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Steven Starkovich Professor Emeritus of Physics Email: starkovich@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Physics, University of Victoria, British Columbia, 1993 M.S., Educational Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 1985 B.A., Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1976 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Mathematical Physics General Relativity Biography Steven P. Starkovich earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Victoria with research in general

. Apgar, J.D., Ramage, J.M., McKenney, R.A., and Maltais, P.. "AMSR-E Algorithm for Snowmelt Onset Detection in Subarctic Heterogeneous Terrain." Hydrological Processes no. 12 Vol. 21, 2007: p. 1587-1596. Accolades Excellence in Teaching Award Minot State University (2002) Penn State Earth System Science Fellowship (1993) Pennsylvania Mining and Mineral Resources Research Fellowship (1990-1991) Beyond War Award collectively awarded to Peace Corps Volunteers (1987) Professional Memberships

. Fiona is enthusiastic about training emerging therapists to adopt systemic thinking to explore the intersection of self-development, relational work, consent, and sexuality. Fiona’s clinical practice supports relational clients in full-spectrum identity work, relationship enhancement, consent, shame reduction, dismantling binaries, and queer- affirmative care. Fiona’s research centers on improving clinical training standards by integrating developmental frameworks and consent concepts into

: Authority and Autonomy at the End of the Antique World (Ashgate 2014) : View Book They Who Give From Evil”: the Response of the Eastern Church to Money-lending in the Early Christian Era (Wipf & Stock 2012) : View Book Biography Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen teaches courses in the history of early and medieval Christianity, and specific topics in historical theology and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. She also teaches in the International Honors program. Her research is focused primarily on social ethics found

University (November 30, 2005) PLU Faculty Fall Conference, Where, How and Why to Introduce First Year Students to Research, Co-presenter: Kate Grieshaber, Pacific Lutheran University (August 2004) AAUW, Women in Medieval/Renaissance Mystery Fiction, Gig Harbor, WA (February 2000) Feminist Scholarship Series, Women in Medieval Mystery Fiction, Pacific Lutheran University (November 1998) Selected Articles "Is Sister Fidelma a Credible Historical Character?." Mystery Readers International, Irish Mysteries

. Before coming to PLU, she lived in Boston, Hanover, NH and New York City. Jenny teaches American literature from 1860 to the present, with a special emphasis on the representation of race, gender and sexuality in fiction written after 1945.  She also teaches a Writing 101 course on water, politics and place for the First Year Experience Program. Her research traces the development of narratives of affiliation in the post-1960 North American novel. In their depiction of alternative forms of loving

Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Awarded a DAAD research grant to study with Professors Axel Honneth and Hermann Deuser at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main Biography Mike Schleeter began teaching as an Assistant Professor at PLU in 2011, having received a B.A. in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Biology from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Penn State University. He regularly teaches courses in ethics, social and political

technology and exploring how each practice can inform the other. My research focuses on human-robot interaction, particularly involving expressive movement.

touch on Buddhism in some way, including courses on the history and religions of East Asia, and Asian American immigration history. In his research, he has published books and articles on the intellectual and institutional history of Chinese Buddhism during the early twentieth century, focusing on Buddhist responses to elements of modernity, such as the discourses surrounding both religion and modern science. When not engaged in the edifying pursuits of teaching and study, he supports his local

University. His research interests include critical information literacy, instructional design, and e-learning. Off work, he listens to a lot of music and tries to find time to play video games, watch anime, and read.