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  • Professor of Music - Voice; Coordinator of Vocal Studies | Music | brownja@plu.edu | 253-535-7614 | James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting.

    . Brown’s students have gone on to study at University of Arizona, Indiana University, The Juilliard School, University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory and Yale University and have performed on stages from the Metropolitan Opera in New York to Opernhaus Zürich. As Director of Opera at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, Brown follows a three-year cycle of repertoire with his students that includes the early baroque, standard repertoire, and modern repertoire. The director received a production

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  • Associate Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | schleemt@plu.edu | 253-535-7218 | Mike Schleeter began teaching as an Assistant Professor at PLU in 2011, having received a B.A.

    philosophy, and business ethics, as well as courses in early modern philosophy, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, and the philosophy of race. His areas of scholarly interest include political philosophy, political economy, German Idealism, and phenomenology. In his free time, he enjoys watching films, playing music, reading literature and poetry, studying history and politics, and sampling beers from around the world. Interests Watching Films Playing Music Reading Literature and Poetry

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

    Cone Section, Latin American Studies Association, Memoria de género en el Uruguay: el cuerpo como bisemia, Montevideo, Uruguay (July 19-22, 2017) 34th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Uruguayan Memory on Screen, New York (May 27-30, 2016) 113th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, The Consumption of Chinese Identity Through Argentinian Film, Portland, OR (November 6-8, 2015) 11th Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura

  • Resident Assistant Professor | International Honors | christian.gerzso@plu.edu | 253-535-7491 | Christian Gerzso was born in Mexico City, where he received his B.A.

    and colonial and post-colonial authors. Gerzso also teaches an IHON 257 on theories and representations of labor under capitalism since the Industrial Revolution, and has taught an IHON 257 course on the modern university in Britain for the International Honors Program at Oxford University, where he served as site director in fall 2018. His Writing 101 course focuses on visual art and culture, and in 2019-2020 he will teach an IHON 328 course on politics and utopia, focusing on theories and

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

    University), Methuen Memorial Music Hall, and Epsilon Spires (Brattleboro, VT). Jay performs frequently as a collaborative musician, both as a basso continuo player and professional chorister, appearing with ensembles including the San Diego Pro Arte Voices, Carduus, and Willan West. Jay is equally at home with music of the distant past as from the modern day, bringing context and enthusiasm for under-heard repertories to a broad audience. He specializes in the music of the Renaissance in Germany and

  • Associate Professor | School of Business | flickrw@plu.edu | 253-535-7306 | Professor Flick teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in business law and ethics at Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. Licensed to practice law in California since 1995 and in Washington since 2009, Professor Flick has an undergraduate degree in economics from California State University where he was also a graduate of the University Scholars Program, a juris doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Masters of Business Administration with honors from the University of Southern California.  He also received the mediation and dispute resolution training from the Center for Dialog and Resolution (formerly the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution). From 1996 until 2001, Professor Flick served as in-house counsel for a New York Stock Exchange traded mortgage finance company ultimately rising to the level of Senior Counsel responsible for all public company reporting, structured finance and securitization and he also served as the secretary to the Board of Directors.  Professor Flick participated in the drafting and filing of all required disclosures under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and the annual proxy statement.  Professor Flick was part of the management team that was involved in the transactions necessary to recapitalize the business following the credit crises of the late 1990s. From 2001 until 2003, Professor Flick was corporate counsel to a major fashion industry retailer.  In addition to his responsibilities as secretary to the Board of Directors and all public company reporting requirements, Professor Flick played a major role in a trademark financing transaction which was unique at the time.  Professor Flick also was intimately involved in the implementation of the company’s enterprise resource planning system including negotiating the contracts and helping to resolve contractual disputes.  Professor Flick also was part of the team that won a significant victory against a proposed securities class action claim. From 2003 until 2005, Professor Flick was General Counsel of the capital markets division of the largest subprime mortgage company in the United States.  He was responsible for overseeing the legal affairs associated with $10 billion in warehouse financing and over 15 monthly loan sale and securitization transactions.  Professor Flick played a pivotal role in the establishment of one of the first short term commercial paper financing facilities backed by subprime mortgages. From 2005 through 2007, Professor Flick was the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-family and commercial mortgage lender responsible for all non-origination operations as well as legal compliance.  He also was primarily responsible for preparing the company for a successful sale to a bank at an attractive sale price considering economic conditions at the time. Since 2007, Professor Flick has been in private practice both for a large, national law firm working on securitization and structured finance.  Among the transactions on which Professor Flick worked was a unique financing of life settlements.  In his private practice, Professor Flick advises small and medium sized companies as a contract general counsel.  His clients include early stage start-up companies and his largest client has annual revenues of $75 million and over 75 employees. In addition to his professional experience, Professor Flick has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in law, finance, accounting, dispute resolution and other related topics at local for profit institutions and community colleges. Throughout his career, Mr.

    attractive sale price considering economic conditions at the time. Since 2007, Professor Flick has been in private practice both for a large, national law firm working on securitization and structured finance.  Among the transactions on which Professor Flick worked was a unique financing of life settlements.  In his private practice, Professor Flick advises small and medium sized companies as a contract general counsel.  His clients include early stage start-up companies and his largest client has annual

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  • Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies | Department of History | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7642 | Beth A.

    Beth Griech-Polelle Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7642 Email: griechba@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 115 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of History Education Ph.D., Modern European History, Rutgers, 1999 M.A., Modern European History, Rutgers B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Holocaust Studies Nazi

  • 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.

    Courtney Olsen Manager of Short-Term Programs she/her Phone: 253-535-7628 Email: olsencd@plu.edu Office Location:Wang Center for Global Education Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Economics and History, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.St., Modern British History, University of Oxford, 2020 Responsibilities Supports faculty in the development, implementation, and budget management of Short-Term Study Away Programs including travel logistics Supports faculty in

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  • Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | zhuma@plu.edu

    Mei Zhu Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Email: zhuma@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Education Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Washington, 1994 M.S., University of Washington, 1990 M.S., Chinese Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1988 B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Mathematical Biology Differential Equations Numerical Analysis

  • Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | torvensa@plu.edu | 253-535-8106 | Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals.

    Biography Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals. He has taught in PLU’s International Honors Program and has led student and regent study tours in Rome and central Italy. Since 2005, he has led faculty, staff, and student workshops on the liberal arts and higher education, published

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