Schenita Davis Randolph
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Schenita Randolph joined the DUSON faculty in July, 2015. She holds a BSN from North Carolina A&T State University, an MPH from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a PhD in Public Health with a focus on Community Health Education from Walden University. She is credentialed as a Certified Nurse Educator by the National League for Nursing. Dr. Randolph came to Duke from North Carolina A&T State University, where she was an assistant professor and served in various leadership positions including Interim Director for Community Engagement and Clinical Translation, Specialty Leader for Community Health Nursing and Chair of the Student Affairs Committee. Dr. Randolph has been an active nurse educator for more than a decade. Prior to this, she worked as a public health nurse at Guilford County Department of Public Health, as a home health nurse, and as a staff nurse at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Dr. Randolph’s program of research is aimed at the development of culturally and socially appropriate interventions that will decrease the incidence of HIV among African American males.  She has presented at national, state, and local conferences on population focused nursing care and HIV among African American college males. In 2014 Dr. Randolph was recognized as a Great 100 Nurse recipient for the state of North Carolina, and received the national Elsevier Leading Stars in Education (ELSIE) Award.  In 2013 she received the Interdisciplinary Research Award at NC A&T State University.

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