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Katie Hoover Associate Vice President for Constituent Engagement Phone: 253-535-7182 Email: katie.hoover@plu.edu Professional Education B.A., German/Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2010 Responsibilities Katie Hoover joined the University Relations team in 2010. She currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Constituent Engagement, leading the University Relations teams charged with expanding philanthropy and engagement of donors, alumni and friends in service to the

Josh Girnus ’16 Director of Retail Services He/Him/His Phone: 253-535-7476 Email: girnusjc@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 276 Professional Biography Education B.A., Philosophy, Minor in Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2016 A.A., General, Pierce College, 2014 Biography Josh is a recent grad from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a B.A. degree in Philosophy with department honors and a minor in politics and government. He comes to PLU with an

among the Indigenous people of Southeast Alaska is a strong sense of collectivism over individualism; I feel successful only when my team is successful, and it is this core philosophy that I would bring to both my teaching and leadership if offered a position at Pacific Lutheran University. I have always loved to learn, and this passion has guided me as a social work educator over the last 19th years. It is exciting to watch students reach a point of new understanding, to have their worldview

Marnie Ritchie Assistant Professor of Communication she/her Phone: 253-535-7093 Email: ritchiem@plu.edu Office Location:Ingram Hall - Room 129 Website: https://www.mmritchie.com/ Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Texas, 2018 M.A., Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University, 2013 B.A., Philosophy, University of Vermont, 2011 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Rhetorical Theory and Criticism Critical/Cultural Studies Affect Theory Media

Peter C. Grosvenor Associate Professor of Sociology & Global Studies Phone: 253-535-7399 Email: grosvepc@plu.edu Office Location:Xavier Hall - Room 333 Professional Education Ph.D., London School of Economics, 1996 M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1985 B.A., University of Wales, 1983 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Comparative Politics International Relations Political Philosophy

Lauren Loftis Archivist & Special Collections Librarian she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7586 Email: loftis@plu.edu Office Location: Mortvedt Library - 303 Professional Additional Titles/Roles Assistant Professor Education MS, Archival Management/MA in History, Simmons University, 2019 MFA, Poetry, University of Montana, 2016 BA, English, Washington State University, 2013 BA, Philosophy, Washington State University, 2013 Responsibilities Archives Administration History

Allen Mauney Visiting Instructor Phone: 253-535-8730 Email: mauneyaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 264 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education M.S., Mathematics, Western Washington University, 1990 B.S., Mathematics, The Evergreen State College, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Applied Mathematics History and Philosophy of Mathematics Selected Presentations Washington College Mathematics Conference (WAMATYC), Continuity and Context in

April Ayers Lawson Fiction Biography Biography 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

/B.A., Voice, University of Washington, 1999 Responsibilities Applied voice lessons, vocal pedagogy, and French and German diction. Accolades 2013, Songfest Mentor Program, Colburn Conservatory of School 2012, Summer Faculty Institute, Baylor University 2012, Teaching Grant, Baylor University 2011, National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program Biography Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in

James Innocent, MA, LMHCA Assistant Director for Outreach, Counselor he/him Phone: 253-535-7206 Email: innocent@plu.edu Office Location: Anderson University Center - Suite 300 Professional Biography Education Master of Arts, Psychology, Seattle University, 2023 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Fordham University, 2012 Biography James Innocent joins us from Seattle University’s humanistic-centered M.A. program in clinical psychology.  Prior to being an intern and graduate student, James worked in