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  • Professor Emeritus | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra.

    focused on orchestral music of the mid-eighteenth century. More recently, he has been researching and writing on the formation of vocational commitments for young musicians.

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra.

    focused on orchestral music of the mid-eighteenth century. More recently, he has been researching and writing on the formation of vocational commitments for young musicians.

    Area of Emphasis/Expertise
  • Assistant Professor of Economics | Department of Economics | swartzentruber@plu.edu | 253-535-7731 | Ryan Swartzentruber is a dedicated educator and researcher with a passion for environmental policy and experimental economics. He strives to engage students by applying microeconomic theory to real-world challenges and encouraging them to tackle complex issues.

    , Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Behavioral Economics, Strategic Behavior, Econometrics Biography Ryan Swartzentruber is a dedicated educator and researcher with a passion for environmental policy and experimental economics. He strives to engage students by applying microeconomic theory to real-world challenges and encouraging them to tackle complex issues. Ryan joined Pacific Lutheran University in 2024 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee. He has taught a variety

  • Professor of History, Emeritus | Department of History | sobania@plu.edu | Dr.

    Putting the Local in Global Education: Models for Transformative Learning through Domestic Off-Campus Programs (Stylus Press, 2015), which includes not his own chapter, and those authored by six other PLU colleagues. During an academic leave during the 2012-13 academic year, he spent the fall semester in Ethiopia, completing the research and writing draft chapters for a book on the place of contemporary Ethiopian church painters and painting. Paintings cover the walls of Ethiopian churches from floor

  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | spatton@plu.edu | My name is Sarah Patton – I have been working as a Registered Nurse for 19 years (it goes by SO fast!).

    Sarah Patton, RN, MSN, CAPA Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: spatton@plu.edu Professional Biography Education BSN, Nursing , Seattle Pacific University MSN, Nursing, West Texas A&M University Biography My name is Sarah Patton – I have been working as a Registered Nurse for 19 years (it goes by SO fast!). In nursing school, I always knew my goal and passion was working in the PACU, however, under the guidance of my wise preceptor, I worked on a Medical/Surgical unit for the first three

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  • Lecturer - Saxophone | Music | steighev@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Praised by the Tacoma News Tribune for his “effortless lyricism” as well as his “smooth tone and fluid virtuosity,” saxophonist Erik Steighner has performed with ensembles including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Federal Way Symphony, the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony, and Symphony Tacoma.

    Erik Steighner Lecturer - Saxophone Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: steighev@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.eriksteighner.com/ Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Saxophone Performance, University of Texas at Austin M.M., Saxophone Performance, University of Texas at Austin B.A., Music and English, University of Puget Sound Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Saxophone Lessons Chamber Music

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  • Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies | College of Liberal Studies | dowland@plu.edu | 253-535-8125 | Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year Experience, Religion, and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies programs.

    Experience, Religion, and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies programs. His classes offer interdisciplinary perspectives on American religions, with particular emphasis on the ways religion interacts with gender, race, politics, and violence. His research focuses on the intersection of religion, gender, and American politics in the twentieth century. His book, “Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right”, was published in 2015 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. He is currently working on a

  • Community Director for Stuen & Ordal Halls | Residential Life | dgonzales@plu.edu | 253-535-7700 | Dream is originally from Southern CA but has lived and traveled all over the world.

    educator for campus policy violations Professional Memberships/Organizations NASPA (National Association of College Student Personnel Administrators) , (8/1/2017 - Present) NASPA Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community Regional Representative , (9/12/2019 - Present) Biography Dream is originally from Southern CA but has lived and traveled all over the world. She is passionate about being a community advocate working towards a more just and sustainable world. She shows care by making sure those

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  • 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.

    flaws around rivets in airplane skins using eddy currents, carbon nanotube conduction and their use in a magnetic tunnel junction. NF3-etched GaAs using XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) in collaboration with Professor Fumio Ohuchi in the Department of Materials Science at the University of Washington. Related the electrical and structural damage in materials – such as silicon and gallium arsenide – to their Raman spectra, which are obtained by laser light scattering measurements. The Raman

  • Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | suttonps@plu.edu | 253-535-7285 | Paul Sutton teaches sociocultural foundations of education, secondary humanities methods, and secondary literacy courses as well as various seminar courses in the undergrad and graduate-level teacher education programs.

    topics of equity and racial equity, project- and problem-based learning, and teacher learning and collaboration. Before transitioning into his current role, he spent 8 years as a public high school English teacher, worked as an adjunct instructor at several community colleges in the greater Puget Sound region, and worked as a teacher in a language school in Istanbul, Turkey. He is passionate about issues of equity and racial equity in education. In his personal and profession life, he participates in