Assistant Professor
Area: Tenure Track; Nursing Research; Child/Adolescent Health; Expertise: Psychometrics;
School Nursing; Positive Psychology
Email: apreston@uttyler.edu
Department: Nursing
Angela J. Preston, PhD, RN, CNE
Area: Tenure Track; Nursing Research; Child/Adolescent Health
Expertise: Psychometrics; School Nursing; Positive Psychology
Research Interests:
Dr. Preston consults with school nurses on strategies to promote youth mental health
in rural schools, and developed an innovative school nurse simulation bootcamp, designed
in partnership with currently-practicing school nurses. She serves on the planning
committee for the annual Region VII ESC school nurse conference and speaks at continuing
education events for school nurses.
Dr. Preston鈥檚 program of research is centered on systems thinking in rural communities
to promote positive adolescent development, particularly psychological strengths such
as hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism (the combination of which is coined
as psychological capital). Another aspect of her work is psychometrics, also known
as measurement science. She is joint copyright holder of the Positive Psychological
Capital Questionnaire in English (PPQ-E), a 26-item scale which measures the multidimensional
construct psychological capital.
CliftonStrengths:
Achiever, Belief, Connectedness, Futuristic, Strategic, Relator
Education & Training:
The University of Texas at Austin, Post-Doc Fellowship, School of Pharmacy, 2023
The University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Nursing, 2023
The University of Texas at Tyler, MSN- Nursing Education, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler, BSN, 2010
North Central Texas College, AS, 2008