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Ali Mctar Visiting Assistant Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7776 Email: ali.mctar@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-A Professional Education Ph.D., English Literature, Princeton University, 2021 B.A., Critical Theory, Williams College, 2014

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

, Med-Surg/Psychiatric/School Training/teaching field/student nurses Management of critical care units/ acute care setting/ general ward/home care/school health Nursing language: NANDA, NIC, NOC Nursing data management: Linkage Database on NANDA, NIC, NOC Research methodology: Quantitative/Qualitative

Michaela Pulley, MSN, RN Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: kerschmk@plu.edu Office Location:Ramstad Hall - Room 308 Professional Biography Education MSN, Nursing , Pacific Lutheran University BSN, Nursing , Pacific Lutheran University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Pathophysiology/Pharmacology courses Biography I began my nursing career in Critical Care and have a passion for nurturing critically ill patients/families at their most vulnerable times. I have worked in nursing education within

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

outpatient clinic setting in a Cardiology clinic doing triage and education. I currently work as a triage and advice Nurse for multiple primary care clinics. My clinical and educational areas of interest include critical care medicine, functional medicine and of course cardiology.

Kristina Kenning Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: kristina.kenning@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Masters, Nursing, University of St. Mary's , 2019 Bachelor, Nursing, Creighton University, 2011 Bachelors , Biology, Creighton University, 2010 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Teaching and Learning Theory Critical Thinking Development Pathophysiology Currently Teaching: Chronic Conditions, Clinical Lead Biography I am originally from Missoula Montana and have been a nurse for over 12

, Pacific Lutheran University PhD Nursing Education, Villanova University Teaching Areas Professional Foundations I, Leadership, NCLEX Synthesis Scholarly Interests End of Life Decision Making Qualitative Research Current Practice RN Hospital Supervisor at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Publications “Bedside Nurse Involvement in End-of-Life Decision Making: A Brief Review of the Literature” Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, Volume 32, Issue 2, March/April 2013 Erickson, J. (2020).  Horizontal

immediate preference and comfort; it’s essential for writers to engage deeply with the nuances of language, voice, and style and to develop a sensitivity and understanding toward the formal and technical aspects of their craft. By emphasizing aesthetic values in the workshop, I aim to equip my students with the tools and critical frameworks they need to both understand and create work that is personally meaningful and artistically significant.

, winner of the S. Mariella Gable Prize from Graywolf Press, as well as a critical study of William Stafford, Writing the World (Oregon State University Press).  She edited (with Ted Kooser, former U. S. Poet Laureate) an anthology of bird poems: The Poets Guide to the Birds (Anhinga Press).  In addition, she edited three collections of short nonfiction: In Short; In Brief; and Short Takes (all W. W. Norton).  A fourth anthology—Brief Encounter, co-edited with Dinah Lenney—is forthcoming from W. W