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Fran Lane Rasmus Emeritus Director of the Library Office Location:Mortvedt Library Employed: 24 Years Professional Personal Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor Education M.L.I.S., Library and Information Science, Dominican University (River Forest, IL) B.A., International Studies and Law & Society, Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Responsibilities Provide leadership for four areas (Circulation/Building Services, Reference Services, Technical Services, and the University Archives

- Excellence in Advising 2005 Biography Keith Cooper has been teaching at PLU since 1984. His graduate degrees in philosophy are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he also has a master’s degree in theology. His main areas of interest are the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science, especially the question of methodological parallels between metaphysical inquiry and scientific theorizing (e.g., abductive reasoning). Favorite courses, in addition to those areas, include Formal Logic and

Katrina Hay Associate Professor of Physics she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7999 Email: hay@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 251 Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/katrinahay/home Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Physics, Oregon State University, 2008 B.S., Physics, Mathematics, Linfield College, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Fluid Physics Books Little Bear's Big Night Sky (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015) : View Book

Lorena Sprecher Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: sprechl@plu.edu Biography Biography Lorena Sprecher, an Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner, currently serves as adjunct faculty, guiding students in the N308 lab. Her diverse career journey began with a four-year tenure in an Adult ICU, which laid the foundation for her nursing expertise. Driven by her passion for healthcare, she decided to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing, ultimately becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner. Her career then led

science as it pertains to prevention education and recovery, specifically in cardiac patient population. Currently I work full time at the PULSE Heart Institute as an assistant nurse manager. I find value in remaining in close connection with floor staff while also peeking into the higher levels of health care systems. During my time at PULSE I have served primarily as a mentor for new RN grads as well as RN residents. I find it very rewarding to watch the growth in our young nurses. In my free time I

Systems Undergraduate Education History of Mathematics and Science Selected Presentations Eleventh Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics: ICTCM-11, This conference covers all aspects of using technology in teaching college mathematics. I presented my paper,The Magic Calculator and The Sine Addition Formula (1998) Selected Articles "Delving Deeper: Chordic vs. CORDIC: How Calculators and Students Compute Sines and Cosines." Mathematics Teacher Vol. 106, issue 6, 2013

." Linear Algebra and its Applications Vol. 552, 2018: 85-104. "Building generalized inverses of matrices using only row and column operations." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. iFirst, 2010: 1–12. Q. Li, B. Liu and J. Stuart. "Bounds on the k th generalized base of a primitive sign pattern matrix." Linear and Multilinear Algebra Vol. 58, 2010: 355–366. J. Stuart and J. Weaver. "Voting Matrices and Tie Breaking." International Journal of Pure and Applied

Pluralist Theology of Religions (Cascade Books 2013) : View Book Theological Reflections at the Boundaries (Cascade Books 2011) : View Book The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (Cascade Books 2009) : View Book Buddhist Christian Dialogue in an Age of Science (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2007) : View Book Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Mutual Renewal and Transformation - Co-edited with Frederick J. Streng (Wipf & Stock Publishers 2007) : View Book Wrestling With the Ox: A Theology of Religious

Neal Yakelis, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Phone: 253-535-7554 Email: yakelina@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 250 Professional Additional Titles/Roles Chair of Faculty Education NIH Kirschstein Fellow, University of California Berkeley, 2003-2005 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2003 B.S., Chemistry, Spanish minor, Allegheny College, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Diels-Alder and retro-Diels-Alder reactions Synthesis and reactions of substituted N-hydroxyureas

Taylor Dodson Visiting Assistant Professor Phone: 253-535-7004 Email: tdodson@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 149 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry, University of Toledo, 2022 B.S., Chemistry, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC, 2017 Selected Presentations 262nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, “Analysis of post-transcriptional modifications in tRNAs associated with hyperglycemia in diabetes-associated cells.”, Atlanta, GA