Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Non Tenure Track
53 Vistaview Cv
Jackson, TN 38305
7316169383
cmanasco@uthsc.edu
Faculty Profile
Teaching Methodology: Lecture, Online (synchronous), Online (asynchronous), Clinical, Active Learning
Pedagogy Expertise: Case-Based Learning, Lecture, Feedback and Assessment, Flipped Classroom, Group Discussion, Simulation-based Education
Technology Expertise: Blackboard, Microsoft 365, Zoom, Poll Everywhere, Kahoot!, Padlet
Biography
Dr. Manasco received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama in 1993, a Master of Science in Nursing Education from Union University in 2003, and a PhD in Nursing Education and Administration from William Carey University in 2017. The focus of her dissertation research was prebriefing in undergraduate nursing education. She has been with the UTHSC College of Nursing since July 2020. She currently teaches in the CON's Community & Population Health Department. Prior to joining UTHSC, she was Assistant Dean of Nursing/Clinical Professor at the University of Memphis Lambuth, Loewenberg College of Nursing, where she was instrumental in leading and developing the first public BSN program in Jackson, Tennessee. She also served as Director of Undergraduate Education for the Center of Excellence in Healthcare/Assistant Professor in the Union University School of Nursing where she helped establish the simulation program and integrate simulation into the undergraduate nursing program. Dr. Manasco further refined her health care simulation expertise through her role as Clinical Educator/Manager of Academic Nursing for CAE Healthcare (formerly METI).
Her practice areas include adult medical-surgical, oncology, palliative care, and hospice nursing. She currently serves as IOR for two undergraduate nursing courses: NSG 451: Social, Environmental, and Genomic Determinants of Health and NSG 452: Population Health Nursing Concepts.
