Natalie May

Natalie B. May, PhD, transitioned to the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Nursing after 30 years as Associate Professor of Research in the Division of General Medicine in the UVA School of Medicine. She is a founding member of the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice. Certified as an Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and lead author of Appreciative Inquiryin Healthcare, she enjoys developing appreciative inquiry projects and teaching appreciative practice workshops at her home institution...See more

Natalie B. May, PhD, transitioned to the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Nursing after 30 years as Associate Professor of Research in the Division of General Medicine in the UVA School of Medicine. She is a founding member of the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice. Certified as an Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and lead author of Appreciative Inquiryin Healthcare, she enjoys developing appreciative inquiry projects and teaching appreciative practice workshops at her home institution and beyond. She is an experienced qualitative researcher, and her current work focuses on mattering in medicine and the wisdom of nurse managers. She is co-author of Choosing Wisdom: The Path Through Adversity, and co-producer of a PBS film, Choosing Wisdom. She is now the project manager for an HRSA-funded training grant, Wisdom and Wellbeing Peer Support Training, for healthcare workers and first responders at UVA and in Central Virginia. She earned a BA in economics and urban studies from Wellesley College, an MA in creative writing from Boston University, and her PhD in educational research from the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.May lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, Jim. Her most consistent and effective self-care practices are modern quilting and walking near water, especially the James River and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. See less