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Sherwood Burns-Nader, PhD, CCLS (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor and Child Life Coordinator
University of Alabama
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Sherwood Burns-Nader, PhD, CCLS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In this role, Dr. Burns-Nader coordinates the undergraduate and graduate child life programs, teaches child life coursework, and maintains a research agenda. She earned her PhD in Educational Psychology and her MS in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Child Life from the University of Alabama. Dr. Burns-Nader's research interests include examining the psychosocial issues affecting children and families in the healthcare setting, the benefits of child life interventions during healthcare procedures, and the value of play in development and coping in children. She has publications on these topics in such journals as Burns, Pain Medicine, Children's Health Care, Clinical Pediatrics, and Journal of Child Life. In 2018 and 2022, Dr. Burns-Nader received the Association of Child Life Professionals Research Award. She is an active leader in the Association of Child Life Professionals and the Southeastern Association of Child Life Professionals, including serving as Chair to the Child Life Certification Commission and Chair to SEACLP.

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