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  • Associate Professor of Anthropology | Department of Anthropology | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.

    teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic Groups,” and “Exploring Anthropology.” She is now beginning new research on the family demography of Japanese Americans in collaboration with Dr. Donna Leonetti at the University of Washington.

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  • Professor of English | Department of English | marcusls@plu.edu | 253-535-7312 | Lisa Marcus joined the English department after completing a PhD in English at Rutgers University in 1995.  She has been active in campus-wide diversity education and advocacy; she chaired the Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies program for many years, and is a founding member of PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program.  She is deeply committed to first year education and regularly teaches a popular writing seminar on Banned Books for the First Year Experience Program.  Her constellation of courses in the English department include:  The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination; American Literature 1914-45: Race, Sex, and War; Anne Frank as a Holocaust Icon; a senior seminar on History & Memory in US Slavery and Holocaust texts; an English Studies course on Gendered Literacy; Feminist Approaches to Literature; Women Writers and the Body Politic; and a first-year seminar on Holocaust Literature developed with Professor Rona Kaufman.  Lisa also regularly teaches courses in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Programs. Her current research project is Snapshots of a Daughter:  A Feminist Genealogy, a critical exploration of letters between Marcus’s mother and the poet Adrienne Rich, 1979-82. You can read a poem she published about visiting Auschwitz here.     .

    Lisa Marcus Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7312 Email: marcusls@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-E Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995 M.A., Rutgers University, 1989 B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sex, Gender, and the Holocaust The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination Comparative Holocaust and Genocide Studies Feminist, Queer, and Cultural Studies Twentieth

  • Dean of Health Professions | College of Health Professions | warddb@plu.edu | 253-535-8284 | Dr.

    David Ward Dean of Health Professions Phone: 253-535-8284 Email: warddb@plu.edu Office Location: Garfield Station - 106 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy Education Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University, 2006 M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, 2002 B.S., Family Science, Brigham Young University, 1999 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise The Power of Hope to Affect Change Clinical Training and

  • Philosophy Department | College of Liberal Studies | menzelpt@plu.edu | Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited volume (2012) on the tension between treatment and prevention in health policy.  Courses in the last decade of his teaching include Biomedical Ethics, Human Identity and Bioethics, Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012. .

    Paul Menzel Philosophy Department Email: menzelpt@plu.edu Biography Biography Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited

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  • Assistant to the Dean | College of Health Professions | howardrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7659 | Rachel Howard is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the College of Health Professions and the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy.

    Rachel Howard Assistant to the Dean Phone: 253-535-7659 Email: howardrm@plu.edu Office Location: Garfield Station - 104 Professional Biography Education B.A., English, University of Windsor , 2006 Biography Rachel Howard is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the College of Health Professions and the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. In 2006, she graduated from the University of Windsor with a background in Literature. Upon obtaining her BA, she accepted a teaching position abroad

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  • Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies | College of Liberal Studies | dowland@plu.edu | 253-535-8125 | Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year Experience, Religion, and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies programs.

    Pennsylvania Press 2015) : View Book Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Authority of Scripture Chapters 4, pgs. 71-90 (Pickwick Publications 2011) : View Book Diversity and Dominion: Dialogues in Ecology, Ethics, and Theology Chapters 14, pgs. 157-165 (Wipf & Stock 2010) : View Book Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the New South Chapters 13, pgs. 246-268 (University of Georgia Press 2009) : View Book Biography Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | szhai@plu.edu | 253-535-7649

    State of the Science Congress, Digital Health Tools Assisted Interventions to Support Family Caregivers: An Updated Systematic Review, Washington DC (September 2022) 4th Annual Ignite Aging Symposium, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Older Adults Perceptions and Beliefs about Brain Health., Washington DC (October 2021) 47th Annual Transcultural Nursing Society Conference, A synthesis and analysis for critiques of cultural frameworks to understanding health and healthcare including

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  • Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | alexus.hamilton@plu.edu | 253-535-8167 | Dr.

    Exploring factors related to the retention and attrition of Black therapists Selected Publications Identifying at-risk marines: A person-centered approach to adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and social support. Journal of Affective Disorders, 325, 721–731 Resilience in Army STARRS: Evaluating psychometrics of a multi-dimensional resilience measure Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review Selected Articles Reed-Fitzke, K., LeardMann, C. A., Wojciak, A. S

  • Mental Health Counseling Intern | Counseling Services | rachel.steinberg@plu.edu | 253-535-7206 | Rachel is thrilled to join the PLU team as a Mental Health Counseling Intern and spend the ’24-’25 year working with the PLU community.

    Rachel Steinberg Mental Health Counseling Intern she/they Phone: 253-535-7206 Email: rachel.steinberg@plu.edu Office Location: Anderson University Center - 300 Professional Biography Education Master of Arts, Psychology, Seattle University, in process Bachelor of Music, Classical Voice Performance, Boston University, 2016 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Program Assistant, Tavon Learning Center, 2022- 2023 Residential Manager and Caretaker, L'Arche Noah Sealth, 2021- 2022 Developmental Specialist

  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | behrenmd@plu.edu | 253-535-7565 | My teaching activities focus primarily on ecology and animal diversity.

    -109. Accolades K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research, 2013-2014, PLU Fletcher Jones Fellowship, 2004-2005 UC Marine Council, Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2003 Outstanding Graduating Biological Sciences Senior, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 1996 Marine Biology Scholarship, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 1992-1993 Biography My teaching activities focus primarily on ecology and animal diversity. This includes general ecology and the ecology of marine and freshwater systems. My teaching in the area of

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