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David Kidd, MSN-Ed, BSN, CCRN, CMC Instructor of Nursing Email: kidddj@plu.edu Professional Biography Education MSN, Nursing Education, Grand Canyon University BSN, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University AA, Pre-Nursing, General Studies , Pierce College Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Critical Care Nursing Professional Development Critical Thinking Accolades LifeSaver Award Life Center Northwest Biography I am passionate about finding what motivates someone. When you can tap into their passion

Nance’s direction have been selected to appear at ACDA regional conferences, most recently the Choir of the West at the 2022 NWACDA conference in Spokane, Washington. Nance conducted the PLU Choral Union in performance at the 2001 ACDA National Convention in San Antonio and the Choir of the West at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas. Choir of the West was selected to be a featured choir at the 2015 National Collegiate Choral Directors Association Conference, and presented a concert under the

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword

and adjunct professor with universities across the United States and in Europe. Mr. Pass has worked as a volunteer coach with children in various Department of Defense Youth organizations.  Additionally, he works with Veterans in the Pacific Northwest as they transition to civilian careers. Mr. Pass continued his education with a Master of Arts in Social Science & Middle Eastern Studies from PLU as well as an MBA also from Pacific Lutheran University.  He has additional graduate work in Education

Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and her B.A. in Religion with Gender Studies and Psychology minors from ELCA-affiliated Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.     Outside of work, Jen enjoys hiking, cooking, running, the Enneagram, reading about minimalism/simple living, tending to her composting worms and exploring Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest with her spouse Deb.  In 2023 Jen completed a certification as a  Liminal Guide (a cross between spiritual direction

elements of stories but also the traditions particular stories come from—how place and race and history often converge to inspire and inform a creative work, pushing it beyond the sum of its parts. I view a classroom setting and one-on-one mentorship as a kind of community of empathy and exploration where we’ll ask questions like: What are the building blocks of this story? Who is the imagined audience? What might I want to emulate? Why am I resistant to a certain narrative? Why have I embraced this

Studies, Current Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Investigating which facial features signal gender to children ages 4-7. Investigating the effects of stereotyped stories on children’s cognitive abilities and motivation. Male Default Study, 2021-2022 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Survey based study, in data collection process Where Have All the Girls Gone, 2018-2022 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Developed coding scheme

Miami, 1981 B.A., Geology, Middlebury College, 1978 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Marine Geology Geophysics Watershed Analysis Environmental Studies Geoscience Education Selected Articles Pratt-Sitaula, B., Butler, R., Whitman, J., Granshaw, F., Groom, R., Hedeen, C., Magura, B., Thompson, D., and Johnson, J.. "Communicating Regional Geoscience and Geohazards to K-12 Teachers." 2011 Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union 2011: Butler, R. F., Granshaw, F.D., Groom, R., Hedeen, C., Johnson, J

chairing the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Gregson was honored with the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2005, the Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2011, and the PLU Mortar Board Society “Top Prof” award in 2017.

Physics and M.A. in Mathematics from University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University. He did postdoctoral studies in Chemistry at Berkeley and Harvard. He worked as an engineer at Collins Radio Company and Boeing Company. Dr. Tang regards teaching as his calling, although his research accomplishments are also considerable. His research interests are in interatomic interactions, atomic and molecular collisions, and solid state physics. He authored/coauthored over 130 papers