Dr. Newschwander has been an administrator, teacher and clinician for more than four decades. He has taught in undergraduate and graduate programs at Marquette University, the University of Virginia, The Catholic University of America and The University of Vermont. He was appointed Dean of the Auburn Schools of Nursing in 2009. He has published in nursing and education journals, presented scholarly papers at conferences in the US and Canada and directed the Comparative Health Care Summer Program at Oxford University through the University of Virginia. He is active in several national professional organizations including the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau and has been elected to honor societies including Delta Epsilon Sigma, Pi Lambda Theta and the Raven Society.