Services

Church Activities

• Head Elder, Glendale City Church, Glendale, CA (10/2022 - Present)

Committee Membership (LLU)

• Chair, LLUSN Research Committee (09/2019 - 08/2021)
•  Advisory committee member, LLU Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness   (11/2012 - 10/2013)
• Associate Scholar of the Center for Christian Bioethics - Consultative or advisory role for this LLU Center. (06/2006 - 08/2007)
• LLU Press Board (01/2002 - 08/2007)
• Spiritual Life & Wholeness - Chair, SN SL&W and Member, University SL&W (01/2001 - 01/2005)
• Advisory Board Member, LLU Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness (06/2022 - Present)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Christian Nursing (07/2022 - Present)
• Editorial Board Member, Holistic Nursing Practice (07/2022 - Present)

Community Service

• Grant Reviewer, Palliative Care Research Consortium (10/2015 - 10/2016)
• Chair, Hospice New Zealand Research Committee (03/2009 - 11/2011)
• Oncology Nursing Society - Member, Research Grants Review Panel (11/2005 - 10/2006)
• Monthly, I provide dinner for all the residents at the Union Station Homeless Services adult shelter in Pasadena, CA. I also support my church's support for houseless persons in the Glendale community by chaperoning and cooking for them 1-2 evenings per quarter. (07/2022 - Present)
• Sigma Theta Tau International - Collateral Reviewer for grant applications and conference abstracts. (01/1995)

International Service

• Guest Professor, Saniku Gakuin, Chiba, Japan (06/2021 - 06/2022)

Journal Reviewer

• Reviewer for multiple journals and a book publisher (eg, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, Springer Nature, Religions, Palliative and Supportive Care, Journal of Christian Nursing).   (07/2022)
• Reviewer for multiple journals and publisher (eg, Religions, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Palliative and Supportive Care, Springer Nature, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports).     (06/2022)
• Reviewer for a variety of professional nursing journals including Journal of Advanced Nursing, Clinical Nursing Research, Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, Journal of Family Studies, Diversity and Equality in Health and Care,Nursing Inquiry, Quality of Life Research, Nursing: Research and Reviews (DovePress), Religions, European Journal of Oncology Nursing, Nurisng Philosophy, Nursing Inquiry, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, etc. (10/2020)
• Contributing Editor, Journal of Christian Nursing (2019 - 2021). (03/2019)
• Holistic Nursing Practice - Member, Editorial Review Board, 2005 to present (10/2020 - 10/2015)
• Member, Editorial Board, Home Healthcare Nurse (08/2009 - 07/2014)
• Journal of Christian Nursing - Member, Editorial Advisory Panel; 2006 to present (06/2006)

Society Memberships (professional)

• Spiritual Care Association (05/2016 - 10/2021)
• Oncology Nursing Society Regular Member (01/1985 - 08/2009)
• American Academy of Nursing (11/2018 - Present)
• American Nurses Association (10/2018 - Present)
• Sigma Theta Tau International (Grant and conference abstract reviewer) Office Holder - Other (01/1985 - Present)