the philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Projects
This was a SSHRC funded study on the social media and grief. In this study (with Dr. Catherine Laing, Dr. Ted George, and Dr. Robert Neimeyer), we examined how parents who have had children die navigate social media in their grief experiences. See this link to read study results https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jah.v2024Y2024.79957
Awards
- GSA Great Supervisor Award, Graduate Student Association UCalgary. 2021
- CARNA Excellence in Nursing Education, 2015
- CASN Teaching Excellence Award, 2015
- International Family Nursing Association Award of Excellence, 2015
- U of C Teaching Award in Graduate Supervision, 2015
- Nominated for GSA Great Supervisor Award, 2014
- Admission to The Order of the University of Calgary, 2013
- Nominated for Graduate Students' Association Award for Supervisory Excellence, 2013
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Order of Merit for Nursing Education, 2012
- Covenant Health Faculty of Nursing Teaching Excellence Award, 2012
- Killam Annual Professorship Award, 2012
- Canadian Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) Excellence in Nursing Research award, 2011
- Covenant Health Faculty of Nursing Advancement of Nursing Research Award, 2011
- Students' Union Teaching Excellence Hall of Fame Award, 2011
- Chair in Child and Family Centred Cancer Care, Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta. 2010
- Nursing Professorship in Child and Family Centred Cancer Care, ACHF/ACHRI. 2010
- Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, 2010
- Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, 2008
- Canada’s 150 Nurses, Canadian Nurses Association. 2017
- Spark Hall of Fame Award, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary. 2025
- Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, 2022
Publications
- Unraveling on the sidelines: How to support parents through discovering their child has anorexia nervosa. Williams, E.P., Russell-Mayhew, S., Moules, N.J., & Dimitropoulos, G.. The Qualitative Report. in press. (2022)
- Qualitative studies conducted alongside randomized controlled trials in oncology: A scoping review of use and rigour of reporting. Thiessen, M., Harris, D., Pinches, A., Vaska, M., Vaska, M., Moules, N.J., Raffin Bouchal, S., & Sinclair, S. . International Journal of Nursing Studies. in press. (2022)
- War on weight: Capturing the complexities of weight with hermeneutics. Russell-Mayhew, S., Moules, N.J., & Estefan, A. . Journal of Applied Hermeneutics. 1-12. (2022)
- What’s at stake in Emerging Horizons. Moules, N.J. . Journal of Applied Hermeneutics. 1-4. (2022)
- Conducting interviews in hermeneutic research: An example. Moules, N.J., & Taylor, L.M.. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics . 1-8. (2021)
- Enduring cell lines: Parents’ experiences of post-mortem tumour banking in childhood cancer.. Moules, N.J., Laing, C.M., Pelletier, W., Guilcher, G.M.T., & Chan, J.A. Journal of Family Nursing. online first . (2021)
- The impact of horizontal violence on the individual nurse: A qualitative research study. . Krut, B.A., Laing, C.M., Moules, N.J., & Estefan, A. Nurse Education in Practice . 1-6. (2021)
- The public face of grief: Parental bereavement and social media.. Moules, N.J., Laing, C.M., George, T., & Neimeyer, R.A.. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Article 8. 1-25. (2024)
- Investigating healthcare educators' interprofessional socialization following an interprofessional simulation facilitator training program: A mixed methods study. . Dolan, S., Nowell, L., Moules, N.J., Kaba, A, & Brockway, M.. Journal of Advanced Nursing. (2025)
- Listening to the voices of mothers who participated in a video feedback intervention for postpartum depression. Bon Bernard, J., Moules, N.J., Tough, S., Tryphonopoulos, P., & Letourneau, N. . Global Qualitative Nursing Research. (2024)
- Interpretive Description in applied mixed methods research: Exploring issues of fit, purpose, process, context, and design. Dolan, S., Nowell, L., & Moules, N.J. . Nursing Inquiry. (2022)
- The enigma of weight: Figures, flux, and fitting in. . Wong, K.L., Myre, M., Moules, N.J., Lefebvre, D., Morhun, J.M., Saunders, J., Estefan, A., & Russell-Mayhew, S.. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-9. (2022)
- The optics of weight: Expert perspectives from the panopticon and synopticon.. Russell-Mayhew, S., Estefan, A., Moules, N.J., Lefebvre, D., Morhun, J.M., Saunders, J., Wong, K., & Myre, M. Psychology & Health. . (2022)
- War on weight: Capturing the complexities of weight with hermeneutics. . Russell-Mayhew, S., Moules, N.J., & Estefan, A. . Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Article 5. 1-12. (2022)
- Hermeneutic practice: What Gadamer has to teach nursing. Nancy J Moules. Routledge. (2022)
- Chapter 42: Interviewing the Internalized Other. Nancy J Moules. Taylor & Francis/Routledge. (2021)
- Swimming in Air. Nancy J Moules. DOI Press. i-iii. (2019)
- Conducting Hermeneutic Research: From Philosophy to Practice. Moules, N.J., McCaffrey, G., Field, J.C., & Laing, C.M. . Peter Lang. (2015)
- Conducting Hermeneutic Research: From Philosophy to Practice Second Edition. Moules, N.J., McCaffrey, G., Field, J.C., Laing, C.M., & George, T.D. Peter Lang. (2025)
- War stories: Capturing the complexity of weight with experts in eating disorders and obesity. Andrew Estefan; Shelly Russell-Mayhew; Nancy Jean Moules. (2021)
- The family experience of psychologically traumatic births: A proposed area of study. Graham McCaffrey; Jullia Imanoff; Nancy J Moules. (2020)
- Shifting scales: Moving toward a socio-political view of body weight. Shelly Russell-Mayhew; Jessica Saunders; Andrew Estefan; Nancy Jean Moules. (2020)
- Hermeneutic Practice: What Gadamer Has to Teach Nursing. Nancy Jean Moules. (2019)
- Understanding the VID-KIDS Intervention from the Maternal Perspective: A Hermeneutic Research Inquiry. Jennifer Bon Bernard; Penny Tryphonopoulos; Nancy J Moules; Suzanne Tough; Nicole Letourneau. (2019)
- When Allergies Take a Backseat. Karen Dobbin-Williams; Nancy Jean Moules. (2019)
- Understanding the VID-KIDS Intervention from the Maternal Perspective: A Hermeneutic Research Inquiry. Suzanne Tough; Nancy J Moules; Jennifer Bon Bernard; Penny Tryphonopoulos; Nicole Letourneau. (2019)
- When Allergies Take a Backseat. . Nancy Jean Moules; Karen Dobbin Williams. (2019)
In the News
- "Cancer is More Than Cells Gone Wrong" says Nursing Reseacher . University of Calgary. (2019)
- Advice on childhood cancer – from families who've been there. University of Calgary. (2016)
- Teens, cancer and sexuality focus of new study by Calgary researcher. CBC. (2016)
- Examining the impact of childhood cancer beyond the disease. CTV news. (2015)
- Study hopes to help parents cope during children’s cancer treatment. Global News . (2013)
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