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  • Associate Dean, School of Education & Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | weissjm@plu.edu | 253-535-7282 | Dr.

    undergraduate program in the PLU Education Department since 2003. With expertise in the areas of curriculum and instruction, Dr. Weiss works closely with students in the field. She also collaborates with the Clover Park School district planning, facilitating and teaching their Mentor College and beginning teacher program. Dr. Weiss also works with teachers in a local alternative high school as a facilitator for a Positive Behavior Support grant from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr

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  • 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.

    job to support.  As a writer, I know writing is a way of being. There’s a time for community, and a time for solitude. When we’re together, sparks will fly, and there will be high spirits as well as intelligent conversation with people who care about writing. (Bring your passion to residency.) When you’re working at home, you will have new voices, new skills, and a new vision working for you. The process matters as much as a credential. The purpose? What you make it.”

  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | sprechl@plu.edu | Lorena Sprecher, an Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner, currently serves as adjunct faculty, guiding students in the N308 lab.

    . Lorena’s educational philosophy centers on providing support and encouragement to her students as they embark on their journeys to become exceptional nurses.

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  • Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | ami.woo@plu.edu | Dr.

    , skills lab teaching Biography Dr. Woo is a dedicated nurse educator and family nurse practitioner with a profound commitment to patient education and health promotion. Early in her career, she discovered a passion for empowering patients through education, leading her to pursue a role as an FNP in primary care, where she could provide guidance and support to her patients. While working at Shoreline Community College, Dr. Woo found great joy in mentoring and inspiring future nurses. Her clinical

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music | justin.lader@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Justin Lader received his PhD in music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin, Master’s degree in viola performance with emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, and Bachelor’s of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory.

    Oregon). Other collaborative projects include recording and performing with Jake McNeillie on his albums, Dream Country and Delirium: A Southern Gothic Fable, as well as recording with singer-songrwriter Albert Howell, We Have A Ghost, and This Patch of Sky. Additionally, Dr. Lader has done outreach work with CardioStart International, performing live to support the organizations mission to provide free heart surgeries in developing countries.

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  • Paul Fritts Endowed Chair; Assistant Professor of Music, Organ | Music | jjm@plu.edu | Justin J.

    representative of the Young Organist Collaborative (Portsmouth, NH), an organization founded to support the next generation of organists. Justin has served as Clerk of the Old West Organ Society and as a trustee of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall, where he continues to support their work as a Friend of the Hall. Jay has served as a sacred musician in a variety of church communities across the US for over 20 years. From 2019-24, he was Director of Church Music at the First Religious Society, Unitarian

  • Department Chair of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | mannmf@plu.edu | 253-535-7743 | Mallory initially joined the Kinesiology department on a 1.5 year appointment as a Visiting Instructor in January of 2014.

    enhance our curriculum and our student’s education, deepen our department’s connection to the central mission of the university, and support our own growth as individuals and professionals

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  • School of Business | craiggr@plu.edu | Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization.

    , and equipment maintenance. He’s also provided audit support to several fraud investigations by Army law enforcement. He’s worked in Army Audit’s offices at Fort Belvoir (Alexandria), VA; Seoul, South Korea (3 times for 11 years total); and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. Gordon has taught auditing and tax accounting courses at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA since September 2017. He has also taught auditing for Saint Martin’s University at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Education Center

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  • Master of Business Administration | craiggr@plu.edu | Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization.

    , and equipment maintenance. He’s also provided audit support to several fraud investigations by Army law enforcement. He’s worked in Army Audit’s offices at Fort Belvoir (Alexandria), VA; Seoul, South Korea (3 times for 11 years total); and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. Gordon has taught auditing and tax accounting courses at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA since September 2017. He has also taught auditing for Saint Martin’s University at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Education Center

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  • Associate Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | seidelsb@plu.edu | 253-535-7791

    . Nguyen, Shannon B. Seidel, et al. "Investigating Instructor Talk in Novel Contexts: Widespread Use, Unexpected Categories, and an Emergent Sampling Strategy." Life Sciences Education 2019: Corwin, L.A., Prunuske, A., Seidel, S. "Scientific Presenting: Using Evidence-Based Classroom Practices to Deliver Effective Conference Presentations." Life Sciences Education 2018: Owens, M., Seidel, S., Wong, M., Bejines, T., Lietz, S., et al. . " Classroom sound can be used to classify teaching practices in

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