Mrs. Lori Tisdale serves as an assistant professor in the College of Nursing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Clemson University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Masters of Science in Nursing Education from Charleston Southern University. She joined the CSU faculty in 2019.

Prior to joining the CSU faculty, Mrs. Tisdale served as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force for six years. After earning her second bachelor’s degree, she worked in a variety of roles in both inpatient and outpatient pediatric nursing, as well as in nursing professional development at MUSC. Her passion is in pediatric hematology and oncology. At CSU, she has taught Pediatric Nursing, Lifespan Development, Global Health Nursing, and Community Health Nursing. Mrs. Tisdale has also had the opportunity to go with students on a medical mission trip to Roatan, Honduras and hopes to do this again in the future.

Mrs. Tisdale and her husband, Charlie, are raising a teenage daughter. They live in Hanahan, SC, and are members of St. John Catholic Church in North Charleston

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