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MacKenzie Hines Assistant Director of Communications she/her Phone: 253-535-7059 Email: mhines@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Elon University Biography For over a decade, MacKenzie has led numerous successful campaigns, from annual giving at a university to promoting local arts education programming, advocating for educational policy and research, and increasing access to evidence-based sexual and reproductive health services and resources for Mississippi

Life Cycle: Traditions and Activities co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (A.R.E. Publishing, Inc. 1997) : View Book Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on Prayer co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (Behrman House Publishing 1990) : View Book Biography Bruce Kadden is a retired rabbi of Temple Beth El in Tacoma where he taught Judaism. He is the co-author, along with his wife Barbara, of Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values and Activities; Teaching Tefilah: Insights and Activities on

Paul Manfredi 魏朴 Director of Chinese Studies Program Phone: 253-535-7216 Email: manfredi@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-B Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Chinese CIWA Director Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2001 Dual M.A., Indiana University, 1998 B.A., Long Island University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise East-West Literary / Cultural Influence Studies Modern Chinese Literature, Primarily Poetry Books Modern Poetry in China

innovative teaching methods where she incorporates multimedia resources and immersive experiences to bring the knowledge to life in the classroom. Whether through virtual cultural exchanges or hands-on projects, she continually strives to make the learning process engaging and relevant for her students. Dr. Ekani grew up in Cameroon in a nurturing environment that emphasized the value of knowledge. This laid the foundation for a lifelong commitment to education. She had the opportunity to live in various

Scott Nadelson Fiction Website: http://scottnadelson.com/ Biography Biography Scott Nadelson is the author of four story collections, most recently The Fourth Corner of the World; a memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress; and a novel, Between You and Me.  His stories and essays have appeared in Harvard Review, AGNI, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in both

Achievement from the Publishing Triangle.  As of 2016, he serves as critic-at-large with the L.A. Times and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). Mentor. Classes in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. Statement: “Writing has never been a luxury or pastime for me, it has always been a passion and a mission. That means that I look at writing as purpose, an expression that’s meant to communicate something important enough for the artist that it is to be

James L. Brown Professor of Music - Voice; Coordinator of Vocal Studies Phone: 253-535-7614 Email: brownja@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 336 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director of Opera Education D.M.A., Voice, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2003 M.M., Music/Voice Performance, The Juilliard School, 1998 B.M., Music/Voice Performance, Loyola University, 1992 Responsibilities Chair

Fellowship from the US/Japan Creative Artist Fellowship, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.  Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye was a finalist for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award, the Indies Choice for Nonfiction and the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction.  Her novel, Picking Bones from Ash, published by Graywolf, was a finalist for the Saroyan Prize and the Paterson Prize.  Her new book, tentatively titled A Kernel In God’s Eye, explores her family’s one

Vacant Executive Director of Campaigns

Marit Trelstad Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies Phone: 253-535-7232 Email: marit.trelstad@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-C Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Endowed Chair of Lutheran Studies Director for Vocational Reflection Education Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University, 2000 M.A., Systematic Theology, Luther Northwestern Seminary, 1994 B.A., Religion and English, St. Olaf College, 1989