Dalynda Evans

Dalynda joined Price College in 1999 and began teaching at OU in 2002. Before coming to Price College, she worked in tourism and retail management for 12 years in imports, electronics, and books. She’s lived in Colorado and New York and traveled to Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and the Netherlands.

After years of study abroad advising, Dalynda's area of expertise is the International Business program, which ranks in the top 30 programs in the nation since 2004, by US News & World Reports. She also researches all OU full-semester study abroad options for all business majors, especially those without a second language. Dalynda strives to coordinate academic credits between institutions to meet degree requirements for each student.

In her free time she’s usually taking care of animals. Locally, she’s worked with the Bella Foundation, Wild Care, Little River Zoo & the OKC Zoo. Dalynda also volunteered at the Denver Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, and the Ross Park Zoo in Binghamton, NY.

Degrees:

•  Master of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma
  
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Denver

Accomplishments/Awards:

• Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Geospatial Fellowship
• National Academic Advising Association – Region VII “Outstanding Graduate Student 2011”
• Contributor, Title IV Grant, U.S. Department of Education 2003 – 2007
• Created, wrote, and coordinated diversity survey of study abroad students since September 11th, 2001.
• Phi Beta Delta – International Honor Society – Chapter Coordinator 2011 to current
  President, Reactivation committee 2007

Publications:

• “Cultural Adaptation Pre- & Post Study Abroad” National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Maastricht, THE NETHERLANDS 2013
• "Criminal Deportation of Viet Kieu from OKC, OK" British Royal Geographic Society –IBG Annual Conference London, ENGLAND 2010
• “Vietnamese American Students: Felons & Valedictorians” National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) OKC, OK 2010
• “Save Thousands: tips for parents paying out-of-state tuition” Oklahoma Academic Advising Association (OACADA) OKC, OK 2010 
• “Vietnamese American Students in OKC” Oklahoma Academic Advising Association (OACADA) OKC, OK 2010