Office: MF 124
Phone: 507-389-6315
E–mail: kaye.herth@mnsu.edu
Dr. Kaye Herth, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. earned a Doctorate in nursing from Texas Woman's University and completed a Post Graduate Summer Institute on Management and Leadership (MLE) at Harvard University; a Master of Science degree in nursing at the University of Minnesota; a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Northern Illinois University, and a diploma in nursing from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, Racine, Wisconsin.
Dr. Herth has extensive clinical, teaching, and administrative experience. She joined Minnesota State Mankato in 1998, having served in leadership positions at Georgia Southern University, Northern Illinois University, and most recently at Clemson University. Dr. Herth's clinical practice roles have included experiences in hospitals, hospices, and community health settings. She has practiced as a family nurse practitioner in Appalachia, as well as in clinics in Texas. Her research has focused on hope, humor, and grief in those individuals with a chronic or terminal illness and the impact on their family/significant others, as well as homeless families and children. Her scholarly work has involved quantitative and qualitative research methodology, as well as instrument development and testing. Dr. Herth's instruments to measure hope have been translated into fifteen foreign languages and are used throughout the world. She has over 50 publications in refereed professional journals/books and over 120 presentations at regional, national, and international professional conferences. Dr. Herth has co–authored a book on Hope and Hopelessness and has published chapters in eight major nursing texts addressing hope, humor, and grief. She serves on the Editorial Board of four professional journals and as a manuscript reviewer for eight professional journals including Qualitative Health Research, Oncology Nursing Forum, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Directions in Psychiatric Nursing, Directions in Gerontological Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing and Nursing Outlook.
Dr. Herth has received numerous honors and awards for her scholarship, leadership, and professorship. She was recognized by the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Palliative Care for her work on hope in the terminally ill and was recently included in the biographical directory entitled Two Thousand Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Sigma Theta Tau International Distinguished Lecturer.
"As Dean of the College of Allied Health and Nursing, I have the honor of working with dedicated faculty and staff, enthusiastic high quality students, and a caring community. One of the best parts of my position is seeing all three components, faculty and staff, students, and community, merge into one. The partnership that forms when this happens unleashes creativity, resourcefulness, and energy. This is an exciting time for the College. Our programs continue to be of the highest–quality, our facilities are outstanding, and our students are successfully pursuing their dreams upon graduation."
