MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — The WVU School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Dr. Roger Carpenter, PhD, RN, NE-BC, CNE, has been selected to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Carpenter is the director of the PhD program at the WVU School of Nursing and a professor in the Adult Health Department.
Induction into the Academy is a significant milestone in a nurse leader’s career in which their accomplishments are honored by their colleagues within and outside the profession. Fellows are selected based on their outstanding contributions to improve health locally and globally.
The Academy is a policy organization and an honorific society that recognizes nursing's most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia. Academy Fellows hold a wide variety of influential roles in health care and collectively they contribute their expertise to develop sound policy that help to achieve the Academy’s vision of healthy lives for all people.
The newest Fellows, selected from a competitive pool of candidates, represent 39 states, the District of Columbia, and 17 countries. They will deepen the thought leadership of the Academy’s Fellowship, growing its strength to more than 3,600 dedicated nurses—who together will advance the Academy’s mission focused on impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.
Carpenter and the 2026 inductees will be recognized for their substantial, sustained, and significant contributions to health and health care at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, taking place on Oct. 8-10 in Washington, D.C. during the Induction Ceremony on the evening of Oct. 10. After the ceremony, the new inductees can use their FAAN (Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing) credential, the most prestigious recognition in nursing.
Learn more about the Academy and visit the policy conference website for more details. For individuals interested in attending the Induction Ceremony, tickets can be purchased online.
About the American Academy of Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing serves the public by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. Academy Fellows are inducted into the organization for their extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally. With more than 3,400 Fellows, the Academy represents nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.
-WVU-
MEDIA CONTACT: Wendy Holdren
Director of Communications and Marketing
WVU School of Nursing
304-581-1772; wendy.holdren@hsc.wvu.edu