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  • UI/UX Designer | Marketing & Communications | oharasm@plu.edu | 253-535-7436

    Sam O’Hara UI/UX Designer Phone: 253-535-7436 Email: oharasm@plu.edu Status:Working Remotely Website: http://samofsorts.com/ Employed: 7 Years Professional Education B.A., New Media, Western Washington University, 2003 M.B.A, Pacific Lutheran University, 2016 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise User Experience Design Web Design Front End Web Development Social Media Graphic Design Video Professional Memberships/Organizations American Marketing Association , (2015 - Present)

  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | denneys@plu.edu | I have been a registered nurse since 2009 and have worked in a variety of settings to include: medical surgical nursing, inpatient case management, and school health.

    Sheena Denney MN, RN, CCM Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: denneys@plu.edu Professional Biography Education MN, Nursing, Population Health and Leadership, Washington State University BSN, Nursing, Washington State University Biography I have been a registered nurse since 2009 and have worked in a variety of settings to include: medical surgical nursing, inpatient case management, and school health. I have also had the opportunity to assist in community research, which has fueled my

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  • Dean of Students / Associate Vice President for Wellbeing Services and Resources | Student Rights and Responsibilities | eva.frey@plu.edu | 253-535-7159 | Eva has enjoyed working at PLU for 20 years in the area of student activities, leadership, and diversity.

    has lived all over the world and now calls Tacoma home. Her areas of professional interest are: support and persistence of first-generation college students, leadership and social justice, and multicultural education. Eva’s passion is in being a leader/educator and working in partnership with others to become their best selves. Her active research is in the vocational development of a college student.

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  • Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs | Office of the Provost | provost@plu.edu | 253-535-7126 | As Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Joanna Gregson, Ph.D.

    sociology from Western Washington University, and her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2012. As a faculty member, Gregson has taught and conducted research in the areas of deviance, gender, and qualitative research methods. Over the span of her career, she has published on such topics as teenage mothers, incarcerated mothers, and divorced women. Since 2010 she has been conducting participant observation research with the authors

  • 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

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | cmb@plu.edu | 253-535-7650

    Memberships/Organizations American Psychological Association Western Psychological Association Psychologists Teaching at Community Colleges

  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Linda Miller retired from PLU in 2024.

    2024. Dr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from New Mexico State University, a Master of Music and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Idaho. Her teaching career included all levels of music—kindergarten through graduate studies.  In addition, she served as Director of Music for several church congregations. As a published author of a music curriculum using hand chimes, Dr. Miller has served as a clinician for Schulmerich.  Her research interest was in musical neuroscience

  • Staff Pianist | Music | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).

    project-based treble ensemble, as well as her vocal collaborations in the studio with local composers and singers. She is currently in the midst of recording vocal tracks for an upcoming album of new arrangements of traditional gospel songs and hymns, as well as new compositions in this genre. When not making music, she loves to garden, cycle, and travel with her family. Most important to her at this time is spending time with her three beloved grandchildren, Adler, Jack, and Holden.

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  • Resident Instructor of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | paternnj@plu.edu | 253-535-8169

    or Expertise Introductory Statistics Statistical Computing Selected Presentations Cascadia R Conference, Teaching Non-STEM Students to Code (June 2021) Professional Memberships/Organizations American Statistical Association , (2020 - Present)

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  • Chair & Associate Professor of Art History | Communication, Media & Design Arts | hmathews@plu.edu | 253-535-7574 | Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007.

    , 1994 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise German art of the Cold War period Art History Biography Heather joined the Department of Art and Design in 2007. She earned her B.A. in Art History and German from Hood College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. Her specialization is the German art of the Cold War period, and she is interested in all aspects of German cultural and history. Her research and publications are focused on the role of the artist in public

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