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Abstract Algebra Recreational Mathematics Popularizing Mathematics Books Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences Chapters "‘Bok bok’: exploring the game of Chicken in film." (Springer International Publishing 2020) : View Book Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences Chapters "‘Elegance in design’: mathematics and the works of Ted Chiang." (Springer International Publishing 2020) : View Book First-Semester Abstract Algebra: A Structural Approach (GNU Free Documentation License

his MFA (Cum Laude) from The New York Academy of Art in 1996. He has taught figure drawing at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle between 1998 and 1999. He began teaching at The Academy of Realist Art in 1998 (now known as Gage Academy of Fine Art). Michael also taught Painting at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA from 2003 until 2022.

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword

Studies Selected Publications "Gasping for War Drama: The 'About to Die Moment' of the Osama bin Laden Assassination" in Critical Studies in Media Communication "War Misguidance: Visualizing Quagmire in the US War in Afghanistan" in Media, War & Conflict "Fusing Race: The Phobogenics of Racializing Surveillance" "Feeling for the State: Affective Labor and Anti-Terrorism Training in US Hotels" Accolades 2021 • Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award 2021 • PLU Center for Gender Equity Award for

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

sequence. He is also the Associate Conductor for Choral Union, PLU’s community ensemble. His research focus is the choral music of the United Mexican States and seeks to provide choral directors the necessary means to create artful performances of this repertoire. Prior to PLU, he served as the Director of Choral Activities at Regis University, in Denver, CO, where he conducted the Regis University Singers, led the Voice Area, mentored music education students, and taught a Fine Arts course, Mexican

2017) : View Book Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts, co-edited with Christina Guenther (Cambridge Scholars Press 2008) : View Book The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and its Policy Consequences Today, editor (NOMOS Verlag 2008) : View Book Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and National Socialism (Yale University Press 2002) : View Book Accolades Dr. Griech-Polelle's most recent award was being selected to participate in the Alan S

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

Certificate in Gender, Race, and Nations, MEd in Elementary Education, and BS in Child and Family Studies at Portland State University. Informed by queer and trans of color scholarship, Hazel engages with various interdisciplinary fields, such as transgender studies, performance studies, and critical youth studies, as a way to explore queer and trans of color life through embodied art, music, and performance. Hazel’s current teaching and research interests include queer and trans wellness, healthcare

Vanessa Bannon Administrative Coordinator/Student Success Advisor She/Her/Hers Phone: 253-535-7205 Email: bannonvs@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library - Room 125 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Professional Education Bachelor of Arts in Education, Elementary Education, Central Washington University, 1998 Responsibilities Textbook Coordinator Testing Center Coordinator Student Success Advisor Center for Student Success Administration