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World Complex Societies Great Basin and Montane Foragers & Semi-Sedentary Farmers Selected Publications Elites and the Flaked Stone Tool Economy in Prehispanic Mesoamerica, the Case of Epiclassic Xochicalco Books Pathways to Prismatic Blades: A Study in Mesoamerican Obsidian Core-Blade Technology co-edited with Kenneth Hirth (The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 2002) : View Book Selected Presentations Calixtlahuaca Lithic Technology, Presentation for the Calixtlahuaca Project Workshop, School

last glacial maximum revealed by fossil groundwaters, San Francisco, CA (2013) 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, Improving stable isotope-based reconstructions of Sierra Nevada paleotopography using insights from regional air parcel trajectories, San Francisco, CA (2012) Selected Articles Lechler, A. R., Niemi, N. A., Hren, M. T., and Lohmann, K. C.. "Paleoelevation estimates for the northern and central proto-Basin and Range from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry." Tectonics Vol. 32, 2013: p. 1-22

 Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays.  Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon. Mentor. Workshops and classes in fiction. Statement: “As a writer, I am endlessly surprised and fascinated by the possibilities offered by narrative and by language; as a teacher, I try to get students excited about those possibilities by sharing my discoveries and

Javier Alejandro Catering & 208 Lead Cook Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: alejanja@plu.edu Biography Biography Javier has been with PLU for over 20 years and has really enjoyed working for an institution with such great community and family values. He met his wife, Heather, here at PLU and in his free time loves spending time with her and their two beautiful daughters and their extended family.    

, which received the Benjamin Franklin Award in the travel essay and photography category.  Her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Orion, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Superstition Review, AQR, and Bellingham Review.  Her essays have appeared in such anthologies as On Nature: Great Writers on the Great Outdoors, American Nature Writing, The Fourth Genre, Living Blue in the Red States, and In Fact, the best of Creative Nonfiction journal.  She has received the Andrés Berger

Mary Lou Yeomans 208 Garfield Manager Phone: 253-538-5990 Email: yeomanml@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 9:30 am - 6:30 pm Biography Biography Mary Lou has been with PLU for over 10 years and has worked a variety of positions. She loves working closely with the students and helping to make PLU an awesome experience for everyone. She’s a great cook, her tamales are almost famous! Her family is what keeps her going both at and away from work.

. Mentor. Workshops and classes in fiction and nonfiction. Statement: “One day in college, my favorite teacher came to the limit of her patience with me.  I had nearly suffocated a personal essay full of similes and metaphors and the word ‘I.’  She looked at my five drafts, handed them back and said, ‘You can do better than this. Just tell the truth.’  The simple rightness of this struck me like a blow to the head, and still does: it is a model of great teaching.  Of course I still commit, on a daily

sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and a gifted composer and arranger. Ms. Fujiwara is Professor of violin and viola at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the music faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University and is in great demand for master classes and clinics throughout the United States. Korine’s students have been accepted into the performance programs of such institutions as Indiana University, Cincinnati College Conservatory, and Northwestern

undergraduate can to Dr. Gordon Medaris on the Precambrian evolution of the Great Lakes region. Interests Design Wood Metal and Stone Work Politics Music Fun Facts The music component ranges from jazz through new wave into noise rock.

enjoy kayaking, golfing, hiking and simply enjoying the great outdoors. When not outside, you can find me starting a new crafting project, binging the newest crime show or playing with my dog Riley.