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  • Associate Director for Clinical Operations / Nurse Practitioner | Health Services | hohmane@plu.edu | 253-535-7337

    Erin Hohman, ARNP Associate Director for Clinical Operations / Nurse Practitioner she/her Phone: 253-535-7337 Email: hohmane@plu.edu Office Location: Health Center Professional Personal Education Post-Graduate Certificate, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, University of Cincinnati Master of Science, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2009 Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, Western Washington University, 2005 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Wendy Call (she/her) is the co-editor of the craft anthology Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Penguin, 2007) and the new annual Best Literary Translations (Deep Vellum, 2024).

    books of poems by Mexican-Zapotec poet Irma Pineda, with whom she shared the 2022 John Frederick Nims Prize for Translation from the Poetry Foundation: In the Belly of Night and Other Poems (Pluralia/Eulalia, 2022) and Nostalgia Doesn’t Flow Away Like Riverwater (Deep Vellum, 2024). Her co-translation of How to be a Good Savage and Other Poems (Milkweed, 2024), by Zoque poet Mikeas Sánchez, was called “a significant work in more ways than one” by the New York Times. Wendy has received grants and

  • Manager of Short-Term Programs | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | olsencd@plu.edu | 253-535-7628 | Courtney Olsen (she/her) is the Manager of Short-Term Programs at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education.

    recruiting, advising, accepting and orienting students as well as processing pre-departure paperwork and program evaluations Manages the Program Assistant Staff Development Program Supports the Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program Biography Courtney Olsen (she/her) is the Manager of Short-Term Programs at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. While an undergraduate at PLU, she studied away in London through GEO and on a PLU J-Term program in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany

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  • Resident Assistant Professor of Dance | Theatre & Dance | sseder@plu.edu | 253-535-7359 | Sarah Seder is the Resident Assistant Professor of Dance at PLU.

    Sarah Seder Resident Assistant Professor of Dance she/her Phone: 253-535-7359 Email: sseder@plu.edu Office Location:Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - Room 129 Status:Part-time Professional Biography Education M.F.A., Dance, Smith College B.A., Dance, Psychology, Bard College Biography Sarah Seder is the Resident Assistant Professor of Dance at PLU. Previously, she taught dance at Smith College (MA), Mount Holyoke College (MA). She co-founded and co-directed Seattle-based

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  • Professor of Physics | Department of Physics | hay@plu.edu | 253-535-7999 | I enjoy explaining physics concepts on a level that is understandable.

    Expertise Fluid Physics Books Little Bear's Big Night Sky (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015) : View Book Selected Presentations Geoscience Association, Co-author Research Presentation: “ Capillary Droplets Embedded in a Lubricating Film: Enhancing rock-liquid solute transfer ” Maria Inés Dragila and Katrina M. Hay, Denver, Colorado (October 2013) Geoscience Association, Co-author Research Presentation : “ Erosion potential of capillary solitons in fluid transport through the epikarst

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  • Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | nicela@plu.edu | 253-535-8307 | I’ve been at PLU since 2013, and continue to appreciate having this as my professional home.

    parents of young children Spirituality in therapy Development of contextually-sensitive and socially-just pedagogy Accolades Collaborative Family Healthcare Association New Professional Fellowship Award: 2011 Family Process New Writers Fellowship Award: 2012 Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Volunteer of the Year Award: 2017 Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Educator of the Year Award: 2018 Biography I’ve been at PLU since 2013, and continue to appreciate

  • Vice President for Student Life | Division of Student Life | roycedjc@plu.edu | 253-535-7200 | Dr.

     Royce-Davis comes to us from the University of the Pacific, where she most recently served as Dean of Students in the Division of Student Life.  In her 15-year career at the University of the Pacific, she has served as Associate Professor in the Benerd School of Education; Interim Vice President for Student Life; Assistant and Associate Vice President for Student Life; and as Associate Director of the Career Resource Center. Dr. Royce-Davis earned a Certificate in Student Affairs Law & Policy from

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  • Assistant Vice President for Student Life Strategic Initiatives and Assessment | Division of Student Life | jes.takla@plu.edu | 253-535-7597

    Dr. Jes Takla Assistant Vice President for Student Life Strategic Initiatives and Assessment she/they Phone: 253-535-7597 Email: jes.takla@plu.edu Office Location: Anderson University Center - 157 Professional Education Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education, Azusa Pacific University, 2023 Master of Arts, College Student Personnel, Bowling Green State University, 2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography & Fiber Material Studies, School of the Art Institute Chicago, 2006 Responsibilities Student

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  • SCC Intern | Scandinavian Cultural Center | scancntr@plu.edu | Eleanor Sherry is a 2nd year PLU student working on a Bachelor of Musical Arts, with a focus on Jazz.

    Eleanor Sherry SCC Intern She/Her/Hers Email: scancntr@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 109 Employed: 1 Year Biography Biography Eleanor Sherry is a 2nd year PLU student working on a Bachelor of Musical Arts, with a focus on Jazz. She first began working with the Scan Center this year, after being convinced to join the center at the Norwegian Cultural festival via lefse and pea soup. Eleanor works as the Scan Center’s general intern and does work that includes hosting

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  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240

    , 2020) III International Conference of Literature and Human Rights: Gender and Culture, co-organized by Universidad de Santiago de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in collaboration with University of Valparaíso (Chile), Università degli Studi di Milano and Brooklyn College of City University of New York, Santiago, Uruguay: Trans Identities, Representations and Liminality, Chile (November 14-16, 2019) Cine-Lit 9: Mujer y Género, “Migas de pan” de Manane Rodríguez (Uruguay, 2016