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Lark Powers Associate Professor of Music - Piano; Advising Associate for Music Phone: 253-535-7647 Email: powerslm@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 115 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Piano, University of Colorado Boulder M.M., Piano Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Harpsichord Performance, Peabody Institute M.M., Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Institute G.P.D., Peabody Institute D.E.M., Conservatoire National

Tom Edgar Professor of Mathematics he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7238 Email: edgartj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 256 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Editor of Math Horizons magazine Education Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 2009 M.S., Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2004 B.S., Mathematics, Dickinson College, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Abstract Algebra (Group Theory) Algebraic

Wendelyn J. Shore Professor of Psychology Phone: 253-535-8348 Email: shorewj@plu.edu Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 107B Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Psychology, University of Oklahoma, 1991 M.S., Psychology, University of Oklahoma, 1988 B.A., Psychology, Coe College, 1986 Biography Broadly, my research falls under the rubric of cognitive psychology. More specifically, my primary research focus is on issues of language and knowledge, especially knowledge about word meanings, in both

Giovanna Urdangarain Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7240 Email: urdangga@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-E Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008 M.A., Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, 2001 B.A., Secondary Education Literature, Artigas Teacher Training Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Contemporary Latin American Narrative Southern Cone Dictatorial and Post

Marjorie Sandor Fiction, Nonfiction Website: http://marjoriesandor.com/ Biography Biography Marjorie Sandor is the author of five books of fiction and creative nonfiction, most recently a debut novel, The Secret Music at Tordesillas, which won the 2020 Foreword Indies Gold Medal for Historical Fiction. Earlier books include the linked story collection Portrait of my Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime, winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, and two books of personal essays

Scott Rogers Dean of Assessment and Core Curriculum Phone: 253-535-7985 Email: rogers@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 125 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of English Co-Director of the Parkland Literacy Center Education Ph.D., Univeristy of Louisville, 2011 M.A., University of New Mexico, 2006 B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise First-Year Writing Writing Program Administration and Assessment

Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Vice-chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas at 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

Rigoberto González Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Biography Biography Rigoberto González is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and eleven books of prose, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.  The recipient of Guggenheim, NEA and USA Rolón fellowships, a NYFA grant in

Jason Gilliam Lecturer - Euphonium Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: gilliajm@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education M.A., University of Puget Sound B.M., University of Puget Sound Responsibilities Applied Euphonium Lessons Accolades Besson Performing Artist on euphonium Biography Jason Gilliam is a native of Tacoma, Washington.  He holds the Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Teaching form the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington

Dr. Harry Papadopoulos Professor of Kinesiology Phone: 253-535-8706 Email: papadoha@plu.edu Office Location: Olson Auditorium - 101-H Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/harry-papadopoulos/ Professional Education Ph.D., Sport Science, Georgia State University, 2002 M.S., Exercise Science, Georgia State University, 1997 B.S., Physical Education, Aristole's University of Thessaloniki, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Exercise Science Selected Presentations AAPHERD National Convention