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2013, 2014-15 American Leadership Forum Seminar 2013 His oratorio Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War was accepted as a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in Music 2008 Artist Trust G.A.P. Grant recipient for music recording project 2001 “Composer of the Year” award from the Washington State Music Teacher’s Association 1991 Burlington Northern Award for Excellence in Teaching 1990 Ostwald Award for FireWorks, American Bandmaster's Association 1984 1st prize awarded to Scherzo for a Bitter Moon

of Vocal Studies, Teaches Applied Voice Lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Solo Vocal Literature, Diction, Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades Production Grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York, NY Regency Scholarship Grant, Pacific Lutheran University Biography James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting. James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program

de Region de Paris Hector Berlioz B.M., Piano Performance, University of the Pacific Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Piano Responsibilities Applied piano lessons, keyboard lab, and accompanying Biography In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr. Lark Powers has performed at such venues as Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, the 92nd Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Internationally she has been heard in Europe

Stephany Wims DNP, ARNP, AGNP-PC Lecturer Email: swims@plu.edu Professional Biography Education ADN, Nursing, Tacoma Community College , 2004 BSN, Nursing, University of Washington , 2012 DNP, Nursing, University of Washington , 2018 Biography Dr. Wims is an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.  She has been a Registered Nurse (RN) since 2004, and an ARNP since 2018.  She has experience in adult critical care, both as a bedside nurse and as a critical care educator.  She also has experience in

Teresa Horm Visiting Assistant Professor she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7081 Email: thorm@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 154 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 2013 B.S. , Biochemistry, University of Washington, 2005 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Molecular Biology Cellular Biology Microbiology Selected Articles Yimam M, Horm T, O’Neal A, Jiao P, Hong M, Jia Q. "UP360, a Standardized Composition from

Dr. Mallory Mann Department Chair of Kinesiology Phone: 253-535-7743 Email: mannmf@plu.edu Office Location: Olson Auditorium Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Kinesiology Education Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2016 M.S., Miami University, 2009 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 2006 Biography Mallory initially joined the Kinesiology department on a 1.5 year appointment as a Visiting Instructor in January of 2014. Since then she completed her Ph.D

Judith Kitchen Founding Director, In Memoriam Biography Biography Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).  Her other collections are Half in Shade: Family, Photography, Fate and Distance and Direction (Coffeehouse Press) and Only the Dance (U. of South Carolina Press).  She is also the author of a novel, The House on Eccles Road

Jeffrey Bell-Hanson Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2002-2023 Education D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1997 M.M., University of Notre Dame, 1980 B.M., University of Iowa, 1978 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Orchestra Music History Biography Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra. He remains a familiar presence in the Pacific Northwest as a conductor

Jeffrey Bell-Hanson Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2002-2023 Education D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1997 M.M., University of Notre Dame, 1980 B.M., University of Iowa, 1978 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Orchestra Music History Biography Jeffrey Bell-Hanson retired in May 2023, following 21 years as Music Director of the Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra. He remains a familiar presence in the Pacific Northwest as a conductor

April Ayers Lawson Fiction Biography Biography April Ayers Lawson is the author of Virgin and Other Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times and Vice, and a Best Foreign Book of the Year by Spain’s Qué Leer Magazine.  Virgin and Other Stories has been (or will be) translated into German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Italian.  She has received The Plimpton Prize for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo.   Her fiction has appeared in The