Emily Banasiak

Emily Banasiak, MSN, RN, is a DNP candidate in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing. She serves as a graduate teaching assistant for Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess in courses on victimology, forensic mental health and wounded warriors in transition. Banasiak is actively involved in forensic and psychiatric nursing research focused on topics such as mass murder homicide patterns among Indigenous victims and the sexual abuse of older adults. Clinically, she works as a psychiatric nurse in inpatient geriatric psychiatry, caring for older adults on a unit for general psychiatric concerns, as well as dementia, delirium and Alzheimer’s disease. She also serves as a substitute nurse at the Campus School at Boston College, supporting children with complex care needs. Outside of work, Banasiak enjoys reading, painting and traveling.