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the College of Professional Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, in addition to holding the academic rank of Professor of Music. He has also served as Dean of the School of Arts and Communication, Chief Innovation Officer, Associate Provost for Strategic Academic Initiatives and Acting Provost at PLU.  He previously served at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was Chair and Professor of one of the most respected liberal arts music programs in the nation. Dr. Bennett has also held numerous

, Academic Year 2005-2006. 7. Top 50 Most Downloaded Articles award, 2005. Emerald Literati Network An analytical framework for evaluating e-commerce business models and strategies”, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 11(4), 2001. 8. Research Award. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-09, and 2011-12. 9. Faculty Grant Award (with Dr. Eli Berniker), Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University

, Academic Year 2005-2006. 7. Top 50 Most Downloaded Articles award, 2005. Emerald Literati Network An analytical framework for evaluating e-commerce business models and strategies”, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 11(4), 2001. 8. Research Award. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-09, and 2011-12. 9. Faculty Grant Award (with Dr. Eli Berniker), Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University

workshop or offer feedback on a writer’s work. Though both of my parents were teachers, I never imagined that I would become one—I understood only too well the wide skill set the profession demanded. I worked for fifteen years as a freelance writer and editor, and before that, ten years as a grassroots organizer. During my decade as a grassroots organizer, I led several intensive training programs for new organizers. I never thought of that work as “teaching.” In the tradition of Paulo Freire, I was

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

academic departments (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Mathematics, and Physics) as well as PLU’s Pre-Health Sciences and Dual-Degree Engineering advising programs. Her role also includes the directorship of the NSSURP and the position of Responsible Administrator (RA) for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program. She also serves as co-principal investigator of PLU’s STEM Scholars Program, which provides scholarship, curricular, and cocurricular support to low-income STEM students