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• Nurse well-being
• Nursing student success
• Educational interventions for evidence-based practice nursing courses

• Excellence in Teaching (University of South Dakota) 2021

• Subaward co-principal investigator: “Collaborative Research: E-RISE RII: Ge-STAR – Germanium-based Science and Technology Advancement Research,” sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF), federal, $517,320.00 (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2029).
• Project director: In-kind grant through eTrainETC, $15,000 (June 1, 2025-May 31, 2026), Zweifel, Alyssa, project director; Schievelbein, Danielle, project director.
• Co-principal investigator: “Direct Measurement of Human Factors to Understand Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perceived Anxiety During Patient Care,” Challenge Fund sponsored by ����Ӱ��, $15,000 (July 1, 2025-June 30,2026), Zweifel, Alyssa, principal investigator; Nguyen, Phuong, co-principal investigator; Brennan, Brittany, co-principal investigator.
• Co-principal investigator: “Integrating Eye-Tracking Technology to Optimize Cognitive Load and Clinical Competency in Nursing Simulation,” Sponsored by South Dakota Board of Regents Competitive Research Grant (CRG), South Dakota, $90,000 (July 1, 2025-June 30,2026), Brennan, Brittany, principal investigator; Zweifel, Alyssa, co-principal investigator; Nguyen, Phuong, co-principal investigator.

Publications

• Zweifel, A., Nguyen, P., Brennan, B. and Lichtenberg, M. (2025). Wired for performance: Using wearable physiological sensors to decode cognitive load in health care simulation. Simulation Technology and Operations Resource Magazine. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2026). Implementation of the curriculum. In S. DeBoor (Ed.), Keating's curriculum development and evaluation in nursing education (pp. 113-126). Springer Publishing.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). Risk factor scavenger hunt. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). A little off-balance. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). It’s all about balance. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). Protective details. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). Take a breath away. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.
• Lichtenberg, M. (2015). Talk the talk. Instructor's e-text for nursing: A concept-based approach (first ed.). Livonia, Michigan: Pearson.

Presentations

• "Implementing the Use of an eMicro Simulation for Active Learning in ​the Classroom," Podium presentation at the ����Ӱ�� SoTL Symposium, Brookings, SD, Nov. 3, 2025; co-presenters D. Schievelbein, Ph.D. and A. Zweifel, Ph.D.
• "Searching, Appraising, and Applying the Evidence," Workshop at Monument Health, Rapid City, SD, April 16, 2025; co-presenter A. Newstrom, DNP, FNP-BC
• “Exploring Nurse Educators’ Knowledge of Nursing Student Cue Recognition” poster at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Transform Conference in Dallas, Texas – December 2021
• “The Next Generation Nurse” presented at Sigma Theta Tau (Omega Beta Sigma Chapter) via Zoom – Sept. 21, 2021
• “A Toolbox for Student Evaluation in a Concept-Based Curriculum: National Council Licensure Examination Results and Beyond” presented at the Concept-Based Curriculum for Nurse Educators Conference by DI Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2016
• "Postclinical Conference: Should It Look the Same in a Concept-Based Curriculum” presented at the Concept-Based Curriculum for Nurse Educators Conference by DI Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico – February 2016
• “Introduction to a Concept-Based Curriculum” presented at the Concept-Based Curriculum Symposium by Elsevier in Kansas City, Missouri – June 2015
• “Reducing Gaps and Overlaps in a CBC: Using a Faculty Team and the NCLEX Blueprint” presented at the Concept-Based Curriculum Symposium by Elsevier in Kansas City, Missouri – June 2015