Dr. Linda E. McCuistion is currently a Nursing Professor at South University, Richmond, Virginia. She earned a Diploma of Nursing from the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She did her Masters in Nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center. Dr. Linda completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans.

She was licensed as an Advanced Practice Nurse in Louisiana and has many years of nursing experience, including home health nursing and acute care. For 25 years, Professor McCuistion was a Nursing Professor at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received an Endowed Professorship Award in 2000 and 2003.