Anita J. Hunter, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN; Director MEPN & RN-BS Programs
Associate Professor
Email: ahunter@sandiego.edu

Dr. Anita Hunter is an Associate Professor, teaching in the master's and doctoral programs, and Director of the Master's Entry Program into Nursing. She received her PNP from Northeastern University in Boston, her MS from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and her PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Connecticut. She is a Clinical Nurses Specialist in Child and Adolescent Health and has been a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner since 1976 through the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners & Nurses.

Dr. Hunter continues to practice as a PNP working with Hispanic migrant children and families and internationally with children and families in Ghana West Africa and Belfast Northern Ireland. She serves with the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties as past Chair of the Global Advancement Committee; current Chair of the International Special Interest Group. She is also a member of the Policy and Standards Committee of the International Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Nursing Network.