Tracy M. Anderson
Tracy M. Anderson, MS, RN, CNM
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Scholarly Expertise / Activity
Interests:
- Teen pregnancy prevention
- Adolescent sexual behaviors
- Postpartum depression
Ms. Anderson has been a certified nurse midwife for over ten years and through her experience she has gained an increasing interest in preventing teen pregnancy. She is currently working on a qualitative study analyzing adolescent sexual behaviors. Her past research focused on waterbirth.
Current Research Grants and Programs:
- Adolescent sexual behaviors
Teaching
Ms. Anderson teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She also precepts students in her private practice at Women First Health Services. Her teaching methods vary and her beliefs around learning are broad but her overarching goal is to help students find their own style of learning so that they can continue the ongoing process of education throughout their lifetime. She approaches her courses as well as her one-on-one student-preceptor interactions to meet the needs of the given students.
Affiliations / Service
- Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2010
- Member, American College of Nurse Midwives, 1997- present
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Rho chapter, 2008-present
Education
- MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999
- BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993