Her research focuses on the concept of hopelessness in adults who suffer from coronary heart disease. As a researcher who has had success with local and regional research funding, Dunn was asked to co-lead a workshop titled “Scholarship on a Dime” at a recent Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) conference. This led to an invitation to co-write a special issue of the Western Journal of Nursing Research titled, “Conducting Research with Limited Funding.”