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Biography Antonios Finitsis’ approach to biblical literature is deeply socio-historical. Since this literature was shaped under the shadow of powerful empires, his research revolves around the lasting impact of colonial interests and power structures in the expression of religion and religious tradition. His most recent book is a collection of essays that examine the numerous ways in which dress communicates power in the Hebrew Bible. He is currently working on a second volume of Dress and the Hebrew

-generation college students, leadership and social justice, and multicultural education. Eva’s passion is in being a leader/educator and working in partnership with others to become their best selves. Her active research is in the vocational development of a college student. Interests Traveling, dogs, golf, and time with family Fun Facts My husband and I have six dogs and and I was a Rotary Exchange student in southern Germany for a gap year between high school and PLU. Favorite Drink: I love a black

and faculty from Geosciences and other departments for over two decades. Over the past couple of decades, Steve’s scholarship has focused on the carbonate deposits and fossil records of ancient methane cold seeps, especially those found in Western Washington. He was recognized for his invaluable contributions to his research team’s work, especially his use of the scanning electron microscope, by having a fossil named after him in 1996. It is a gastropod mollusk called Ammonicera benhami that is

Childhood Special Education Applied Behavior Analysis Selected Articles Wright, J., Barker, A., Himes, D., & Schaeffer, B. "Inclusive practices to teach preschoolers coding and robotics." Manuscript in preparation. 2023: Wright, J., Knight, V., & Barton, E. "A review of video-based modeling to teach STEM to students with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2020: doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2019.101476 . Wright, J., Knight, V., Barton, E., & Edwards-Bowyer

Contest "How We See." · Columbia Journal Online "The Mourning Club." · F(r)iction No. 17, Winter Research Projects Lenk, Jerico. Rearranging the Room: An Adaptation of Jane Eyre with Afterword, 2022. University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts critical thesis. Lenk, Jerico. happy russians (& other fairy tales), 2022. University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts creative thesis. Books The Missing (Month 9 Books 2017) : View Book Selected Presentations Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference

Holocaust Literature developed with Professor Rona Kaufman.  Lisa also regularly teaches courses in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Programs. Her current research project is Snapshots of a Daughter:  A Feminist Genealogy, a critical exploration of letters between Marcus’s mother and the poet Adrienne Rich, 1979-82. You can read a poem she published about visiting Auschwitz here.    

, German Classicism, Romanticism, and Contemporary German Film, among other topics. Since leaving his previous teaching position for family reasons, Prof. Strum’s teaching and scholarship have focused more and more upon the wider horizons in the humanities which are usually obscured in contemporary universities by scholarly specialization and the nearly exclusive focus on marketable ‘research.’ Instead, Prof. Strum focuses in his writing and teaching on who Virginia Woolf called ‘the common reader

innovation coupled with substantial executive-level industry experience and business ownership align with his teaching topics and create opportunities for students to engage both the theory and application of management in unique and powerful ways.  Leveraging techniques and frameworks developed through research and practice, Dr. Brown engages students to apply their academic knowledge to live projects in the region and around the world.  This has resulted in academic consulting projects with over one

collaborative behavior and safety” (Studies in Clinical Social Work, 2024) and “The experiences of hospital social workers who care for homeless patients: An interpretive phenomenological analysis” (Social Work in Health Care, 2022). His research interests include the care of unhoused hospital patients, clinical intervention in hospitals, and health care social work on a global spectrum.

Florence International Choral Festival. “Outstanding Conductor” at the 2014 Florence International Choir Festival Choirs under Nance's direction have been selected to perform for eight division conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and two National Conferences (2001 and 2013) 2011 and 2013 “American Prize” for Choral Conducting 2013-2014 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research from Pacific Lutheran University 2010 Washington State Leadership Award Recipient of the 2002