Education

2009-2011 Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA. Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Project Manager R01NR010552-01 “Mechanisms Underlying Preterm Birth in Minority Women.”

2009  Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA. PhD. Dissertation, “Late Adolescents’ Perceptions of Factors that Influenced Their Sexual Decision Making.” Recipient of the Ann Wolbert Burgess Dissertation Award for dissertation that makes an impact in the field of violence or forensics research.

1997  Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA. MS, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program.

1990  Salem State College, Salem, MA. BSN. Magna cum Laude, Presidential Scholar

 

Academic Appointments

2017- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Associate Professor with tenure

2011-2017 University of Massachusetts Lowell, Assistant Professor

2008-2009  Boston College, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Adjunct Clinical Faculty

 

Clinical Practice

2004-2018:  Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Health Quarters, Beverly MA

1998-2003:  Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Office of Dr. Jennifer Wu, Malden MA

1990-1998: Staff RN, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA ; High-risk antepartum, postpartum, and Level I newborn nursery

 

Certification and Liscensure

1990- Massachusetts RN license # RN 194537

1997- Massachusetts RN/NP license # RN 194537

1997- Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, National Certification Corporation    

Dr. Fantasia is an associate professor in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, Solomont School of Nursing at University of Massachusetts Lowell and a board certified women’s health nurse practitioner. Her clinical practice has primarily been in public health providing sexual and reproductive health to underserved women and men. Her research interests include the intersection of violence and the reproductive health of women, including violence screening, women’s experiences of violence, and issues surrounding sexual consent and coercion.  

Dr. Fantasia is on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing and on the board of directors for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. She is the author of over 70 publications, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, books, and book chapters that focus on women’s health throughout the lifespan. Dr. Fantasia received a BSN from Salem State College and MS and PhD from Boston College. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Boston College prior to joining the faculty at the University of Massachusetts.