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  • Jerrold Lerum Professor Emeritus of Biology Website: https://www.plu.edu/biology/jerrold-lerum/ Professional Education Ph.D, Biological Science, Northwestern University, 1973 M.S, Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 1965 B.A., Biology and Chemistry, Luther College, 1963 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Reproductive Biology

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  • . Their behaviors are explained by instincts, stimulus-response mechanisms or genetic programming.For humanists, the tendency is to treat animals as little more than allegories of human fear and desire. Or the animal is given up as radically unknowable beneath human representation. Animals in the humanities? It seems almost an oxymoron.Alienating animals from their own lives is a danger in wildlife biology, as well, where researchers often must separate their personal from their professional responses

  • such beliefs influence stereotyping and prejudice toward a wide range of groups, including atheists, immigrants, LGBT, and Muslims. My other research interests include morality/values, evolutionary psychology, and “alternative” belief systems (e.g., conspiracies, the occult, etc.). Who: Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication, Director of Debate Bio: Dr. Eckstein is an Assistant Professor, the Director of Forensics for PLU’s storied speech and debate team, the T.O.H. Karl Forensics

  • Rieke Science Center and Morken Center By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (March 20, 2015)—Just as spring springs, a new building has begun to peek out from the soil in lower campus: Pacific Lutheran University’s new greenhouse is starting to grow.The 1,700-square-foot, stand-alone Carol Sheffels Quigg Greenhouse is expected to open early to mid-August, with a formal dedication in September 2015. “It’s going to be a wonderful addition to the biology program at PLU by

  • Tom Carlson Professor Emeritus of Biology Professional Education Ph.D., Zoology, University of Minnesota, 1976 B.A., Biology, Carleton College, 1966 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Developmental Biology

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  • Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,” will explore how evolved social goals, or fundamental motives, influence the use of stereotypes and appraisals of social threats. Cook says these motives, such as establishing social ties, gaining status, self-protection, and finding and retaining mates, were essential for human survival throughout evolutionary history and still drive

  • John Main Professor Emeritus of Biology Email: mainjl@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., Botany, University of Washington, 1970 M.S., Biology and Chemistry, Chadron State College, 1966 B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Chadron State College, 1965

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  • Michele Crayton Professor Emeritus of Biology Email: craytoma@plu.edu Professional Education M.S., Plant Physiology/Development, Oregon State University, 1974 M.S., Biology, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1969 B.S., Biology, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1967 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Toxic freshwater cyanobacteria

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  • Mary Ellard-Ivey Professor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7357 Email: ellardma@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 144 Professional Education Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 1994 M.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1988 B.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1987 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Plant responses to the environment Selected Presentations Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, A Passion for Pedagogy, University of Oregon

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  • Mary Ellard-Ivey Professor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7357 Email: ellardma@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 144 Professional Education Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 1994 M.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1988 B.S., Botany, University College Dublin, 1987 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Plant responses to the environment Selected Presentations Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, A Passion for Pedagogy, University of Oregon

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