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Barrie Jean Borich Nonfiction Biography Biography Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Apocalypse, Darling (2018), which was short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award.  PopMatters said “Apocalypse, Darling soars and seems to live as a new form altogether. It’s poetry, a meditation on life as ‘the other,’ creative nonfiction, and abstract art.”  Her memoir Body Geographic (2013) won a Lambda Literary Award in Memoir, and in a starred review Kirkus called the book “…an elegant literary map that

not have inverses, MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, San Francisco, CA (January, 2010) MAA Math Fest, Math Placement at a Selective Liberal Arts University, Short Course on Math Placement, Portland, OR (August, 2009) MAA Math Fest, Teach ill-conditioning in a single lecture!, Special Session on Teaching Numerical Analysis, Portland, OR (August, 2009) Selected Articles Catral, M., Lebtahi, L. Stuart, J., Thome, N.. "Matrices A such that As+1R = RA⁎ with Rk = I

Work (Springer Publishing 2022) : View Book Selected Articles Keller, J., McKenney, R., Russell, K. & Zylstra, J. "The power of place: University-community partnership in the development of an urban immersion semester in Sobania, N. W. (ed)." Putting the local in global education: Models for transformative learning through domestic off-campus programs 2015: Stylus Press. Keller, J., Stevens, C., Tashiro, C. & Laakso, J. "Sustainability of ethnically diverse HOPE VI redevelopments: A community case

, 1994 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise German art of the Cold War period Art History Biography Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007. She earned her B.A. in Art History and German from Hood College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. Her specialization is the German art of the Cold War period, and she is interested in all aspects of German cultural and history. Her research and publications are focused on the role of the artist in public

Dr. Mallory Mann Department Chair of Kinesiology Phone: 253-535-7743 Email: mannmf@plu.edu Office Location: Olson Auditorium Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Kinesiology Education Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2016 M.S., Miami University, 2009 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 2006 Biography Mallory initially joined the Kinesiology department on a 1.5 year appointment as a Visiting Instructor in January of 2014. Since then she completed her Ph.D

Recreational Mathematics Popularizing Mathematics Books Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences Chapters "‘Bok bok’: exploring the game of Chicken in film." (Springer International Publishing 2020) : View Book Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences Chapters "‘Elegance in design’: mathematics and the works of Ted Chiang." (Springer International Publishing 2020) : View Book First-Semester Abstract Algebra: A Structural Approach (GNU Free Documentation License 2017) : View Book

Marjorie Sandor Fiction, Nonfiction Website: http://marjoriesandor.com/ Biography Biography Marjorie Sandor is the author of five books of fiction and creative nonfiction, most recently a debut novel, The Secret Music at Tordesillas, which won the 2020 Foreword Indies Gold Medal for Historical Fiction. Earlier books include the linked story collection Portrait of my Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime, winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, and two books of personal essays

Community-Based and Public Writing Museum and Memorial Rhetorics Biography Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home. As a kid, his family moved from Arizona to Missouri and then to Southern California where he attended high school. After languishing in a local community college for several years, he got his act together and, in 2001, earned a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. While earning this degree, Scott worked full

Challenge Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM Track 1 Award, August 2019 - August 2024: $649,981; Title: "Supporting STEM Development at the Roots: Providing Scholarship, Curricular, and Cocurricular Support to Underserved STEM Students." Received National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Opportunity Award, July 2008 – March 2010: $19,300; Title: "Investigations of diversity and novel microbial communities in forest canopy soils: a preliminary study" Professional Memberships/Organizations

Rob Thompson Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation Phone: 253-535-7495 Email: thompsrw@plu.edu Biography Biography Robert Thompson arrived at Pacific Lutheran University in August of 2013 as the Coordinator of Recreation and was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation prior to the 2017-2018 academic year. Under Thompson’s leadership, student participation in intramural programming has increased by 40 percent through innovative marketing to students and partnerships with