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  • 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.

    Jennifer James Associate Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7217 Email: jamesja@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-C Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Chair, Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies Education Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, 2012 M.A., Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2004 B.A., Comparative Literature, Smith College, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Post

  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | guptilje@plu.edu | 253-535-8422

    for Advance Practice Nurse Prescribers (5th ed., pp. 867-875) (F.A. Davis Company 2019) After an attempt: Caring for the suicidal patient on the medical-surgical unit. Chapters pp. 163-168 (MEDSURG Nursing, 20(4) 2011) Selected Presentations American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, Psych for primary care: An innovative course for FNP students., Coronado, CA (2023) American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, Is it really schizophrenia: Exploring the

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M.

    2013, 2014-15 American Leadership Forum Seminar 2013 His oratorio Drum Taps: Nine Poems on Themes of War was accepted as a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in Music 2008 Artist Trust G.A.P. Grant recipient for music recording project 2001 “Composer of the Year” award from the Washington State Music Teacher’s Association 1991 Burlington Northern Award for Excellence in Teaching 1990 Ostwald Award for FireWorks, American Bandmaster's Association 1984 1st prize awarded to Scherzo for a Bitter Moon

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  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | siegesam@plu.edu

    Amy Siegesmund Professor of Biology she/her/hers Email: siegesam@plu.edu Status:On Leave Professional News Education Ph.D., Microbiology, Washington State University, 2003 B.A. with Honors, Biology, Alverno College, 1996 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Student Metacognition and Learning Self-Regulated Learning Selected Articles Siegesmund, Amy. "Increasing Student Metacognition and Learning through Classroom-Based Learning Communities and Self-Assessment." American Society for Microbiology Vol

  • Department Chair of Political Science | Department of Political Science | chavezml@plu.edu | 253-535-7836 | Dr.

    , Chico College of Social Science, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Government Public Policy and Administration Race and Politics Books Latino Professionals in America: Testimonios of Policies, Perseverance, and Success (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Latino Peoples in the New America Chapters 11 (Routledge Publications 2019) : View Book Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth co-authored with Jessica Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa R

  • Professor Emeritus | Music | After a successful 30 year tenure at PLU, Richard Nance retired in May 2022.

    Florence International Choral Festival. “Outstanding Conductor” at the 2014 Florence International Choir Festival Choirs under Nance's direction have been selected to perform for eight division conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and two National Conferences (2001 and 2013) 2011 and 2013 “American Prize” for Choral Conducting 2013-2014 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research from Pacific Lutheran University 2010 Washington State Leadership Award Recipient of the 2002

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  • Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | williatr@plu.edu | 253-535-7577 | Tamara R.

    Tamara Williams Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca Phone: 253-535-7577 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of the Wang Center, she taught

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  • Lecturer - Composition | Music | dsonntag@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Raised in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Dawn Sonntag received a D.M.A.

    Year, 2010 Finalist - American Composers Forum Faith Works, 2008 Inge Pitler Prize for Lied Performance, piano and voice, Heidelberg, 1998 and 1999 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers (ASCAP) National Association of Composers - USA (NACUSA) American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM) Biography Raised in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Dawn Sonntag

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  • Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | April Ayers Lawson is the author of Virgin and Other Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times and Vice, and a Best Foreign Book of the Year by Spain’s Qué Leer Magazine.  Virgin and Other Stories has been (or will be) translated into German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Italian.  She has received The Plimpton Prize for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo.   Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Die Welt, ZYZZYVA, and Oxford American, among others, has been cited as notable in Best American Short Stories, featured by Huffington Post, and anthologized in The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from The Paris Review.  Her nonfiction has appeared in Der Spiegel, Granta, Vice, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung Magazine, and been named a Most Popular Read of the Year by Granta.  She has taught in the creative writing programs at Emory University and the University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and now teaches at Clemson University. Mentor.  Workshops and classes in fiction. Statement: “The most important thing your writing can be is interesting.  And by that I mean interesting to you, because when you’re deeply engaged in the process, the work sparks alive.  This level of engagement involves writing into places you didn’t expect and opening to the risk of surprise.

    Paris Review, Granta, Die Welt, ZYZZYVA, and Oxford American, among others, has been cited as notable in Best American Short Stories, featured by Huffington Post, and anthologized in The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from The Paris Review.  Her nonfiction has appeared in Der Spiegel, Granta, Vice, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung Magazine, and been named a Most Popular Read of the Year by Granta.  She has taught in the creative writing programs at Emory University and the University Of North

  • Associate Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Director of Choral Studies; Professor of Music | Music | galante@plu.edu | 253-535-7603 | Dr.

    M.M., Choral Conducting, Louisiana State University, 1999 B.M.E., Choral Music Education, Louisiana State University, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Conducting Choral Music Education Voice Science and Pedagogy Responsibilities Conductor of Choir of the West. Selected Publications See website for a complete list of original works and publications Selected Presentations American Choral Directors Association NW Division Conference, Strength, Balance, Core - The Benefits of Pilates for the Choral

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