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Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Modesto Symphony and more. She is an educator at Pacific Lutheran University and the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Marrowstone Music Festival. She has performed with the prestigious Aspen Summer Music Festival’s various orchestras, and was showcased in concert with The Lancaster Festival as a Wilkes Fellow. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, painting, and training her cats to use “talking” buttons.

the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History

sponsored by the NSF, University of Montana (2019-2021) Graduate Student Distinguished Teaching Award: University of Montana (May 2021) Presidential Scholar, Pacific Lutheran University (2015-2019) International Tutor Certification from the College Reading and Learning Association (2016) Professional Memberships/Organizations Omicron Delta Epsilon , (2018 - 2019) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society , (2017 - 2019) Mortar Board: Pacific Lutheran University Chapter , (2017 - 2018)

., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004 M.S., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000 Undergraduate, Theoretical Mathematics, University of Belgrade, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Logic Mathematics Education Math and Social Justice Books Reflecting the World: A Guide to Incorporating Equity in Mathematics Teacher Education co-authored with Mathew D. Felton-Koestler and José María Menéndez ( Information Age Publishing, Inc. 2017) : View Book Selected Presentations Weiland, T., & Simic

programming budget. Create & deliver pro-devo curriculum Collaboratively implement the departmental co-curriculum Support in staff recruitment, selection, training and evaluation Liaison for clubs & organizations that align with Learning Communities Student Life Responsibilities PLUS 100 Instructor Professional Staff On-Call (Campus Crisis Response) Conduct hearing educator for campus policy violations Biography Marie began at PLU in 2022. Prior to working at PLU, Marie was born and raised in Florida and

University, 2013 B.S., Computer Engineering, Pacific Lutheran University, 2007 Selected Presentations Tech Talk at PLU, Probabilistic Robotics: Why Grad School and Robots are Awesome, Parkland, WA (September 2017) Robotics Seminar, Oregon State University, Deep Learning of Structure Environments for Robot Search, Corvallis, OR (November 2016) Selected Articles Caley, Jeffrey A., Lawrance, Nicholas R.J., and Geoffrey A. Hollinger. "Deep Learning of Structured Environments for Robot Search." Journal of

Matt Young Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Matt Young  is the author of the memoir, Eat the Apple (Bloomsbury, 2018), and the novel, End of Active Service (Bloomsbury, 2024). His stories and essays have appeared in TIME, Granta, Tin House, Catapult, and The Cincinnati Review among other publications. He is the recipient of fellowships from Words After War and The Carey Institute for Global Good, and teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Centralia College in Washington

Edward Castro Lecturer - Trumpet Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: castroea@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education D.M.A., University of Washington Graduate Studies Music Pedagogy, University of Maryland M.M., Yale University B.M., The Manhattan School of Music Responsibilities Applied Trumpet Lessons Biography Dr. Edward Castro has made it his mission to educate and entertain through music. Born New York City, his formative music training started

Keenan Minogue Resident Assistant Professor of Theatre, Technical Director, Scene Shop Manager Email: kminogue@plu.edu Professional Education MFA, Theatrical Design & Production Technology, University of Memphis, 2017

member of the Cavell Trio (along with clarinetist Osiris Molina, and bassoonist Jenny Mann), she recorded three albums on the Blue Griffin record label. Shelly’s life in Seattle also includes personal training/fitness instructing, time in the mountains hiking/skiing, and spending time with her husband Mike, and their son Seth.