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  • Lecturer - Euphonium | Music | gilliajm@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Jason Gilliam is a native of Tacoma, Washington.  He holds the Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Teaching form the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, where he studied with Peter Ellefson, Ron Munson, and Steve Fissel.  Jason currently holds the position of Lecturer of Euphonium at the Pacific Lutheran University, and is also a Kindergarten teacher in the Steilacoom School District. Jason has enjoyed an ever increasing demand as a clinician and euphonium soloist.  Gilliam has been a featured euphonium artist at the 2012 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Linz, Austria, the Northern Rockies Tuba Euphonium Festival, Monroe High School Wind Ensemble, Emerald Ridge High School Concert Band, the Northwest Regional International Tuba Euphonium Conference, the University of Idaho, University of Oregon, University of Victoria, Pacific Lutheran University, Puget Brass, Brass Band Northwest, the Harvey Phillips Northwest Big Brass Bash, Sun City Concert Band (Sun City, Arizona), Sitka High School Band (Sitka, Alaska), Tacoma Community College Wind Ensemble, Tacoma Community College Orchestra, Bremerton High School Symphonic Band, Grays Harbor Symphony, and the Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Illinois). Gilliam was the solo euphonium in the Tacoma Concert Band for over 20 years, and was a featured soloist in over 50 performances.  In 2015, Jason was a featured soloist with the band on a tour of Spain.  Jason also was soloist with the band on their 2007 tour of La Croix Valmer, France, and the 2011 tour of Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, and Budapest.

    Symphony, and the Northshore Concert Band (Evanston, Illinois). Gilliam was the solo euphonium in the Tacoma Concert Band for over 20 years, and was a featured soloist in over 50 performances.  In 2015, Jason was a featured soloist with the band on a tour of Spain.  Jason also was soloist with the band on their 2007 tour of La Croix Valmer, France, and the 2011 tour of Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, and Budapest. He will be a featured soloist on this summer’s tour of Ireland and Scotland. Other performance

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  • Visiting Instructor of Music, Strings, and Composition | Music | korine.fujiwara@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Montana native Korine Fujiwara is a founding member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and a gifted composer and arranger. Ms.

    , Cincinnati College Conservatory, and Northwestern University to continue their musical studies. Named as one of Strings Magazine’s “25 Contemporary Composers to Watch,” Korine has received multiple commissions including works for opera, chamber ensembles, chorus, concerti, and music for modern dance. Her works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, China, and Japan. Her musical language encompasses a wide range of

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  • Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | davidsef@plu.edu | 253-535-7311 | If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”.

    experiences and family histories. I returned to PLU after completing my Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of California, Davis in 2013. As a Washingtonian and former Lute, I am thrilled to be “home” again. I received my B.A. in Spanish and Political Science at PLU in 1998, and then moved to Vermont and Spain, to pursue my M.A. in Spanish at Middlebury College in 2000. I lived in Madrid for five years, where I worked in international music production for Walt Disney Records. From 2003 to 2008, I taught at

  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | Music | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Canada, including performances at the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music in Almería, Spain, the Simón Bolívar Amphitheater in Mexico City, and the Bibliothèque de Dinan, in Brittany, France. Pursuing a dual career as pianist and harpsichordist, Dr. Powers has performed with ensembles including the Washington Idaho Symphony, the Fort Collins Symphony, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Boulder’s Seicento Baroque Ensemble, and the Peabody Chamber Players (under the direction of

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  • Staff Pianist | Music | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).

    been with Jason Max Ferdinand, Brian Edward Galante, Jace Saplan, Jonathan Talberg and Rosephanye Powell (Summer 2024). Amy works as a collaborative pianist with many State Solo & Ensemble winners, both instrumental and vocal. She travels regularly as a collaborative artist with choirs throughout Europe, performing most recently in Portugal, Spain (Symphony Tacoma Voices 2023), Estonia, and Latvia (Symphony Tacoma Voices and University of Washington Choirs 2019). As a conductor, in addition to her

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  • Faculty Fellow | College of Liberal Studies | ryandp@plu.edu | 253-538-5664 | Donald P.

    , the Valley of the Kings: – excavated and documented eleven undecorated tombs. – rediscovered the lost tomb KV 60 in which was found a mummy since identified as the female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. – rediscovered the three lost “animal tombs” (KV 50, 51, and 52). * Served as the full-time research collaborator of Norwegian explorer, Thor Heyerdahl, during the last seven years of Heyerdahl’s life including co-directing excavations at the Piramides de Guimar, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. * Conducted

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  • School of Business | dabab@plu.edu | Biography Maoloud Dabab is a Ph.D.

    People’s Choice Awards in 3 Minute Thesis PSU 2018. His interests include analytical and computational methods for optimization and operation research, data mining and finding hidden patterns, strategic planning and management, international technology transfer, and decision making. For fun, Maoloud likes traveling, meeting new people, and discovering new cultures. He loves to get outside and enjoy the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest. His favorite activities are hiking on trails and meditating

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

    transnacional?: opresión, otredad y representación, University of Wolverhampton, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (September 8-10, 2011) 108th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), Marginalidad cultural y representación: Aparte (2002) de Mario Handler, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii (November 13-14, 2010) Selected Articles "El cuerpo como bisemia: una mirada de género al pasado uruguayo reciente.” Poner el cuerpo:rescatar y visibilizar las marcas

  • Master of Business Administration | dabab@plu.edu | Biography Maoloud Dabab is a Ph.D.

    Awards in 3 Minute Thesis PSU 2018. His interests include analytical and computational methods for optimization and operation research, data mining and finding hidden patterns, strategic planning and management, international technology transfer, and decision making. For fun, Maoloud likes traveling, meeting new people, and discovering new cultures. He loves to get outside and enjoy the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest. His favorite activities are hiking on trails and meditating while

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  • Benson Chair, Emeritus | Department of History | carpw@plu.edu | E.

    , Literatures, and Politics.” Paper: “The Christian and the Atheist: Jean Paton and Madalyn Murray O’Hair and How the Stigma of Illegitimacy in the 1950s Radicalized their Lives”, The Claremont Colleges, CA (March 22–25, 2012) Selected Articles "The Sentimentalization of Adoption: A Critical Note On Viviana Zelizer’s Pricing the Priceless Child." Adoption & Culture Vol. 5, forthcoming. "The History of the Law of Adoption in the United States." Bibliography issue, Adoption & Culture Vol. 4, 2014: 32-42. "The