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Lynda Byer, MS, RN Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: lbyer@plu.edu Professional Biography Education BSN, Nursing, University of Michigan MS, Public Health Nursing, University of Illinois Biography Originally from Michigan, but have lived on the east/west coasts of the US. Experience spans over 45 years in academic, research, acute, and community health settings. Previously taught community health nursing at three universities. Lynda has worked on health initiatives at the local, state, and

the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History

) Lead author of Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance, with Elizabeth Vera, Jane Harmon Jacobs and Melissa Kennedy (Sage 2016) Lead author of Fifth edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Pearson 2013) Biography I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training. My research interests focus on minority status stress, what contributes to it, and how people cope with it. I also have an interest in Asian-American

drumming of the Ewe and Yoruba tribes, Afro-Cuban drumming, Brazilian sambas, and jazz for mallet keyboard instruments. Ivester earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Washington University, and he did undergraduate and graduate work in ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii that included field study in gamelan music on the island of Java. PLU Faculty: Jazz Sound Trio

, Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Behavioral Economics, Strategic Behavior, Econometrics Biography Ryan Swartzentruber is a dedicated educator and researcher with a passion for environmental policy and experimental economics. He strives to engage students by applying microeconomic theory to real-world challenges and encouraging them to tackle complex issues. Ryan joined Pacific Lutheran University in 2024 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee. He has taught a variety

Shumenghui Zhai, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253-535-7649 Email: szhai@plu.edu Professional Education PhD, Nursing Science , University of Washington MPH, Community and Behavioral Health Science, University of Pittsburgh BSN, Nursing Science , Nanjing Medical University Selected Publications Analysis, evaluation, and reformulation of social cognitive theory: Toward parent-child shared management in sleep health A Comparative Trial of Improving Care for Underserved Asian

Amy McCormick Receivables Specialist/Student Accounts Phone: 253-535-7115 Email: mccormam@plu.edu Professional Responsibilities Student Account Billing Student Account Collections In-School and Out-of-School Promissory Notes 1098-T Tuition Statements

Amy McCormick Receivables Specialist/Student Accounts Phone: 253-535-7115 Email: mccormam@plu.edu Professional Responsibilities Student Account Billing Student Account Collections In-School and Out-of-School Promissory Notes 1098-T Tuition Statements

Kerstin Ringdahl Emeritus Archivist Phone: 253-535-7586 Email: ringdak@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Employed: 53 Years Video News In the Archives with Kerstin Ringdahl February 28, 2018 PLU News, PLU honors retirement of 53-year archivist, longest-serving employee with well deserved 'hullabaloo', View

Priscilla A. St. Clair Professor of Economics Email: stclaipa@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Education Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995 B.A., Wake Forest University, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Development Economics Environmental Economics Intermediate Microeconomics Community forest management Household energy use in developing countries