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Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas, Austin, 2003 B.A., Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Public Relations Books Teacher, Scholar, Mother: (Re)Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy (Lexington Books 2015) Prophets, Gurus, and

Elizabeth C. D. Brown Lecturer - Guitar Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: brownec@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.elizabethcdbrown.com/home.html Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Directs Guitar Orchestra and Guitar Ensemble Directs the PLU Guitar Festival Education B.M., University of Washington B.A., University of Washington Responsibilities Applied Guitar Lessons, Lute Lessons, Teaches Guitar Pedagogy, Guitar and Lute History

Training, Music History Accolades Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship from the Netherlands-America Commission for Educational Exchange Biography Paul Tegels retired in May 2023. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance and Pedagogy and his Master of Arts Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Iowa, where he studied organ with Delores Bruch, and choral conducting with William Hatcher. Other degrees and awards include the Artist Diploma and the Master of Music

Troy Storfjell Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-8514 Email: storfjta@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 2001 M.A., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 1995 Grunnfag, Nordic Studies, University of Tromsø (Norway), 1994 B.A., History & German, Andrews University, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sámi studies

  If We Sell You Our Land based on the famous speech by Chief Seattle was the subject of a story on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show in 1987 and his subsequent opera Songs from the Cedar House based on the history and legends of Indian and White cultural interaction in the Pacific Northwest premiered in February of 1991 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His other compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and a one-act opera

, Ontario. It was while he was at Queens that he first met his future wife Berta. His PhD in Geology was done at the University of Washington, studying metamorphism and structural history in the North Cascades and working under the legendary Peter Misch. Prior to Brian’s arrival at PLU, some geology courses had been taught, due in part to the efforts of the late Burt Ostenson. Brian’s arrival marked the hiring of the first permanent geologist on the faculty at PLU. Brian’s vision to establish the

James Albrecht Chair of Department of English Phone: 253-535-7698 Email: albrecjm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-D Professional Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995 M.A., Rutgers University, 1989 B.A., Amherst College, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Literature Pragmatism Books Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison (Fordham University Press 2012) : View Book

Burton Nesset, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Professional Education Ph.D., Purdue University, 1962 M.S., Purdue University, 1960 B.A., St. Olaf College, 1957 Responsibilities Biochemistry Nutrition  

William Giddings, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Professional Education Ph.D., Harvard University, 1959 A.M., Harvard University, 1956 B.A., DePauw University, 1954 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Organic Chemistry Responsibilities General chemistry and organic chemistry

Amina Aden, DNP-PMHNP, BSN Clinical Instructor of Nursing