Professor Lauria is an experienced healthcare professional and educator. She began her career as a Primary Care Physician Assistant twenty-five years ago, and has worked in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Dermatology. In addition, Professor Lauria has over fifteen years experience as an educator and academic leader. She has managed several allied health programs, developed course and program curriculum, and taught more than ten different courses.

After graduating from the University of Colorado’s Child health Associate/Physician Assistant Program, Dr. Dana Sayre-Stanhope joined the faculty of the University of Florida where she practiced pediatric surgery. She continued this practice in New York with a joint appointment at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and City College of New York Harlem Hospital’ physician assistant program. She was recruited to Quinnipiac University where she founded their physician assistant program and subsequently founded the PA program at Samuel Merritt University.

Marshall H. Fields, III. joined PLNU in 2019 as adjunct faculty in the Criminal Justice department of the College of Extended Learning teaching our future law enforcement professionals. He now has the pleasure of teaching business leaders of tomorrow in our Organizational Leadership department as well as history to anyone that will listen for PLNU’s Sociology department. Marshall’s legal background in criminal law in the public and private sector, as well as, corporate law allows him to connect with students in a variety of ways.

Marshall H. Fields, III. joined PLNU in 2019 as adjunct faculty in the Criminal Justice department of the College of Extended Learning teaching our future law enforcement professionals. He now has the pleasure of teaching business leaders of tomorrow in our Organizational Leadership department as well as history to anyone that will listen for PLNU’s Sociology department. Marshall’s legal background in criminal law in the public and private sector, as well as, corporate law allows him to connect with students in a variety of ways.