May Louise Hinton-Wykle, (PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA) is an American nurse, gerontologist, educator, researcher, and the first African-American Marvin E.
and Ruth Durr Denekas Endowed Chair at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of Case Western Reserve University.
Wykle also serves as a professor at Georgia Southwestern State University and teaches Geriatric Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Nursing Administration, and Minority Student Recruitment and Retention.