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Professor Emerita
Hunter College, City University of New York
Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett is Professor Emerita, Hunter College, City University of New York. Currently, she is a therapist in the private psychotherapy practice of Health Patterning in New York City, a research consultant, and co-author of the Power-Imagery Process. This program is based on the Barrett Power Theorysm and Power Profilesm in combination with the Epstein Mental Imagery Model. Her previous positions at Hunter College include Director of the Center for Nursing Research and Director of the Graduate Program. Prior to her positions at Hunter College, Dr. Barrett was Assistant Director of Nursing and Director of the Divisions of Nursing Standards and Clinical Evaluation at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. She has been a Visiting Scholar at New York University, New York, Loyola University, Chicago, in the doctoral programs in nursing and Humboldt University School of Nursing, Berlin. Dr. Barrett holds a PhD in Nursing Science from New York University, a Master of Science in Nursing, a Master of Arts, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, summa cum laude, from the University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana. She is a graduate of and has certification from the American Institute for Mental Imagery and Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, both located in New York City.
Dr. Barrett is an elected Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). She received the 1995 Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award from the Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association. Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, she is a member of several honor societies including Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Theta Tau International, and is active in professional organizations. Dr. Barrett is past president of Upsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau. She is one of the founders of the Society of Rogerian Scholars and served as the first president from 1988-1990. She serves on the Board of Directors and is Secretary of the American Institute for Mental Imagery and the Health Advisory Board of the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Science and Theoria: Journal of Nursing Theory. She is a member of the referee panel of Nursing Science Quarterly, and formerly the Western Journal of Nursing Research, Clinical Nursing Research, and the Alberta Foundation for Nursing Research. In addition, she is an honorary member and consultant to the International Society of University Nurses.
The primary focus of Dr. Barrett's research and other scholarly activities is the Barrett Power TheoryT and the Power ProfileT she developed to measure the power construct. Approximately 75 studies of Barrett's theory and/or power measurement tool have been conducted. The power measurement has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Swedish, French, and German. She serves as a consultant to institutions and individuals with a focus on power and imagery, and she teaches nationally and internationally. She has presented her work on power in Australia, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Korea and the Phillipines as well as throughout the U.S. Dr. Barrett has
published nearly 100 articles, book chapters, books, and other publications.
She is the editor of Visions of Rogers'Science-based Nursing which received
the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. She is co-editor of Martha E. Rogers: Her Life and Her Work, and Rogers' Scientific Art of Nursing Practice as well as Martha E. Rogers: 80 Years of Excellence. She currently is writing a book on power for the general public.