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Dr. Kathleen L. Valentine is a Professor of Nursing with nearly 50 years of experience in nursing, health system leadership, and academic administration. She holds a Doctorate in Human Service Program Evaluation, a Master of Science in Nursing (Psychiatric–Mental Health), a master’s degree in healthcare administration, and a Certificate in Design Thinking from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Valentine currently serves as Project Director for a $4 million HRSA-funded initiative supporting mobile nursing care delivery in rural underserved communities in South Carolina. She is a Clemson School of Health Research Scholar and an Associate in the Center for Research on Health Disparities.

Dr. Valentine has held senior academic leadership roles, including Dean, Associate Dean, School Director, and Patient Care Services Director in institutions across the United States and Canada. Her expertise includes nurse-led, patient-centered models of care, health equity, and system-level evaluation. Findings from large-scale system evaluations demonstrate associations between perceived patient caring and reduced length of stay, fewer surgical complications, and improved patient satisfaction. An internationally recognized scholar in the science of human caring, she is the founding Managing Editor of the International Journal for Human Caring and an author of peer-reviewed publications and books in this field.