Contact Information
Education
DNP in Executive Leadership, Indiana University Indianapolis, 2021
MSN in Leadership, Western Governors University, 2015
Awards and Honors
Sigma Alpha Chapter Award for Excellence in Education, 2025
Trustees Teaching Award - IU Fort Wayne, 2025
Trustees Teaching Award - IU Core, 2023
IUPUI Elite 50 honoree, 2021
IU School of Nursing Bridge and Faculty Mentoring Program, 2021
IU School of Nursing "Best Teach Team" with Leslie Shank, 2019
Indiana State Nurses Association President's Award for Distinguished and Valuable Contribution, 2019
Daisy Award for Extraordinary Faculty, 2019
IONE RN License Plate Scholarship for DNP Students, 2019
Eagles Mentoring Program, 2019
American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Policy Summit Scholarship, 2019
Biography
Dr. Bassett teaches across the undergraduate curriculum and within the RN-BSN IU Online Consortium, with emphasis in leadership, nursing management, global health, and capstone evidence-based practice courses.
Her teaching philosophy is grounded in engaged, student-centered learning and the intentional integration of theory, practice, and professional formation. She designs rigorous learning experiences that cultivate clinical judgment, systems thinking, and leadership capacity in complex healthcare environments. Committed to pedagogical innovation, Dr. Bassett has developed and implemented high-impact educational strategies, including leadership escape rooms, disaster preparedness simulations, and structured evidence-based practice modules that guide students through authentic quality improvement and inquiry processes.
She also serves as a faculty facilitator for the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center, advancing collaborative practice competencies and preparing students to lead within interprofessional teams.
Her program of scholarship focuses on innovative teaching methodologies, cultural humility, and global service-learning. She leads immersive study abroad experiences in the Dominican Republic that are intentionally designed to enhance students’ cultural confidence and ability to deliver culturally congruent, equitable care to diverse populations.
Drawing upon her clinical background in neonatal intensive care and nurse leadership, Dr. Bassett brings depth of experience, compassion, and practical insight to her teaching. She is dedicated to mentoring and developing the next generation of nurses as reflective practitioners and ethical leaders who are prepared to advance health equity and strengthen healthcare systems locally and globally.
Media Features
Escape Rooms for Nursing Education with Dr. Tara Grier and Dr. Kristin Bassett. (2026, March 9). Mindset in Motion (MIM).
Overseas Experience Builds Cultural Awareness in Nursing Students. (2026, January 21). Vital Signs Newsroom.
IU School of Nursing students soar through graduate school and beyond as Eagles. (2025, March 13). Vital Signs Newsroom.
Making Tomorrow Possible. (2024, October 28). Vital Signs Newsroom.
Faculty Feature: Dr. Maria Hines. (2023, December 1). Vital Signs Newsroom.
External Funding
IU Fort Wayne Research Grant, Enhancing BSN students’ perception of cultural confidence through service-learning in the Dominican Republic: A Mixed Methods Study, $1,000.00. Awarded Spring 2025.
Sigma Theta Tau International’s (Sigma’s) 45th Biennial Convention Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Scholarship $2,000.00. Awarded Fall 2019.
2019 AcademyHealth Policy Conference Scholarship
IONE RN License Plate Scholarship for DNP students, $4,000.00. Awarded Fall 2019.
2018 – 2019 IUSON Travel Fellowship, $1,000.00. Awarded Spring 2019.
FACET Travel Grant, $500.00. Awarded Fall 2018.
Publications
Grier, T., Bassett, K. (2026). Breaking Out of the Classroom: Integrating Educational Escape Rooms in Undergraduate Nursing Education. Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education.
Bassett, K., Grier, T. (2026). A DNP Project to Improve Intimate Partner Violence Screening Among Clinicians. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing.
Bassett, K., Hines, M., Opsahl, A., Smith, M., Rausch, J. (2026). Using an Overseas Cultural Program to Enhance Latine Cultural Competency in Undergraduate Nursing Students. Nursing Education Perspectives.