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  • Chair & Associate Professor of Art History | Communication, Media & Design Arts | hmathews@plu.edu | 253-535-7574 | Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007.

    , 1994 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise German art of the Cold War period Art History Biography Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007. She earned her B.A. in Art History and German from Hood College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. Her specialization is the German art of the Cold War period, and she is interested in all aspects of German cultural and history. Her research and publications are focused on the role of the artist in public

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  • Professor Emeritus | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra.

    Marquette Symphony Orchestra, the Vratza Philharmonic, and the Philharmonia Bulgarica. His long career on the podium and as a teacher has also included faculty appointments in Kansas, Louisiana, and Michigan, where he won recognition for excellence in teaching both from Michigan Technological University and the State of Michigan. He has served as music director of both the Hutchinson Symphony Orchestra in Kansas and, for fourteen years, the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. His early research

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra.

    Marquette Symphony Orchestra, the Vratza Philharmonic, and the Philharmonia Bulgarica. His long career on the podium and as a teacher has also included faculty appointments in Kansas, Louisiana, and Michigan, where he won recognition for excellence in teaching both from Michigan Technological University and the State of Michigan. He has served as music director of both the Hutchinson Symphony Orchestra in Kansas and, for fourteen years, the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. His early research

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  • Resident Assistant Professor | International Honors | christian.gerzso@plu.edu | 253-535-7491 | Christian Gerzso was born in Mexico City, where he received his B.A.

    colaboración de la vanguardia postrevolucionaria con el gobierno de Veracruz, 1925-1927." Mitologías hoy Vol. 18, 2018: 83-99. "Xavier Icaza’s Untimely Avant-Garde." The Battersea Review Vol. 6, 2016: Accolades Kelmer Roe Student-Faculty Research Fellowship in the Humanities, Pacific Lutheran University, Summer 2018-Spring 2019 Research Residence, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Fall 2017 Mellon Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, New York

  • Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.

    Pedagogy of Sámi Place,” a pedagogical research project in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish Sápmi, Summer 2016 Kelmer Roe Grant, Humanities Division, Pacific Lutheran University, for “Language Revitalization and Critical Indigenous Pedagogy,” joint project with Suzanne Crawford O’Brien and Kelly Hall, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 NORTANA Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Summer 2011 NORTANA Housing Grant, The Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America, Summer and Fall

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | matyacca@plu.edu | 253-535-7694 | Dr.

    while Precepting 3/2020 PLU CCNL: Holistic Opioid Addiction Prevention Program 6/2019 PLU CCNL: Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care 5/2018 PLU Research Day: Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Pilot Patient Education Program 4/2018 Western Institute of Nursing Poster Presentation: Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Pilot Patient Education Program

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  • Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | szhai@plu.edu | 253-535-7649

    community health, 47(1), 9–16. Selected Presentations Western Institute of Nursing Annual Comminicating Nursing Research Conference, Analysis, Evaluation, and Reformulation of Social Cognitive Theory: Towards Parent-Child Shared Management in Sleep Health, Tucson, AZ (April 2023) 2022 CANS State of the Science Congress, A sleep-self-management intervention (SLEEPSMART) for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Parents: Feasibility and Acceptability., Washington DC (September 2022) 2022 CANS

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | leland@plu.edu | 253-535-7396 | As a teacher of philosophy, I very much enjoy both 1) introducing new students to this exciting discipline and 2) teaching broadly across its many different subfields.

    interests beyond these areas.   As a scholar, I specialize in 18th and 19th century German philosophy, with a particular focus on the writings of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and, more specifically, his “theoretical” philosophy (i.e. his metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind). Most of my publications are in this area, and I continue to conduct research in it.

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  • Dean of Health Professions | College of Health Professions | warddb@plu.edu | 253-535-8284 | Dr.

    family therapist and is active in public speaking on topics related to mental health and strengthening relationships. His research has focused on the power of hope to affect change. He developed the Ward Hope Scale that measures hope related to specific goal attainment and incorporates the importance of relationships in the measurement of hope.

  • Professor of Hebrew Bible | Religion | finitsak@plu.edu | 253-535-7319 | Antonios Finitsis’ approach to biblical literature is deeply socio-historical.

    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