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  • Associate Director of Choral Studies; Assistant Professor of Music | Music | domingr@plu.edu | 253-535-7613 | Raul Dominguez is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in the Tacoma, WA area where he leads their University Chorale, University Singers, and teaches courses in Secondary Methods and the Conducting sequence.

    Repertoire and Resources University of Texas, Nosotres Existimos: Mexican Choral Repertoire and Resources, Rio Grande Valley GALA Webinar, SWACDA, Choral Music and Storytelling: Building Engagement Through Program Flow with Dr. Matthew Myers CMEA, CoACDA, Oklahoma City University, Enhancing Musicianship Through Movement CMEA, Voices, Meaning, and Rotisserie Chicken- Developing Tenor/Bass Singers with Julia Dale Accolades Shared Visions 2024 Commission, Ars Nova Singers, “The Rings of your Heart” Choral

  • Assistant Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | lnervo@plu.edu | 253-535-7376 | My discipline of interest is developmental biology, which is the study of the processes needed for animals and plants to grow and develop.  Developmental Biology is an excellent field that intersects, genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and comparative anatomy to answer key organismal growth questions.

    is an excellent field that intersects, genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and comparative anatomy to answer key organismal growth questions. My research specifically focuses on how organisms build tissues during animal embryo development. Building the animal body and maintaining tissue homeostasis (equilibrium) requires the coordinated effort of many cells acting in concert. Controlling these concerted cell movements are the cell adhesion and cytoskeletal machinery, which work

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  • Professor of English | Department of English | barotrp@plu.edu | 253-535-7318 | Rick Barot has published three books of poetry with Sarabande Books: The Darker Fall (2002), which received the Kathryn A.

    Rick Barot Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7318 Email: barotrp@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 209 Website: https://rickbarot.com/ Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director of MFA Education M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1998 B.A., Wesleyan University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Creative Writing Poetry Ethnic Literature Gay/Lesbian Literature Books Chord: Poems (Sarabande Books 2015) : View Book Want: Poems (Sarabande Books 2008) : View

  • Professor of Physics | Department of Physics | louie@plu.edu | 253-535-7653 | My research interests are plasma etching issues, carbon nanotubes and scanning probe microscopy.

    . "Nanomanipulation and Lithography: The Building (and Modeling) of Carbon Nanotube Magnetic Tunnel Junctions." NASA Contractor’s Report 2002: Barry, K.A.; Bush, M.G.; Fain, S.C.; Louie, R.N.; Pittenger, B. "Measuring Average Tip-sample Forces in Intermittent-Contact (Tapping) Force Microscopy in Air." Applied Physics Letters Vol. 76, 2000: 930-932. Buhrman, R.A.; Louie, R.N.; Katine, J.A.; Myers, E.B.; Ralph, D.C. "Current-Induced Switching of Domains in Magnetic Multilayer Devices." Science Vol. 285, 1999: 867

  • Professor Emeritus | Religion | oakmande@plu.edu | The Reverend Doctor Douglas E.

    ). During the 1990s, Oakman participated in archaeological excavations at Jotapata and Cana in Galilee. Oakman was born and reared in Iowa. He is an ordained minister on the roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and served during the 1980s as an Associate Pastor in West Oakland, CA. He is a connoisseur of classical jazz, long-time railfan, and Ham radio operator with callsign AD7AV. He resides in Tacoma, WA with wife Deborah. Interests Ham radio Railroad history and operations Building

  • Assistant Vice President for Student Life Strategic Initiatives and Assessment | Division of Student Life | jes.takla@plu.edu | 253-535-7597

    : Schreiner’s Thriving Quotient and PLU’s residential student experience. In J. Lauer (Chair), Completing the loop: Connecting building design and student experience [Pre-Conference Workshop; co-presented with Garrett, S.], Seattle, WA (2016, July) Pacific Lutheran University Student Learning Colloquium: Understanding Student Learning, Understanding student learning outside of the classroom: Residential learning communities and residential linked courses [Colloquium session; co-presented with Maloney, M

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  • Professor of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | stuartjl@plu.edu | 253-535-7403 | Professor Jeff Stuart teaches mathematics and statistics for the Mathematics Department.

    , Teach ill-conditioning in a single lecture!, Special Session on Teaching Numerical Analysis, Portland, OR (August, 2009) Selected Articles Catral, M., Lebtahi, L. Stuart, J., Thome, N.. "Matrices A such that As+1R = RA⁎ with Rk = I." 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

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  • Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.

    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

  • Dean of Natural Sciences | Natural Sciences | aumanaj@plu.edu | 253-535-8485 | Dr.

    at PLU, an initiative supported by a recent award to PLU from the National Science Foundation’s S-STEM Program. Beginning in Spring 2022, Dr. Auman accepted the position of Dean of the newly-formed College of Natural Sciences. The College includes the departments previously housed in the Division of Natural Sciences, as well as Psychology and the Environmental Studies program. Through her leadership, Dr. Auman is committed to promoting equity and to building a holistic learning environment for

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  • Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | benhamsr@plu.edu | Dr.

    for his passion for building the fossil and rock collection in the department and for scoring “finds” of equipment and furniture at places like Boeing surplus. One of his most notable contributions to the university and to the department is the Scanning Electron Microscope (the SEM). He wrote a grant to the National Science Foundation to acquire the instrument in 1989 and he has worked long hours to keep this delicate and now aging instrument operating. The SEM has served the needs of our students

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