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essays with Julie Marie Wade, Telephone: Essays in Two Voices, received the Cleveland Poetry Center Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her poetry chapbook, The Daughters of Elderly Women, received the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. She coauthored, with Suzanne Paola, the textbook Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, now in its third edition from McGraw-Hill. Mentor. Workshops and classes in nonfiction. Statement: “As both a writer and a teacher, I’m so interested

Dr. Joanna Royce-Davis Vice President for Student Life she/her Phone: 253-535-7200 Email: roycedjc@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 159 Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Rehabilitation Counseling, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2001 M.A., Counseling Education, Emphasis in Community and Mental Health Counseling, San Jose University, San Jose, California, 1994 B.S., Special Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1990 Biography Dr. Joanna

Steven Starkovich Professor Emeritus of Physics Email: starkovich@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Physics, University of Victoria, British Columbia, 1993 M.S., Educational Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 1985 B.A., Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1976 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Mathematical Physics General Relativity Biography Steven P. Starkovich earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Victoria with research in general

Voice Lessons, Directs Knights Chorus, Co-Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades National Winner, Bel Canto Competition of Chicago Regional Winner, San Francisco Opera Auditions Biography Baritone Barry Johnson is enjoying a successful career as an opera singer, stage director, concert performer, and voice teacher. Having sung roles in more than 20 productions at Seattle Opera, Mr. Johnson has performed as a guest artist with companies throughout the west including Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera

Steven Benham Professor Emeritus Email: benhamsr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Geology, Indiana University, 1979 M.A., Geology, Indiana University, 1971 B.S., Geology, Washington State University, 1968 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Stratigraphy Sedimentation Paleontology Oceanography Biography Dr. Steven R. Benham began his career at PLU in the fall of 1982. Steve grew up in rural Kitsap County, WA, attended Olympic Community College for two years, and then earned his

Orchestra, Tacoma Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta, and Eugene Symphony with whom she performed the Mater Gloriosa in the Oregon premiere of Mahler’s 8th Symphony. Other favorite roles in the symphonic repertoire include Verdi’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Brahms’ Requiem, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Her recent opera roles have been Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Lia in Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue, Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Countess Almaviva

Destiny Lett, MSN, FNP-C Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: dlett@plu.edu Biography Biography Originally from CA, WA is home for now. I met my husband in the Army 12 years ago. We both did ROTC and commissioned as Army officers from Azusa Pacific University. After receiving my BSN, I served in the Army Reserves as a medical-surgical nurse as well as worked as an RN in a level 1 trauma center before I decided to further my education. I received my MSN from South University in Savannah, GA and

, Accompanying Biography Russian-born pianist Oksana Ezhokina is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. An artist of great breadth and versatility, she appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States and abroad. She has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia, Tacoma Symphony, and performed in venues such as the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Benaroya

(MTPAC) 2024-present Education Ph.D., Music Education, Temple University, 2001 M.M., Saxophone Performance, University of Idaho, 1993 B.M.E., University of Idaho, 1989 Responsibilities PLU Wind Ensemble, Conductor Band Repertoire and Rehearsal Instrumental Lab Courses – Woodwind Labs I/II, Percussion Lab Music and Culture Practicum in Music Education Transitions to PLU Pacific Northwest Honor Band, Director PLU Band Invitational, Director Advising Associate, 2024-25 Accolades 2014 WMEA / WIAA Music

of Vocal Studies, Teaches Applied Voice Lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Solo Vocal Literature, Diction, Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades Production Grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York, NY Regency Scholarship Grant, Pacific Lutheran University Biography James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting. James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program