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  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | 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.

    , which received the Benjamin Franklin Award in the travel essay and photography category.  Her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Orion, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Superstition Review, AQR, and Bellingham Review.  Her essays have appeared in such anthologies as On Nature: Great Writers on the Great Outdoors, American Nature Writing, The Fourth Genre, Living Blue in the Red States, and In Fact, the best of Creative Nonfiction journal.  She has received the Andrés Berger

  • Associate Director for Clinical Operations / Nurse Practitioner | Health Services | hohmane@plu.edu | 253-535-7337

    Erin Hohman, ARNP Associate Director for Clinical Operations / Nurse Practitioner she/her Phone: 253-535-7337 Email: hohmane@plu.edu Office Location: Health Center Professional Personal Education Post-Graduate Certificate, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, University of Cincinnati Master of Science, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2009 Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, Western Washington University, 2005 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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  • Department Chair of History | Department of History | mergenrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7395 | Rebekah M.K.

    the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History

  • Professor of Communication | Communication, Media & Design Arts | youngam@plu.edu | 253-536-5165 | Dr.

    Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas, Austin, 2003 B.A., Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Public Relations Books Teacher, Scholar, Mother: (Re)Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy (Lexington Books 2015) Prophets, Gurus, and

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  • WSR Student Worker | Wellbeing Services and Resources | hayesmr@plu.edu | Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025.

    Melaina Hayes WSR Student Worker she/her Email: hayesmr@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Co-Lead for Student Led Intiative for Community Creation (SLICC) Biography Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025. She is double majoring in Sociology and Global and Cultural Studies concentrating in Transnationalism and its Consequences. She is also minoring in theater, anthropology, and religion. Melaina is currently working as

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  • Associate Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | haberlrc@plu.edu | 253-535-7199

    , University of Arizona, 1983 B.A., History, Skidmore College, 1975 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Plant Systematics and Evolution Selected Articles Andrew A. Crowl, Nicholas W. Miles, Clayton J. Visger, Kimberly Hansen, Tina Ayers, and Nico Cellinese. Romey Haberle. "A Global Perspective on Campanulaceae: Biogeographic, Genomic, and Floral Evolution." American Journal of Botany 2016: Liang Zhao, Xi-Wang Jiang, Yun-juan Zuo, Xiao-Lin Liu, Siew-Wai Chin, Daniel Potter, Zhao-Yang Chang, and Jun Wen, Romey

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  • Assistant Professor of Social Work | Department of Social Work | depps@plu.edu | 253-535-7512 | I received a dual BA in Social Work and Psychology and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington, Tacoma.

    practitioners who dedicate their careers to improving people’s lives every day. I’m grateful for the opportunity to support the next generation of social workers, in and out of the classroom, and to be engaged in the community I’ve always called home. I also care deeply about my field of research. My dissertation used a survey experiment with a representative sample of the American electorate to learn how an inclusive messaging strategy centered on unity and fairness may influence eligible voters’ attitudes

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  • Mental Health Counseling Intern | Counseling Services | agibson@plu.edu | 253-535-7206 | Ara Gibson is currently enrolled in Seattle University’s Master of Arts in Psychology program.

    Yoga Centers, Conferred 2017 Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression - American Viniyoga Institute, Conferred 2016 Certified Pre/postnatal Yoga Teacher - 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, Conferred 2015 Register Yoga Teacher (RYT) - 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, Conferred 2009 Biography Ara Gibson is currently enrolled in Seattle University’s Master of Arts in Psychology program. With a background in yoga, mindfulness, and meditation, she has 16 years of experience supporting clients through mind-body and meditative

  • Editor in Residence, Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Stephen Corey is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, the latest being There Is No Finished World (White Pine Press, 2003), and six chapbooks.

    Stephen Corey Editor in Residence, Poetry Biography Biography Stephen Corey is the author of four full-length collections of poetry, the latest being There Is No Finished World (White Pine Press, 2003), and six chapbooks.  His poems, essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in dozens of periodicals and anthologies, among them The American Poetry Review, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, The Kenyon Review, Yellow Silk, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and The ‘Poetry’ Anthology

  • Founding Director | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Stan Sanvel Rubin is founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU.  He served for over twenty years as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum and Videotape Library (SUNY), a multi-faceted literary arts program.  He holds the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.  His most recent book of poetry is There.

    with contemporary American poets, published by Associated University Presses; Hidden Sequel, winner of the Barrow Street Book Award for 2005; Lost and Midnight, both from State Street Press; On the Coast, a chapbook (Pudding House, 2002); and Five Colors, from CustomWords (WordTech).  His poems have appeared in such magazines as The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry Northwest, The Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Chelsea, Iowa Review and several anthologies.  He was awarded a