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Brian Lowes Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Geology, University of Washington, 1972 M.S., Geology, Queens University , 1963 B.S., Geology, University of London, 1957 Biography Brian E. Lowes joined the faculty at PLU in the fall of 1968. He was born in Pinner, England, near London. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England and a Master of Science in Geology at Queen’s University in Kingston

Matt Young Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Matt Young  is the author of the memoir, Eat the Apple (Bloomsbury, 2018), and the novel, End of Active Service (Bloomsbury, 2024). His stories and essays have appeared in TIME, Granta, Tin House, Catapult, and The Cincinnati Review among other publications. He is the recipient of fellowships from Words After War and The Carey Institute for Global Good, and teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Centralia College in Washington

Justin Eckstein Associate Professor of Communication Phone: 253-535-8175 Email: justin.eckstein@plu.edu Office Location: Ingram Hall - 131 Website: https://plu.academia.edu/JustinEckstein Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Video Education Ph.D., Rhetoric and Communication Ethics, University of Denver, 2013 M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009 B.A., University of Denver, 2007 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Cultural Studies Argumentation Sound Studies Books Cookery: On

, Chico College of Social Science, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Government Public Policy and Administration Race and Politics Books Latino Professionals in America: Testimonios of Policies, Perseverance, and Success (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Latino Peoples in the New America Chapters 11 (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth co-authored with Jessica Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa R

Rebekah M. K. Mergenthal Department Chair of History Phone: 253-535-7395 Email: mergenrm@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 109 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of History Education Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2008 M.A., University of Chicago, 1997 B.A., Columbia University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise 19th U.S. History Westward Expansion Frontiers and Borderlands Environmental History Biography Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal defended her dissertation at

Sherry Simpson Nonfiction Website: http://www.sherrysimpson.net/ Biography Biography Sherry Simpson is the author of Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in Alaska, which received the 2015 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished book of nature writing, and two collections of essays, The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska and The Way Winter Comes, which won the inaugural Chinook Literary Prize. She has also written four travel books, most recently Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Cosette Pfaff, M.S. Email: pfaffcm@plu.edu Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Biography Biography Cosette Pfaff brings 25+ years of business practitioner experience, working on both the revenue generating and operational side of business and has a passion for growing healthy organizations. She specializes in performance coaching and training with individuals and teams in the areas of revenue generation, customer service/retention strategies, interpersonal communications, leadership skills

, clinician, adjudicator and orchestral educator. Each year he works with school orchestras at all levels throughout the region and beyond, bringing to them the perspective of his long career as a conductor and scholar. He is a past national president of the College Orchestra Directors Association. Dr. Bell-Hanson has conducted orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the United States and in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, including the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, the Olympia Symphony, the

, clinician, adjudicator and orchestral educator. Each year he works with school orchestras at all levels throughout the region and beyond, bringing to them the perspective of his long career as a conductor and scholar. He is a past national president of the College Orchestra Directors Association. Dr. Bell-Hanson has conducted orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the United States and in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, including the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, the Olympia Symphony, the

large, musical family with five siblings, Dr. Anna Jensen was primed to excel at the double bass—while also developing a remarkable capacity for intuiting the needs of diverse learners. She embodies that rare combination of extraordinary musician and dynamic teacher. Her passion for music translates to her deep involvement in education. In addition to instructing at the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University, she is the Executive Director of the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association