For nearly a decade, Dr Thomas has focused her research on women’s breast cancer screening behaviors and recently expanded her research to include men’s knowledge and awareness of male breast cancer. Dr Thomas, a qualitative researcher, recently developed an instrument that will be useful for indentifying women least likely to follow recommended mammography screening guidelines. This instrument was constructed using qualitative data from her earlier studies of women’s life experiences in relation to their current breast cancer screening behaviors. Dr Thomas has taught Qualitative Empirical Research, Mixed-Research Methods, and is currently co-teaching Nursing Science Inquiry Methods, a graduate level course that provides an introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry.