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Mark Brewer Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Phone: 253-535-7650 Email: cmb@plu.edu Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 106D Professional Education Ph.D., Teaching Psychology, Walden University, 2016 MA, Counseling Psychology, Pacific University, 2001 BA, Theatre Arts, University of Oregon, 1997 AS, General Science, Portland Community College, 1995 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Military veteran reacclimation to civilian life College matriculation for military veterans Professional

Marguerita’s Secret Diary, published by Baker's Plays My Days are Filled with Numbers in 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance, Smith & Kraus, Inc. The Odyssey, published by Playscripts.com The Pathmaker, published by Encore Performance Publishing Two Gentlemen of Verona (editor), published by Eldridge Press What Comes Around…, published by YouthPLAYS The Wild and Wacky Rhyming Stories of Miss Henrietta Humpledowning, published by YouthPLAYS Books The Other Blocking: Teaching and Performing

Marguerita’s Secret Diary, published by Baker's Plays My Days are Filled with Numbers in 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance, Smith & Kraus, Inc. The Odyssey, published by Playscripts.com The Pathmaker, published by Encore Performance Publishing Two Gentlemen of Verona (editor), published by Eldridge Press What Comes Around…, published by YouthPLAYS The Wild and Wacky Rhyming Stories of Miss Henrietta Humpledowning, published by YouthPLAYS Books The Other Blocking: Teaching and Performing

 Washington State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, an annual guest speaker for the University of Washington Percussion Lab, and a co-founder of Smile for Japan, a Seattle- based fundraising event for the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. She was also a contributing performer to a fundraising CD to aid victims of the Oso (Washington) Mud Slide. She has worked to foster cultural exchange between Japanese and American youth groups, leading or coordinating tours by the University of

on the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today. Her most recent work deals with contemporary art and cultural integration. In addition to teaching on topics such as gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, Heather is Coordinator of the University Gallery (including the University Gallery Annex and the Karen Hille Phillips Gallery) and manages the University’s Permanent Art Collection. Students may request a meeting

. Accolades Diversity Advocate Award (PLU Diversity Center), 2004 Winner, American Society for Engineering Education Best Research Presentation Competition, NASA Langley Research Center, 2001 PLU Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Teaching Award, 2000 Cornell University Clark Teaching Award, 1992 Department of Education Fellowship, 1992-1994 History paper published in the Harvard College Forum (The Academic Review), Volume 5, 1989 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Physical Society

arrive at the revelation of new understanding. Through study of creative nonfiction literary form and strategy we find new ways to uncover meaning and render actuality, which is why I ask students to analyze craft. Yet I no longer believe, as I did when I began teaching over twenty years ago, that my first job is to identify and repair flaws on your draft pages. Editing too soon is futile. Writing is revision. Critique is suggestion. First I help you identify and re-identify the intention, voice and

piece or a direction hears the right question and then realizes what to do next. To me a workshop or mentorship doesn’t involve ‘teaching’ or ‘learning’ so much as rediscovering what we already know but may have forgotten, overlooked, or masked. I think we’re all apprentices to our work, and the heart of this relationship lies in the way we choose to be in the world. I want students to interrogate their experiences, trust their sensibilities, and open themselves to the possibilities revealed through

Olivia Holberg Human Resources Specialist Phone: 253-535-7268 Email: olivia.holberg@plu.edu Professional Responsibilities Staff position announcements, advertising, and recruitment Onboarding for new staff Faculty part-time teaching agreements/Service Agreements Service agreements and temporary staff Personal and Professional Development Opportunities coordination HR website Title IX training coordination

discourse in East and West Germany, as well as on the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today. Her most recent work deals with contemporary art and cultural integration. In addition to teaching on topics such as gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, Heather is Coordinator of the University Gallery (including the University Gallery Annex and the Karen Hille Phillips Gallery) and manages the University’s Permanent Art