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Richard L. Nance Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1992-2023 Education D.M.A., Music, Arizona State University, 1992 M.A., Music, West Texas State University, 1982 B.M.E., Music, West Texas State University, 1977 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Choral Conducting Choral Composition Accolades Choirs under Nance's direction were selected to perform for conferences sponsored by the National Association for Music Education in 2009 and 2016. 2016 NWACDA

, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna. "The Influence of Migration, Education, and Parents on the Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Women in the U.S.." International Journal of Social Sciences Vol. IX(2), 2020: 82-98. Nosaka, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna L. "Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Immigrant Women in Seattle: The Influence of Ken Affiliation, Residential Location, and Employment Status." Journal of Northwest Anthropology Vol. 52(2), 2018: 151-167. "Aspirations and Desires: Women's Education and

Dawn Sonntag Lecturer - Composition Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: dsonntag@plu.edu Website: //www.dawnsonntag.com Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Vocal Performance and Composition, University of Minnesota M.M., Choral Conducting, Ohio State University B.M., Voice Performance, University of Texas-El Paso Responsibilities Composition Lessons and Songwriting. Accolades Swedish International Cultural Exchange Grant, 2019 Music Teacher National Association - Ohio Distinguished Composer of the

Rev. Jen Rude University Pastor she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7465 Email: rudejl@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 191 Biography Biography The Rev. Jen Rude  was named the University Pastor at Pacific Lutheran University in August, 2016.   Before coming to PLU Jen served as the program director for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, a national support and advocacy organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer) pastors and seminarians.  For eight

Lia Purpura Nonfiction, Poetry Website: http://www.liapurpura.com/ Biography Biography Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems).  Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the

Aram Mrjoian Creative Nonfiction, Fiction Biography Biography Aram Mrjoian is the editor-in-chief of The Rumpus and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow. His debut novel, Waterline, is forthcoming with Harper Via in 2025. Aram has previously worked as an editor at the Chicago Review of Books, the Southeast Review, and TriQuarterly. He is the editor of the anthology We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora published by the University of Texas Press (March 2023). His writing has appeared in

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

Zachary Lyman Professor of Music - Trumpet; Coordinator of Wind, Brass, and Percussion Studies Phone: 253-535-7612 Email: lymanzt@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 113 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: https://www.plu.edu/trumpet Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director of the PLU Trumpet Ensemble Music Theory and Analysis II and III Education D.M.A., Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy, The University of Iowa, 2007 M.M. with

and men to tell their own stories through writing. Davis currently lives in the Ozarks, where he teaches for the Program in Creative Writing & Translation at the University of Arkansas. Raised by the Pacific Northwest, he also serves as Poetry Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.  Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: I encourage writers to keep sight of what comes next. Yes, we will work on sharpening our craft through intensive practice with technique and through a study of

Kevin J. O’Brien Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics he/him Phone: 253-535-7239 Email: obrien@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 254 Website: https://sites.google.com/a/plu.edu/obrien/home Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Ethics and Society, Emory University, 2006 M.A., Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NY, 2001 B.A., Religion, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 1999 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Christian Social Ethics Environmental Ethics