Shirley Smoyak

After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing and a doctorate in sociology, Smoyak became a faculty member at Rutgers University. She has taught courses both in nursing and in the social sciences. She has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services since 1981. Smoyak was appointed to oversee reform efforts at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey.^[1] Some of her most recent research examines the effects of energy drinks on college students.^[2]

Smoyak received the 2011 Award for Distinguished Service from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.^[2] She was designated a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2004.^[3] In 2011 she was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing.^[4]

• List of Living Legends of the American Academy of Nursing