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Renzhi Cao Associate Professor he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7409 Email: caora@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 248 Website: https://cs.plu.edu/~caora/ Professional Biography Video Education Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016 M.S., Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 2011 B.S., Computer Science, Anhui Normal University, 2008 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Machine learning Data science Bioinformatics Selected

Asieh Mahyar Visiting Instructor of Music; Interim Director of Orchestral Studies Phone: 253-535-7617 Email: asieh.mahyar@plu.edu Website: https://www.plu.edu/symphony/ Biography Biography Passionate about performing music from different cultures, Asieh Mahyar serves as the interim Director of Orchestral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University and Symphony Orchestra Conductor at West Seattle Community Orchestra. A Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in orchestral conducting at Michigan State

Number Theory and Combinatorics, Dickinson College (October 2013) International Linear Algebra Society - 2013 Meeting, Flipping the Technology in Linear Algebra, Providence, Rhode Island (June 2013) Teaching Seminar, Picking up the SLAC: Life at a small liberal arts college, University of Notre Dame (April 2013) Selected Articles Bland, A., Cramer, Z., de Castro, P., Domini, D., Edgar, T., Johnson, D., Klee, S., Koblitz, J., Sundaresan, R. "Happiness Is Integral But Not Rational." Math Horizons Vol

Gordon Craig, MBA Email: craiggr@plu.edu Biography Biography Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization. Gordon has worked as an Army civilian since 1993, mostly with Army Audit. He has participated in audits of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program financial statements and has led numerous operational audits of Army business processes for contracting, construction, facilities management, medical readiness, military pay

Systems Undergraduate Education History of Mathematics and Science Selected Presentations Eleventh Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics: ICTCM-11, This conference covers all aspects of using technology in teaching college mathematics. I presented my paper,The Magic Calculator and The Sine Addition Formula (1998) Selected Articles "Delving Deeper: Chordic vs. CORDIC: How Calculators and Students Compute Sines and Cosines." Mathematics Teacher Vol. 106, issue 6, 2013

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

Paul Evans Lecturer - Tuba Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: evansmp@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Tuba Responsibilities Applied Tuba Lessons, member of The Lyric Brass Quintet Biography Paul Evans is the Principal Tuba of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Lecturer of Tuba at Pacific Lutheran University.  An active performer in the Pacific Northwest, Paul also performs with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Bellevue

Dhaval (THE-vul) Patel Associate Director for Campus Life Operations he/him Phone: 253-535-8059 Email: dpatel@plu.edu Professional Education M.S.E., Higher Education Administration, University of Kansas, 2019 B.S., Computer Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2017 Responsibilities Oversees on-campus housing processes, including but not limited to: Implementation, marketing and supervision of Fall / Winter Break / J-Term / Spring and Early Arrival Housing – Arrivals and

World Complex Societies Great Basin and Montane Foragers & Semi-Sedentary Farmers Selected Publications Elites and the Flaked Stone Tool Economy in Prehispanic Mesoamerica, the Case of Epiclassic Xochicalco Books Pathways to Prismatic Blades: A Study in Mesoamerican Obsidian Core-Blade Technology co-edited with Kenneth Hirth (The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 2002) : View Book Selected Presentations Calixtlahuaca Lithic Technology, Presentation for the Calixtlahuaca Project Workshop, School

Dr. Charlie Katica Associate Professor of Kinesiology Phone: 253-535-7636 Email: katicacp@plu.edu Office Location:Olson Auditorium - Room 103 Professional Additional Titles/Roles Title IX Formal Process Team Faculty Athletics Representative and Gateway Program Director for the University of Southeastern Norway President of Rainier Adaptive Sports Education Ph.D., Kinesiology and Exercise Science, The University of Alabama, 2014 M.S., Exercise Science, Central Washington University, 2009 B.S