Joy Agner ’06 Completing PhD at the University of Hawai’i Manoa

Joy Agner ’06 is currently completing her doctorate in cultural and community psychology at the University of Hawai’i Manoa. She also co-wrote an article that was published in the December 2018 issue of the journal, Patient Education and Counseling (PEC), on patient empowerment. After receiving her bachelor’s degree at Pacific, she completed her master of science in occupational therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a Pacific undergraduate, she studied psychology and dance. She was one of professor Todd Schultz’s star students, and was an original “Lifeguide” mentor for the anti-bullying program organized by Pacific at Banks (Ore.) Elementary School.