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study from the Pacific Northwest." Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research Vol. 15 (2), 2013: 29-46. Keller, J. "Confronting stereotypes: Children and families in public housing, in Yeakey, C. C." Living on the boundaries: Urban marginality in national and international contexts, Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd 2012: 291-312. Keller, J., Laakso, J., Stevens, C, & Tashiro, C. "The slippery slope of evaluation: Ethics, issues, & methodological challenges using the case study

both sport psychology and sport sociology. Her scholarly interests focus on gender issues in sport as well as coaching effectiveness. She brings practical experience in both arenas having coached at Stetson University, Miami University of Ohio and Pacific Lutheran University and having worked in numerous arenas as a mental skills consultant. Dr. Mann’s academic acumen on issues related to diversity and social justice bring much needed expertise to the department and will undoubtedly serve to

interest in prejudice on the first day of his class Psychology of Prejudice and encouraged me to go to graduate school; and Dr. William (Skip) Barnard who took me on as a research assistant and gave me the chance to co-author my first publication. After graduating, I ended up at the University of Montana by a twist of fate. I was attending a conference in Boise and wandered into a graduate school information exchange. I sat down with Dr. Nabil Haddad and within 20 minutes he was persuading me to send

University of Michigan, and is currently on the jazz faculty at Pacific Lutheran University. Kate’s international resume continues to grow, including performances in Russia, Latvia, Turkey, Switzerland, South Korea, Cuba, and Slovakia. She has appeared on stage with Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Bobby Previte, Skerik, Patricia Barber, Elvis Costello, Brandi Carlile, Sir Mix-a-lot, Seattle Repertory Theater, Cafe Nordo, the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and Seattle Symphony Pops, among others. Kate

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

West at PLU and PLU’s Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents. A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Dr. Gillie’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

; Intelligence Staff positions, and as a Senior Training Director at the Army’s Intelligence Center and School.  He has authored multiple journals and manuals on Army Intelligence Operations. Following his military service, he held a variety of jobs in the commercial sector working as an analyst, Intelligence Subject Matter Expert, Program Manager, and Business Developer with multiple companies focused on the Defense, Aerospace, and the Intelligence Communities.  Further, he has served as a guest lecturer

new mentors." International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education 2018: 329-342. Gardiner, W. "Mentoring “inside” and “outside” the action of teaching: A professional framework for mentoring." The New Educator 2017: 53-71. Accolades PLU Faculty Excellence in Research Award, 2023 CoPI on National Science Foundation (NSF), Robert Noyce Track 1 Award, 2020-2025: $1,192,573; Title: Pathways to Culturally Sustaining STEM Teaching CoPI on National Science Foundation (NSF), Robert Noyce Capacity

, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld, and the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance. On the concert stage, Mr. Johnson has been a soloist with orchestras throughout the Northwest including Seattle Symphony, American Sinfonietta, Symphony Tacoma, Yakima Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta, Orchestra Seattle, and the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony.  Concert engagements have included Orff’s Carmina Burana,  Handel’s Messiah, Brahms’  Ein Deutsches Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Haydn’s Creation

in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Konstanze in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. Her recordings are available on Naxos, Albany, and the Elmgrove labels. She has been a member of the adjunct voice faculty at Pacific Lutheran University since 1989 and has been master class clinician for the Summer Opera Workshop since its beginning. She has assisted with other projects at PLU such as scholarship auditions, recruitment efforts, and search committee service. She served for the second time as a judge for