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Allison Drago Executive Director of Education Leadership Programs She/Her Phone: 253-535-7273 Email: dragoab@plu.edu Professional Biography Responsibilities Programs: Principal Preparation Program Superintendent Ed.D If you need to meet with me, please schedule an appointment by email or phone! Biography Allison Drago is an accomplished educator with over 20 years of experience in P-12 public schools, serving in roles ranging from teacher and school principal to central office leader. She holds

Zach Powers Director of Communications he/him Phone: 253-535-8410 Email: zach.powers@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Editor, Resolute Magazine Education M.F.A., Creative Writing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2024 (candidate) M.P.A., Nonprofit & Government Management, The Evergreen State College, 2012 B.A., Political Science, Communications, Pacific Lutheran University, 2010 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strategic Communications Content Development

Tamara Williams Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca Phone: 253-535-7577 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of the Wang Center, she taught

Jennifer Childress-White Assistant Dean of Students / Title IX Coordinator she/her Phone: 252-535-7361 Email: childrjl@plu.edu Office Location: Dean of Students Office - corner of 121st St. S and Park Ave. S Professional Biography Personal Education Title IX Coordinator Certificate, NASPA Masters of Education, City University Bachelor of Science, George Fox University Responsibilities University Title IX Compliance and Response Facilitate Student Conduct response and process Facilitate Medical

Samuel Torvend Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Director for External Relations - Wild Hope Center for Vocation Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, Pacific

Juanita Reed, M.Ed. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Phone: 253-535-7252 Email: reedjj@plu.edu Biography Biography Originally from California, Juanita graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in World Arts and Cultures and earned her Master’s in Education (M.Ed.) from the University of Washington Seattle in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She has been working in higher education administration since 1996 and employs a student-centered

Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Professor of Early and Medieval Christian History Phone: 253-535-7237 Email: bll@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-A Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director, IHON-Oxford Education Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 2004 MTS, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, 1994 B.A., English Literature, Concordia University, Portland, 1990 B.A., Education, Concordia University, Portland

piece or a direction hears the right question and then realizes what to do next. To me a workshop or mentorship doesn’t involve ‘teaching’ or ‘learning’ so much as rediscovering what we already know but may have forgotten, overlooked, or masked. I think we’re all apprentices to our work, and the heart of this relationship lies in the way we choose to be in the world. I want students to interrogate their experiences, trust their sensibilities, and open themselves to the possibilities revealed through

Duncan Foley Professor Emeritus Phone: 253-535-7568 Email: foleyd@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., Geology, The Ohio State University, 1978 M.S., Geology, The Ohio State University, 1973 B.A., Geology, Antioch College, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Environmental Geology Hydrogeology Yellowstone and its Geysers Geothermal Systems Humans and Geologic Hazards Geoscience Education Books Investigations in Environmental Geology (3rd Edition) co-authored with Garry D. McKenzie and Russell O

Rick Knowlton, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC, FAWM, CEN Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: 253-535-7699 Email: knowltrt@plu.edu Office Location:Ramstad Hall - Room 305 Professional Biography Education DNP, Robert Morris University, PA, 2012 MSN, Brigham Young University, UT, 1994 BS, Sociology, Weber State University, UT, 1981 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Family Primary Care Wilderness Medicine Correctional Medicine Accolades Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Combat Medical Badge