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Jodi Erickson, PhD, RN, CNL Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253-535-7690 Email: ericksja@plu.edu Biography Biography Jodi has worked with the senior citizen population for two and a half decades in a variety of positions.  When she became a nurse in 2011, she realized that people did not die in a way that they desired.  She earned her PhD at Villanova University and her dissertation focused on end-of-life decision making. Education BA Linguistics, University of Washington MSN Nursing

books of poems by Mexican-Zapotec poet Irma Pineda, with whom she shared the 2022 John Frederick Nims Prize for Translation from the Poetry Foundation: In the Belly of Night and Other Poems (Pluralia/Eulalia, 2022) and Nostalgia Doesn’t Flow Away Like Riverwater (Deep Vellum, 2024). Her co-translation of How to be a Good Savage and Other Poems (Milkweed, 2024), by Zoque poet Mikeas Sánchez, was called “a significant work in more ways than one” by the New York Times. Wendy has received grants and

psychiatric prescribing.  I earned a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology from Saint Martin’s University in 2003 and in 2015 a Master of Science Degree in Psychiatric Nursing from Seattle University.  I am currently employed through my private practice Tacoma Psychiatric Care and the student health clinic at the University of Puget Sound.

Kimberly Diaz, MSN, ARNP, FNP Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: kdiaz@plu.edu Professional Biography Education BSN, Nursing, Northern Arizona University MSN_FNP, Nursing , Pacific Lutheran University Biography I earned my BSN at Northern Arizona University and my Masters in Nursing at PLU as a Family Nurse Practitioner. My background in bedside nursing is Critical care and open heart recovery. As a Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary care my passion was health promotion and disease

, Woo KK, Molla HM, Loweth JA, Wolf ME . "Trafficking of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors in nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons co-cultured with prefrontal cortex neurons." Neuropharmacology 2016: Jaramillo TC, Speed, HE, Xuan Z, Reimers JM, Escamilla CO, Weaver TP, Liu S, Filonova I, Powell CM . "Novel Shank3 mutant exhibits behaviors with face validity for autism and altered striatal and hippocampal function." Autism Res. 2016: Jaramillo TC, Speed, HE, Xuan Z, Reimers JM, Liu S, Powell, CM

Ryan Wagner Lecturer - Trombone Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: rew@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.M., Trombone Performance, University of Washington B.M.E., Pacific Lutheran University Biography Ryan Wagner graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s of Music Education and the University of Washington with a Master’s of Trombone Performance. He is an active performer and educator throughout Washington state with extensive performance experience in classical, jazz, and

, Chico College of Social Science, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Government Public Policy and Administration Race and Politics Books Latino Professionals in America: Testimonios of Policies, Perseverance, and Success (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Latino Peoples in the New America Chapters 11 (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth co-authored with Jessica Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa R

Kayla Harvey, PhD, MSN, PNP-BC Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253.535.7672 Email: kayla.harvey@plu.edu Biography Biography After many years of experience as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the critical and acute care setting, I have expanded my practice into research in order to better understand and support families during a pediatric hospitalization.  I enjoy sharing my clinical experience and researcher insight as faculty working with nursing students at PLU. Education  PhD

Hillary Carriere ’17 AM Retail Operations Manager She/Her/Hers Phone: 253-538-5653 Email: carriehm@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 270 Professional Biography Education B.A., Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2017 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Minor in Sociology Biography I grew up in a small town on the eastern side of Washington and moved to the Tacoma area when I started school at PLU in 2013. While on my journey through college I worked for campus

Taylor Dodson Visiting Assistant Professor Phone: 253-535-7004 Email: tdodson@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 149 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry, University of Toledo, 2022 B.S., Chemistry, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC, 2017 Selected Presentations 262nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, “Analysis of post-transcriptional modifications in tRNAs associated with hyperglycemia in diabetes-associated cells.”, Atlanta, GA