Dean, College of Nursing, Howard University, 1987-1997.

Principal Investigator D.C., Initiative to reduce Infant Mortality, 1992-1994.

Associate Professor/Chair, Department of Nursing, Norfolk State University, 1976-1987.

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Hampton University, Jan 1976-June 1976.

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, George Mason University, 1994-1995.

Instructor/Asst. Prof./Program Head, Thomas Nelson Community College, 1970-1974.

Community Intervention to Reduce Infant Mortality

Homelessness

Environmental Justice

American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

American Nurses Association

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society

Southern Collegiate Regional Board, Council on Collegeiate Nursing Education.

Chi Eta Phi.

American Academy of Nursing.

Powell, DL; Gilliss, C.(2004) Partnering in the cultivation of the next generation of minority nurse scientists: Responding to a compelling national agenda. JNBNA, Vol. 14. No 2, 34-43.

Powell, D.L., & Stewart, V., (2001). Children: The Unwitting Target of Environmental Injustices, Pediatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 1291-1305.

Powell, D.L., & Slade, D., Environmental Justice: The Context Challenges and Strategies for Nursing Advocacy. Book chapter in text edited by B. Saddler and J. Lipscomb.

Powell, D., Lassister, P., Green, P., et al. (1999). Environmental Health and Nursing: Mississippi Delta Project. A Modular Curriculum. Atlanta, GA: Agency for Toxic substances and Disease Registry.

Powell, D., Lee, N., Nichols, S., et al., (1998). "Nursing Careers for the Homeless: A Curriculum for Success", Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, pp 81-92.

Powell, DL, (1997). " Making Recruitment and Retention a Reality". Caring for an Emerging Majority: A Blueprint for Action, Nursing Leadership 97 Invitational Congress Proceedings.

Powell, DL, (1997). "Urban University Inspires Service to Underserved", Reflections, p.29.

Powell, DL, (1994). Prevention and Primary Health Care Delivery, In Nursing Research and Its Utilization, International state of the Science . Joyce J. Fitzpatrick and Joanne S. Stevenson, EDs., New York: Springer Publishing Co.