Winner: DAISY Faculty Award- PhD program April 2011 Dr. Swanson works tirelessly to support doctoral students at ECU College of nursing. He teaches three courses in the doctoral program, participates in candidacy exams and has served on numerous doctoral and dissertation committees. He is known for his ability to connect with students on a professional and personal level. Statistics is a complex subject which is difficult, but Dr. Swanson makes it fun. He uses a variety of teaching strategies to convey statistical principles. It is noteworthy that doctoral students from other disciplines such as marriage and family relations choose to take his class to meet their statistics requirement. He fosters the love of learning and helps students develop a high quality research proposal that results in project that can improve nursing practice and nursing education.