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  • Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice | Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice | lutherke@plu.edu | 253-535-7593

    Kate Luther Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Phone: 253-535-7593 Email: lutherke@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 245 Professional Education Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2008 M.A., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2004 B.A., Sociology & Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Corrections, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency Deviance Family Gender Books #Crime: Social Media, Crime, and the

  • Professor of Theatre | Theatre & Dance | smithtt@plu.edu | 253-535-7323 | Tom Smith is a playwright, director and improviser.  His plays are published by Samuel French, Playscripts, and YouthPLAYS, among others.  Monologues from his plays appear in five collections of works, and his short plays have been produced internationally.  His work has been enjoyed by audiences in cities across the U.S., including Seattle, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.  Tom is also the author of The Other Blocking: Teaching and Performing Improvisation(Kendall Hunt) and articles and reviews for Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, The Players Journal, and several resource books.  Tom graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Dramatic Arts and Secondary Education certification, and earned his MFA in Directing from University of Missouri-Kansas City.  He is a proud member of the Dramatist’s Guild and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. .

    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

  • Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory | Music | rhynejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7058 | Jennifer Rhyne is Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Jennifer Rhyne Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory Phone: 253-535-7058 Email: rhynejl@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 340 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.plu.edu/flute/ Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Fundamentals I/II Education D.M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook M.M., University of Michigan B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music B.A., Neuroscience, Oberlin College Areas of Emphasis

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  • Dean of The College of Professional Studies | College of Professional Studies | cbennett@plu.edu | 253-535-7150 | Cameron Bennett has had an active and varied career as an administrator, educator, and performing artist, having served in a diversified range of academic and professional institutions.

    professional administrative positions throughout his career, including: Executive Director of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio; Executive Director of the Marble Cliff Chamber Players; and Executive Director of the MidAmerica Chamber Music Institute. As a performing artist, Cameron has performed as piano soloist and collaborative chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Russia, and the Far East. He is in great demand as a collaborative musician and appears regularly with the

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  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | moritsjn@plu.edu | I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training.

    John N. Moritsugu Professor of Psychology Email: moritsjn@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1976 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1975 B.A., Psychology, University of Hawai'i, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Minority Status Stress American Asian Populations Books Lead author of Sixth Edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Routlege 2019

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  • Professor of Music - Voice; Coordinator of Vocal Studies | Music | brownja@plu.edu | 253-535-7614 | James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting.

    . Brown’s students have gone on to study at University of Arizona, Indiana University, The Juilliard School, University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory and Yale University and have performed on stages from the Metropolitan Opera in New York to Opernhaus Zürich. As Director of Opera at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, Brown follows a three-year cycle of repertoire with his students that includes the early baroque, standard repertoire, and modern repertoire. The director received a production

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  • Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies | Religion | marit.trelstad@plu.edu | 253-535-7232 | Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.

    , the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today (Fortress, 2006) and contributed to Transformative Lutheran Theologies (Fortress, 2010) and Lutherrenaissance: Past and Present (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015) along with several other journals and books. Summer Theological Conference: Presentation Two - Dr. Marit Trelstad Summer Theological

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  • Chair of Computer Science | Department of Computer Science | lmurphy@plu.edu | 253-535-8729 | Research and Professional Activities Prof.

    , Taylor & Francis publishers, 2007-2017 PLU Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Grant to fund “Social Media and Video Podcasts to support a new course in Media Computation,” 2011-2012 Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) Proof of Concept Grant to fund “Scaffolding active programming instruction with theoretically grounded screencasts and annotated worked examples,” with David Wolff, 2008-2009 Professional Memberships/Organizations Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special

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  • English Department | College of Liberal Studies | Former director of the Publishing and Printing Arts Program. .

    Megan Benton English Department Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ed.S., University of Alabama, 1984 M.A., College of William and Mary, 1981 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1976 Books Illuminating Letters: Typography and Literary Interpretation co-authored with Paul C. Gutjahr (University of Massachusetts Press 2001) : View Book Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America (Yale University Press 2000) : View Book Biography Former director of the

  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | jamesja@plu.edu | 253-535-7217 | Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines.

    . Before coming to PLU, she lived in Boston, Hanover, NH and New York City. Jenny teaches American literature from 1860 to the present, with a special emphasis on the representation of race, gender and sexuality in fiction written after 1945.  She also teaches a Writing 101 course on water, politics and place for the First Year Experience Program. Her research traces the development of narratives of affiliation in the post-1960 North American novel. In their depiction of alternative forms of loving