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Experience (Wipf & Stock Publishers 2006) : View Book Wrestling with God (Cascade Books 2006) : View Book The Sound of Liberating Truth Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng - Co-edited with Sallie King (Wipf & Stock Publishers 2006) : View Book Constructing a Relational Cosmology - Edited by Paul O. Ingram (Pickwick Publications 2006) : View Book The Modern Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Two Universalistic Religions in Transformation (Studies in Comparative Religion) (Edwin Mellen

harpsichord lessons as an undergraduate student. He is the inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. At PLU, he teaches a variety of courses in addition to primary and secondary organ study; he also serves as University Organist and accompanies the Choral Union. Previous appointments include Artist Faculty in Organ at the University of Southern Maine and lecturer positions at UC San Diego. From 2023-24, he served as faculty

of courses at the University of Tennessee and Eastern Mennonite University. Ryan has applied his economic expertise to real-world issues throughout his career. During his master’s studies at Colorado State University he estimated the economic impact of conservation easements in Colorado. While working at the U.S. Forest Service, he forecasted water demand across the United States. His academic research covers a range of environmental and behavioral topics: how policy uncertainty affects electric

and adjunct professor with universities across the United States and in Europe. Mr. Pass has worked as a volunteer coach with children in various Department of Defense Youth organizations.  Additionally, he works with Veterans in the Pacific Northwest as they transition to civilian careers. Mr. Pass continued his education with a Master of Arts in Social Science & Middle Eastern Studies from PLU as well as an MBA also from Pacific Lutheran University.  He has additional graduate work in Education

and adjunct professor with universities across the United States and in Europe. Mr. Pass has worked as a volunteer coach with children in various Department of Defense Youth organizations.  Additionally, he works with Veterans in the Pacific Northwest as they transition to civilian careers. Mr. Pass continued his education with a Master of Arts in Social Science & Middle Eastern Studies from PLU as well as an MBA also from Pacific Lutheran University.  He has additional graduate work in Education

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword

Patrick Leland Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Phone: 253-535-7396 Email: leland@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 222 F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University Selected Publications “Kant, Organisms, and Representation” Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 79 (2020) 101223: 1-10 (11,000 words) “Kant and the Primacy of Judgment Before the First Critique,” Journal of the History of

Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and her B.A. in Religion with Gender Studies and Psychology minors from ELCA-affiliated Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.     Outside of work, Jen enjoys hiking, cooking, running, the Enneagram, reading about minimalism/simple living, tending to her composting worms and exploring Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest with her spouse Deb.  In 2023 Jen completed a certification as a  Liminal Guide (a cross between spiritual direction

Expertise Developmental Psychology Cognitive Psychology Psychology of Gender Language Acquisition Research Projects Storytime Studies, Current Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Investigating which facial features signal gender to children ages 4-7. Investigating the effects of stereotyped stories on children’s cognitive abilities and motivation. Male Default Study, 2021-2022 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Survey based study, in data collection process

Articles Schiller, C.M., Alt, M., Nanavati, W.P., Wendt, J.A.F., Stahle, L.N.,. "Getting Information from the Past: Palaeoecological Studies of Terrestrial Ecosystems, in Clifford, N., Cope, M., Gillespie, T., eds.,." Key Methods in Geography Vol. 4th Edition, 2023: Morgan, L.A., Shanks, W.C.P., Pierce, K.L., Iverson, N.A., Schiller, C.M., Brown, S.R., Zahajská, P., Cartier, R., Cash, R., Whitlock, C., Fritz, S.C., Best, J., Lovalvo, D.A., Lowers, H., Benzel, W.,. "The dynamic floor of Yellowstone Lake