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Rigoberto González Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Biography Biography Rigoberto González is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and eleven books of prose, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.  The recipient of Guggenheim, NEA and USA Rolón fellowships, a NYFA grant in

is building a program of research around strengthening supports for Black clinicians by exploring factors related to their retention and attrition. She is dedicated to supporting therapists in training on their journey to becoming culturally responsive therapists.

Aram Mrjoian Creative Nonfiction, Fiction Biography Biography Aram Mrjoian is the editor-in-chief of The Rumpus and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow. His debut novel, Waterline, is forthcoming with Harper Via in 2025. Aram has previously worked as an editor at the Chicago Review of Books, the Southeast Review, and TriQuarterly. He is the editor of the anthology We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora published by the University of Texas Press (March 2023). His writing has appeared in

, The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice (coauthored with Martha Silano), Fire on Her Tongue: An Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry, and Demystifying the Manuscript: How to Create of Book of Poems (coauthored with Susan Rich). She lives in a sleepy seaside town where she is an avid paddleboarder and hiker. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s low-res MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop. Kelli  is the cohost of the poetry series “Poems You Need” with Melissa

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at West Virginia University, and she is on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program.  She lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: If, as Muriel Rukeyser says, poems are “meeting-places,” I am ever-ready to meet you in those places and to help you to think through the difficult pleasures of creating such encounters. I am eager, too, to discuss how you situate your work

and men to tell their own stories through writing. Davis currently lives in the Ozarks, where he teaches for the Program in Creative Writing & Translation at the University of Arkansas. Raised by the Pacific Northwest, he also serves as Poetry Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.  Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: I encourage writers to keep sight of what comes next. Yes, we will work on sharpening our craft through intensive practice with technique and through a study of

the Regiment), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Lucy (The Telephone), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), and Papagena (The Magic Flute). During her apprenticeship with the Seattle Opera Young Artist’s Program in 2004, Ms. Milanese performed the role of Pamina in the Young Artist’s production of The Magic Flute and returned as a guest artist the following season to sing the role of Barbarina in their production of Le Nozze di Figaro. On the concert stage, Ms. Milanese has performed as a

Robert Marshall Wells Professor Emeritus Website: https://www.robertmarshallwells.com Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2003-2023 Education M.B.A., Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, 2021 Certificate in Documentary Arts, Emphasis in documentary film, Duke University, 2013 Ph.D., American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2005 M.A., Liberal Studies –with emphases in Social and Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington

Physics – An Introduction, Springer, 2021). Following 17 years of classroom teaching, he served as PLU’s Provost for seven years (2009-16) during which time he led major reforms in academic planning and budget processes, faculty compensation and development, and enrollment modeling. He was a prominent leader in the development of the PLU 2020 long-range plan. He also led the expansion of PLU’s graduate program opportunities and oversaw the implementation of the university’s first online courses. He

National de Région de Paris “Hector Berlioz” and received a Premier prix in piano. An active teacher, she joins Pacific Lutheran University where she runs the group keyboard program, teaches applied lessons and accompanying. Previously, she taught piano at Washington State University, as well as instructing ear-training and collaborating with the opera department. Prior to coming to WSU, Dr. Powers served on the faculty of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma as Assistant Professor of Piano where