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  • Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | kimck@plu.edu | 253-535-7775 | Dr.

    (Blackboard) Teacher Certification, 2009 Certificate in Mixed Methods Education Sciences, 2017 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Innovation and Technology in Education Instructional Design, Learning Environments Organizational Change Content Integration Science and Engineering Practices Programs: FYEP, BAE, MAE, ARC Biography Dr. Kim has been involved with the work of teacher preparation at PLU since 2005 – teaching, mentoring, and designing programs and certificates. She joined as full-time faculty in 2018

  • Visiting Assistant Professor | School of Education | rdelcastillo@plu.edu | Rafael is a Visiting Professor teaching educational methods in science and social studies, integration of technology, and an integrating seminar in the undergraduate and graduate-level teacher education programs.

    Visiting Professor teaching educational methods in science and social studies, integration of technology, and an integrating seminar in the undergraduate and graduate-level teacher education programs. He serves as a board member of Impact Public Schools and Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School. He is also serving as Interim Executive Director of the Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu) on Bainbridge Island. Rafael recently “rewired” after 40 years as a classroom teacher in the US, Spain, and Czechia and as

  • Visiting Instructor | School of Business | falskotn@plu.edu | 253-535-7083 | Tom Falskow brings over 30 years of finance and accounting experience to the PLU School of Business.  Having started his career in public accounting, he audited clients across the world, first in Seattle, then travelling to Zurich, Switzerland, Oslo, Norway and finally to Anchorage, Alaska.  He served clients in a variety of industries with a major focus on manufacturing and energy.

    experienced with International Financial Reporting Standards and SEC reporting. While in Alaska he moved into the energy sector as a controller and finance manager for BP, one of the largest energy companies in the world. He enjoyed the detailed work of running a day-to-day business along with the macro-economic view that the energy sector provides. He had opportunities to widen his view of finance through roles in strategy, planning, supply chain contracting and systems integration work that helped him

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Education | School of Education | rizzardi@plu.edu | 301-788-8270 | Jonathan M.

    Jonathan M. Rizzardi Visiting Assistant Professor of Education They/Them Phone: 301-788-8270 Email: rizzardi@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Theatre History and Performance Studies, University of Washington, ABD M.A.T., Secondary English & Theatre, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2013 B.A., English, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2012 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Theatre History and Performance Studies Arts Integration & Arts Education Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies

  • Contingent Faculty of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | youngsy@plu.edu | | I have been a part of the PLU family since 2008, where I provide supervision to Master Degree students at the PLU Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic.

    Sharon Young Contingent Faculty of Marriage and Family Therapy she/her Phone: Email: youngsy@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Marriage and Family Systems, North Central University, 2016 M.S., Theological Studies, Faith Theological Seminary, 2004 M.S., Counseling Psychology, CA State University San Bernardino, 1986 B.A, Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 1979 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Marriage and Family Therapy Integration of Spiritual Beliefs Clinical Training and

  • Chair & Associate Professor of Art History | Communication, Media & Design Arts | hmathews@plu.edu | 253-535-7574 | Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007.

    discourse in East and West Germany, as well as on the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today. Her most recent work deals with contemporary art and cultural integration. In addition to teaching on topics such as gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, Heather is Coordinator of the University Gallery (including the University Gallery Annex and the Karen Hille Phillips Gallery) and manages the University’s Permanent Art

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  • Director of Digital Communications | Marketing & Communications | albertct@plu.edu | 253-535-8691 | Chris currently leads our Web Team in planning, designing, developing and implementing the PLU website and digital marketing.

    planning and strategy Digital marketing Email marketing Content development Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Responsibilities Web strategy Email marketing Digital marketing Biography Chris currently leads our Web Team in planning, designing, developing and implementing the PLU website and digital marketing. He started at PLU in 2008 as a Content Development Specialist creating different ways to tell the PLU story. Before that he spent time as a reporter at the Pierce County Herald, covering Bonney Lake and

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  • Associate Professor | Department of Computer Science | caora@plu.edu | 253-535-7409 | My research interest is mainly focused on developing and applying machine learning and data mining techniques to solve biomedical problems, such as human genome data analysis and protein structure predictions.

    . Li, J. Cheng. "Massive integration of diverse protein quality assessment methods to improve template based modeling in CASP11Proteins." 2015: R. Cao, J. Cheng. "Integrated protein function prediction by mining function associations, sequences, and protein-protein and gene-gene interaction networks." Methods 2015: B. Adhikari, D. Bhattacharya, R. Cao, J. Cheng. "CONFOLD: Residue-Residue Contact-guided ab initio Protein Folding Proteins." Vol. 83(8), 2015: 1436-1439. R. Cao, Z. Wang, Y. Wang, J

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  • Assistant Professor of Communication, Film & Media Studies | Communication, Media & Design Arts | bphipps@plu.edu | 253-535-7573 | Dr.

    Media Studies Digital Media Platform Studies Selected Presentations Conference Paper, Association of Internet Researchers, Resistance Live!: Historically Marginalized Content Creators and Their Organized Response to Hate Raids on Twitch.TV (2023) Conference Paper, Association of Internet Researchers, Trolling as Liberal Youth Resistance to Misinformation Online (2022) Conference Paper, National Communication Association, Understanding Transplatform Digital Place & Protest through Animal Crossing

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  • Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.

    International Conference, Hacker, C.M. and DiCicco, T., Gold Medal Partnership: Collaboration and integration for sustained excellence, Atlanta, GA (2012) Invited Lecture, Collegiate and Professional Sports Dieticians Association, National Conference, Hacker, C. M. & McConnell, K.E., Consequences of the Body Ideal: The Obvious and the Unintended, Tampa, FL (2012) Invited Lecture Performance Psychology: AASP International Conference, Create it, imagine it, do it: Imagery DVD training to enhance confidence