Lubbock Christian University
The Prosperity Bank DSS co hosted by Lubbock Christian University and Covenant School of Nursing

August 31 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

* A note for virtual participants—you will be sent a link for Microsoft Teams at least a day before the event starts.


Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN

"Indigenizing Health Professions Education: One Path to Health Equity"

Dr. Margaret Moss is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation in North Dakota. She is the first and only American Indian to hold both Nursing and Juris Doctorates. She has been a nurse for 35 years and an academic for 24 years across 4 universities including the University of Minnesota (twice) where she has returned as Professor in Nursing and Associate Dean of Nursing and Health Policy. Dr. Moss was named to the inaugural Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List, 2021. She was honored with the Nurse with A Global Impact Award given at the UN Delegates in 2023. She was elected to the American Academy of Nursing's Board 2021 and has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2022). She has contributed to 2 NAM consensus studies- Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity (2022), and currently The Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research. Dr. Moss wrote an award-winning text, American Indian Health and Nursing (2015) followed by Health Equity and Nursing (2020).

Dr. Margaret Moss headshot