Dr. Boland's research area is decision making. Past research projects have explored faculty productivity, administrative decision making, and faculty evaluation, with computer-assisted decision models used in the latter two studies.
Current research is in the area of self-care decision making and the family caregiver experience.
A Case Study Approach . Dr. Boland has presented papers at national nursing and higher education conferences on faculty evaluation, computerized decision making, home care, and curriculum, as well as workshops on curriculum and teaching evaluation approaches. Dr. Boland consults in the areas of curriculum design and evaluation and in personnel assessment. She is the recipient of the 1989 Utah State Nurses' Association Academic Education Award and the 1995 Midwest Alliance in Nursing Rozella Schlotfeldt Leadership Award, and is past president of Sigma Theta Tau's Gamma Rho chapter.