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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M.

    Music, The Arts of China, and 20th Century Music courses; PLU’s Gateway Program in Trinidad Accolades 2022 His opera Tacoma Method, to be produced in March 2023 by Tacoma Opera, was awarded major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts 2021 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research 2016 Grant from The Confucius Institute of Washington State for the production of Youtz' opera "Fiery Jade: Cai Yan" 2016 "Composer of the Year" award from the Washington State Music Teacher's Association

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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | guptilje@plu.edu | 253-535-8422

    for Advance Practice Nurse Prescribers (5th ed., pp. 867-875) (F.A. Davis Company 2019) After an attempt: Caring for the suicidal patient on the medical-surgical unit. Chapters pp. 163-168 (MEDSURG Nursing, 20(4) 2011) Selected Presentations American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, Psych for primary care: An innovative course for FNP students., Coronado, CA (2023) American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, Is it really schizophrenia: Exploring the

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  • Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | Brian E.

    Department of Earth Sciences was realized in 1970 and the first major graduated that year; he is here with us tonight – Roger Hansen. Since 1970, more than 230 majors and minors have graduated from the department and nearly every student that has passed through the department has taken one or more classes from Brian. Over the years, Brian has taught a broad range of science courses to both geology majors and non-majors. In the early years, he taught all the courses! For the few courses that were outside

  • Director, Anthropology Program | Department of Anthropology | andrewbw@plu.edu | 253-535-8389 | Bradford W.

    Complex Societies Great Basin and Montane Foragers & Semi-Sedentary Farmers Selected Publications Elites and the Flaked Stone Tool Economy in Prehispanic Mesoamerica, the Case of Epiclassic Xochicalco Books Pathways to Prismatic Blades: A Study in Mesoamerican Obsidian Core-Blade Technology co-edited with Kenneth Hirth (The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 2002) : View Book Selected Presentations Calixtlahuaca Lithic Technology, Presentation for the Calixtlahuaca Project Workshop, School for

  • Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer | Institutional Effectiveness | mcconnke@plu.edu | 253-535-7169

    , National Commission for Health Education Credentialing ACE Group Fitness Instructor ACE Senior Exercise Specialist Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Exercise Science Wellness Education Books Health for Life With Web Resources co-authored with Charles Corbin, David Corbin, Terri Farrar (Human Kinetics 2014) : View Book Health for Life Teacher’s Web Resources co-authored with Charles Corbin, David Corbin, Terri Farrar (Human Kinetics 2014 [21 chapter curriculum]) : View Book Health Opportunities Through

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

    Steven Benham Professor Emeritus Email: benhamsr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Geology, Indiana University, 1979 M.A., Geology, Indiana University, 1971 B.S., Geology, Washington State University, 1968 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Stratigraphy Sedimentation Paleontology Oceanography Biography Dr. Steven R. Benham began his career at PLU in the fall of 1982. Steve grew up in rural Kitsap County, WA, attended Olympic Community College for two years, and then earned his

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

    Ann Auman Dean of Natural Sciences she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8485 Email: aumanaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 239 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography News Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Biology Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Director Responsible Administrator for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Pre-Health Sciences Advising Team Member STEMinist Student Club Faculty Advisor Education

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  • Professor of Music - Voice; Coordinator of Vocal Studies | Music | brownja@plu.edu | 253-535-7614 | James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting.

    of Vocal Studies, Teaches Applied Voice Lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Solo Vocal Literature, Diction, Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades Production Grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York, NY Regency Scholarship Grant, Pacific Lutheran University Biography James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting. James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program

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  • WSR Student Worker | Wellbeing Services and Resources | hayesmr@plu.edu | Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025.

    Melaina Hayes WSR Student Worker she/her Email: hayesmr@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Co-Lead for Student Led Intiative for Community Creation (SLICC) Biography Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025. She is double majoring in Sociology and Global and Cultural Studies concentrating in Transnationalism and its Consequences. She is also minoring in theater, anthropology, and religion. Melaina is currently working as

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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.

    Indigenous studies Nordic literature and film Responsibilities Council Member, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA). 2017 to present. Selected Presentations Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, These songs of freedom: Matti Aikio, Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr and the aesthetics of Sámi literary survivance, University of Hawai'i, Manoa (May 2016) Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Unraveling the Master’s Voice: Matti Aikio’s Subversive Turn, New Orleans (May