Meet our Faculty
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At Calvin, you'll be taught by expert faculty with extensive experience in nursing and many other health-related fields. Your professors will get to know you personally—and you won't just sit in their classrooms; you'll do research alongside them as well.
We invite you to meet your future professors at Calvin.
Jaclynn Lubbers
Dawn Frambes
Katherine Kunnen
Jesse Moes
Lisa Lycette
Gail Zandee
Adejoke Ayoola
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Professor Elizabeth Byma
Prof. Byma served as a nurse in the U.S. Navy and now leads Calvin students through nursing simulations using our advanced simulation facilities. -
Professor Jaclynn Lubbers
Prof. Lubbers specializes in pediatrics, and works as a pedriatic nurse practitioner when she's not teaching theory courses at pediatric nursing at Calvin. -
Professor Dawn Frambes
Prof. Frambes teaches advanced nursing courses, including a nursing leadership and management course. -
Professor Katherine Kunnen
Prof. Kunnen has practiced nursing in places ranging from a warzone in Iraq to Central Park, New York. Today, you're most likely to find her teaching courses like Adult Strategies. -
Professor Lisa Lycette
Prof. Lycette has practiced nursing in four different states, with a specialty in maternal newborn nursing and related areas of nursing. -
Professor Gail Zandee
Prof. Zandee is passionate about public health nursing and helps to create community learning experience for students in our local community. -
Professor Adejoke Ayoola
Dr. Ayoola's is the chair of the nursing department, with special expertise in women's reproductive health. -
Professor Lauren Schuitema
Prof. Schuitema is a public health nurse who you'll interact with as part of your community learning. -
Professor Carolyn Samuel
Prof. Samuel teaches courses related to pediatrics, and brings her own experience as a mother into her teaching.
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