Judy Jean Cox Chapman (November 18, 1941 – September 8, 2025) was an American nurse and college professor. She taught in Vanderbilt University's schools of nursing and medicine from 1966 to 2001.
Early life and education Cox was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Major Eugene Cox Jr. and Julia Galbreath Cox. She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing at Vanderbilt University in 1963, graduating first in her class, and a master's degree from the University of Florida in 1966. Career Chapman was a professor of maternal and child nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing from 1966 to 2001; she was also the nursing school's interim dean in 1982 and 1983. She was clinical consultant on a textbook, Perinatal Nursing (1977). She also taught in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The Chapmans were honored by almost a thousand attendees at a black-tie dinner in Nashville when they retired from Vanderbilt in 2001. In 2008, she attended the Vanderbilt nursing program's centennial celebrations. She was president of the Planned Parenthood Association of Nashville. Publications Chapman's scholarship was published in journals including Nurse Educator,Chapman, Judy Jean R.N., M.N.. "Microteaching: How Students Learn Group Patient Education Skills" Nurse Educator 3(2):p 13-16, March 1978. Pediatrics, Journal of Medical Education,Chapman, J J; Miller, M. "The role of the medical school dean's wife: report of a study." Journal of Medical Education 55(8):p 668-74, August 1980. Nursing Research,Chapman, Judy Jean, Mary Jane Macey, Mary Keegan, Peggy Borum, and Sandra Bennett. "Concerns of breast-feeding mothers from birth to 4 months." Nursing Research 34, no. 6 (1985): 374–376. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Health Care Management Review, Academic Emergency Medicine, and Prehospital Emergency Care. "Microteaching: How Students Learn Group Patient Education Skills" (1978) "Further Observations on Noise Levels in Infant Incubators" (1979, with Fred H. Bess and Barbara Finlayson Peek) "The role of the medical school dean's wife: Report of a study" (1980, with Michael Miller)
"Use of Data Base Microcomputer Software in Descriptive Nursing Research" (1985)Chapman J. J. (November 1985). "Use of Data Base Microcomputer Software in Descriptive Nursing Research" . Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 13:809–13. PMCID: PMC2578020. "Concerns of Breast-Feeding Mothers from Birth to 4 Months" (1985, with Mary Jane Macey, Mary Keegan, Peggy Borum, and Sandra Bennett) "Information on Spouses of Health Care Leaders" (1986)Chapman, Judy Jean. "Information on Spouses of Health Care Leaders" Health Care Management Review 11(3):p 7, Summer 1986. "The acting or interim leadership position: Expectations, perceptions, realities" (1988, with John E. Chapman and John O. Lostetter)Chapman, John E.; Chapman, Judy J.; Lostetter, John O. "The acting or interim leadership position: Expectations, perceptions, realities." Health Care Management Review 13(4):p 81-88, Fall 1988. "Do fireservice paramedics (EMT-P) seek follow-up medical information about patients brought to a level I trauma center?" (1997) "Emergency Medical Services and the Medical School Curriculum" (1997) "Impact of EMS education on emergency medicine ability and career choices of medical students" (1999, with Steven J. Weiss, Mary Lou Haynes, and Amy A. Ernst)
Personal life Cox married Vanderbilt medical school dean John E. Chapman in 1968. He died in 2004, and she died in 2025, at the age of 83. There is a teaching award in Vanderbilt's Department of Emergency Medicine, and a quadrangle at Vanderbilt, both named for the Chapmans. References