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Sue Fallon, Ph.D., has more than twenty years of experience in academia in Alaska in undergraduate and graduate programs in both human services and psychology. She has extensive experience in online education, academic advising and career counseling, curriculum development, and program evaluation. Mentoring and supervising student engagement in the community including practica, internships, service learning, and research projects are areas of special interest.

In addition to her academic experiences, Sue has served chair of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Behavioral Health Aide Academic Review Committee and worked as a Behavioral Health Practitioner providing integrated behavioral health services with emphases on substance use disorders, crisis intervention, and domestic violence.   

Diane McEachern, PhD, has worked and taught in the Yukon Kuskokwim region for 24 years, first as an itinerant school social worker, and for the last 19 years, has taught for UAF at the Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel.  Diane focuses on community-based suicide prevention programs, adult learning and Indigenous ways of learning and teaching, especially in the field of rural and community social work.  Diane was the recipient of the Usibelli Excellence in Teaching award in 2019. She has also been the Alaska Social Worker of the Year. Diane spearheaded an initiative that explores Indigenous pedagogy at the University level helping coordinate workshops on Indigenizing Pedagogy for UAF faculty. She is the Program Head for the UAF RHS and HUMS AAS programs.  She enjoys photography, hiking, and gardening.