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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.     .

    Lisa Marcus Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7312 Email: marcusls@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-E Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995 M.A., Rutgers University, 1989 B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sex, Gender, and the Holocaust The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination Comparative Holocaust and Genocide Studies Feminist, Queer, and Cultural Studies Twentieth

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | schleemt@plu.edu | 253-535-7218 | Mike Schleeter began teaching as an Assistant Professor at PLU in 2011, having received a B.A.

    Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Awarded a DAAD research grant to study with Professors Axel Honneth and Hermann Deuser at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main Biography Mike Schleeter began teaching as an Assistant Professor at PLU in 2011, having received a B.A. in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Biology from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Penn State University. He regularly teaches courses in ethics, social and political

  • Associate Professor | School of Business | zhangqc@plu.edu | 253-535-7253 | Qin Zhang is a tenured Associate Professor of Marketing and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses such as Big Data and Digital Analytics, Advanced Research Methods, Qualitative Marketing Research, Marketing Analytics and Principles of Marketing.

    Database Marketing Selected Publications Selected Publications and Presentations Accolades Dean’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Research, School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, 2017 Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award, Pacific Lutheran University, 2017 Albert J. Haring Symposium Faculty Representative, Indiana

  • Assistant Professor of Education | School of Education | jwright@plu.edu | John Wright teaches special education methods courses, as well as courses in assistive technology, autism, and behavior management.

    behavior management. He is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and consults with local school districts regarding positive behavior supports. He serves on the CEC’s Division of Early Childhood Publications and Products Advisory Committee, and he’s a 2023-24 member of the Fred Rogers Educator’s Neighborhood. Prior to working in higher education, John was an elementary school teacher and administrator for 13 years. Social justice and equity in education are the guiding forces of this educational

  • Associate Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | finleysr@plu.edu | 253-535-7660 | I primarily teach Introduction to Psychology and upper level experimental classes, such as Neuropsychology and Learning.

    Proceedings of the 45th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference 2022: Finley, S. "Learning exceptions in phonological alternations." Language and Speech Vol. 64, 2021: 991-1017. Accolades Associate Editor, Glossa, 2023-present Benson-Starkovich Award 2017, 2018, 2019, PLU K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research 2017, PLU Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2015-2016, PLU Biography I primarily teach Introduction to Psychology and upper level experimental classes, such as

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  • Associate Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | clcook@plu.edu | 253-535-7471 | My research explores how social motives and beliefs (e.g., religious, existential, or social beliefs) influence perceptions of threats and opportunities regarding others in our social environment.

    interests include morality/values, evolutionary psychology, and “alternative” belief systems (e.g., conspiracies, the occult, etc.). Selected Publications Cook, C. L., & Franks, A. S. (2022). Religious identity and intersectional privilege: (A)Symmetric biases in Christians and atheists are unaffected by prompts to consider religious and racial privilege. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000477 Klein, R. A., Cook, C. L., Ebersole, C. R., Vitiello, C., Nosek, B. A

  • Dean | School of Business | muldermr@plu.edu | 253-535-7258 | Dr.

    , Tacoma/Pierce County United Way (2016) Research Award, PLU School of Business (2015) Innovative Volunteer Recognition in 2014 Living Water International Annual Report (2015) Professor of the Year Award, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, PLU (2014) Excellence in Mentoring Award Nominee, PLU (2014) Excellence in Teaching Award, Wells Fargo/PLU School of Business (2014) David T. Alger Service Award, Pacific Lutheran University (2013) Nominee – WSU Graduate Professional Student Association, TA

  • Professor Emeritus, in Memoriam | Master of Business Administration | David E.

    David E. McNabb, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, in Memoriam Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Marketing Term of Service: 1979-1997 Biography David E. McNabb is Professor Emeritus and continuing adjunct professor at the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University, an MA at the University of Washington and his BA at California State University-Fullerton. He has taught undergraduate and graduate management and administration courses

  • Nonfiction, Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems).  Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the Beatrice Hawley, and Ohio State University Press awards in poetry.  Recent work appears in Agni, Field, The Georgia Review, Orion, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Best American Essays.  She is Writer in Residence at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and teaches at writing programs around the country, including, most recently, the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference.  She lives in Baltimore with her family. Mentor.

    Lia Purpura Nonfiction, Poetry Website: http://www.liapurpura.com/ Biography Biography Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems).  Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the

  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | Music | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    Lutheran University PLU Innovative Teaching Grant (2003) Richard Moe Award for Professional Development (2002) Biography Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist. He is Coordinator of String Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he is Professor of Music and violinist in the Regency String Ensemble. His prior teaching appointments have included faculty positions at the Eastern Music Festival, the Shenandoah

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