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

    Shumenghui Zhai, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253-535-7649 Email: szhai@plu.edu Professional Education PhD, Nursing Science , University of Washington MPH, Community and Behavioral Health Science, University of Pittsburgh BSN, Nursing Science , Nanjing Medical University Selected Publications Analysis, evaluation, and reformulation of social cognitive theory: Toward parent-child shared management in sleep health A Comparative Trial of Improving Care for Underserved Asian

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  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | moritsjn@plu.edu | I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training.

    John N. Moritsugu Professor of Psychology Email: moritsjn@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1976 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1975 B.A., Psychology, University of Hawai'i, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Minority Status Stress American Asian Populations Books Lead author of Sixth Edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Routlege 2019

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  • Founding Director, In Memoriam | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).

    Judith Kitchen Founding Director, In Memoriam Biography Biography Judith Kitchen (1941-2014)  was the co-founder of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU.  She is the author of four collections of essays, most recently The Circus Train (Ovenbird Books, 2014).  Her other collections are Half in Shade: Family, Photography, Fate and Distance and Direction (Coffeehouse Press) and Only the Dance (U. of South Carolina Press).  She is also the author of a novel, The House on Eccles Road

  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | jamesja@plu.edu | 253-535-7217 | Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines.

    Jennifer James Associate Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7217 Email: jamesja@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-C Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Chair, Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies Education Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, 2012 M.A., Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2004 B.A., Comparative Literature, Smith College, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Post

  • Director, Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | palerm@plu.edu | 253-535-7756

    Carmiña Palerm Director, Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7756 Email: palerm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-C Professional Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Education Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001 M.A., Stanford University, 1994 B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Literatures and Cultures of Spain Gender Studies Memory, Trauma, and Testimony in Spanish Literature

  • Director of Chinese Studies Program | The PLU Chinese Studies Program | manfredi@plu.edu | 253-535-7216 | Paul Manfredi’s research concerns modern and contemporary Chinese poetry and art, modernism, and urban culture in China.

    : A Visual-Verbal Dynamic (Cambria Press 2014) : View Book Biography Paul Manfredi’s research concerns modern and contemporary Chinese poetry and art, modernism, and urban culture in China. His articles have appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese, and Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, while his translations have appeared in various collections of modern and contemporary Chinese poetry. He now lives with his family in Bellevue, WA, a

  • Community Director for Stuen & Ordal Halls | Residential Life | dgonzales@plu.edu | 253-535-7700 | Dream is originally from Southern CA but has lived and traveled all over the world.

    educator for campus policy violations Professional Memberships/Organizations NASPA (National Association of College Student Personnel Administrators) , (8/1/2017 - Present) NASPA Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community Regional Representative , (9/12/2019 - Present) Biography Dream is originally from Southern CA but has lived and traveled all over the world. She is passionate about being a community advocate working towards a more just and sustainable world. She shows care by making sure those

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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.     .

    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

  • Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.

    Troy Storfjell Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-8514 Email: storfjta@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 2001 M.A., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 1995 Grunnfag, Nordic Studies, University of Tromsø (Norway), 1994 B.A., History & German, Andrews University, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sámi studies

  • 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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