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mind, then metaphor is an accelerant and poets are arsonists.” Whether a writer intends this fire to provide warmth or to burn something down, my goal as a teacher and mentor is to provide them with the tools necessary to stoke that flame. Meeting students’ writing on its terms and through the lens of their own individual poetic canons, rather than a monolithic notion of craft, I hope to draw out the best and bravest versions of their work. I encourage writers to court failure in their writing

Paul Menzel Philosophy Department Email: menzelpt@plu.edu Biography Biography Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited

energy and motivation like the shock of what is new. I believe that every person has a distinct camera lens and this comes through in your writing. My job as your teacher is to help you focus that lens, and see in your own unique way–and then help you tell us all that you see. I am interested in mentoring anyone, but am always seeking people with a viewpoint we don’t see too much: working class, transgender, biracial, under-represented cultures, etc. Please come challenge me with something new.

Kayla Harvey, PhD, MSN, PNP-BC Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253.535.7672 Email: kayla.harvey@plu.edu Biography Biography After many years of experience as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the critical and acute care setting, I have expanded my practice into research in order to better understand and support families during a pediatric hospitalization.  I enjoy sharing my clinical experience and researcher insight as faculty working with nursing students at PLU. Education  PhD

work may be in lineage with. As a teacher and a fellow poet, I have found that the poems we write are often smarter than we are. At times a promising draft carries a mysterious autonomous logic, one that is difficult for the writer–too close to the thing they’ve made–to fully grasp. As a result, in workshop discussions I press readers to be as descriptive as possible about what they see or hear, so as to mirror back a discrete sense of what a given poem is up to. I will also challenge you to break

Ann Auman Dean of Natural Sciences she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8485 Email: aumanaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 239 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography News Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Biology Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Director Responsible Administrator for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team Member STEMinist Student Club Faculty Advisor Education

Suzanne Crawford O’Brien Professor of Religion and Culture Phone: 253-535-8107 Email: suzanne.crawford@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-C Status:On Sabbatical Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003 M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1997 B.A., Willamette University, 1995 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Native American Religious Traditions Religious Diversity in North America Health, Healing, and

: I believe my job as a writing teacher is to do three primary things:  Serving as a supportive guide, helping you discover literature you may not have encountered on your own that will add to your literary toolkit, and helping you deconstruct the architecture of stories so that you might better unpack your own decisions. Whether you write domestic realism or speculative work or work that defies categorization, I place an emphasis on helping my students appreciate and understand not only the craft

Maria T. Carrington, MSW, LICSW, CST BSW/MSW Practicum Coordinator she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7859 Email: carrington@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 110 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Field Coordinator Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Aging Sexual Health Professional Memberships/Organizations National Association of Social Workers (NASW) American Association of Sexual Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Biography Maria Carrington

of Minnesota with a minor in Integrative Health. She is very passionate about teaching nursing students as well as caring for patients with cancer. Her areas of interest include Oncology, Holistic Health, and Survivorship.