Lorana A. Jinkerson, also known as Nettie, is a retired Professor of Educational Technology at Northern Michigan University. She holds a B.S. from Michigan State University in Home...view moreLorana A. Jinkerson, also known as Nettie, is a retired Professor of Educational Technology at Northern Michigan University. She holds a B.S. from Michigan State University in Home Economics Education, an M.S. from Eastern Michigan University in Family Life Education, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors of the North Country Trail Association as well as the North Country Trail Hikers Chapter where she is active as a trail adopter, a member of the trail crew, the webmaster, the newsletter editor and is in charge of media/member communications. She has two sons, two daughters-in-law and three precious granddaughters, Madeline and the twins, Isabelle and Abigail. She resides in Marquette, MI where she hikes several times a week.view less