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  • Dept. Chair and Program Director of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | ofarrefe@plu.edu | 253-535-8802 | Dr.

    in MFTs Queer-affirmative clinical care Sex and intimacy enhancement for relational units Professional Memberships/Organizations American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) American Association of Sexuality Educator, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) Biography Dr. Fiona O’Farrell (she/they) graduated from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at PLU in 2012 and is excited to return to the department as a Faculty member in 2024

  • Professor Emerita and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | killenpo@plu.edu | Patricia O’Connell Killen, professor emerita, taught courses in the Department of Religion and in the International Core at PLU from 1989 through 2010.

    Accolades American Academy of Religion Teaching Excellence Award 2006 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award – Research 2004 Paul Bator Memorial Award, Canadian Catholic Historical Society 2001 Elizabeth Seton Medal, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH 1999 Arnold and Lois Graves Foundation Award - Outstanding Humanities Teachers 1991 Biography Patricia O’Connell Killen, professor emerita, taught courses in the Department of Religion and in the International Core at PLU from 1989 through 2010. She

  • Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | torvensa@plu.edu | 253-535-8106 | Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals.

    extensively on the origins, development, and gifts of Lutheran higher education, and represented PLU at international conferences in ritual studies and reformation studies. Dr. Torvend served as the first University Chair in Lutheran Studies from 2011-2017 and established the annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU. He continues to serve in the Wild Hope Center for Vocation as the Director of External Relations and as a contributor to the Office of Congregational Engagement. In addition to his work in

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  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | jamesja@plu.edu | 253-535-7217 | Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines.

    -1945 American Literature Contemporary Canadian Literature Gender and Queer Studies Comparative Ethnic Studies Cultural Memory Studies Accolades Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award, presented my accepted paper “London Calling: Dislocated Kinship and Transatlanticism in Baldwin’s Just Above My Head (1979)” at this year’s International Baldwin Conference in Montpellier, France Biography Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines

  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | solveig.robinson@plu.edu | 253-535-7241 | Dr.

    Outrage': George Bentley, Robert Black, and the Condition of the Mid-List Author in Victorian Britain." Book History Vol. 10, 2007: "'At All Times Conspicuous as Art': Henry James, Margaret Oliphant, and Resistance to Decadence." Henry James Against the Aesthetic Movement 2006: "Expanding a 'Limited Orbit': Margaret Oliphant, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, and the Development of a Critical Voice." Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 38.2, 2005: "Of 'Haymakers' and 'City Artisans': The Chartist Poetics

  • School of Business | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    Vic Sweberg, MBA Email: sweberva@plu.edu Biography Biography Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of

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  • Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | mcfaddsm@plu.edu | 253-535-7510 | Dr.

    .*, Elharake, J. E., & Omer, S. B. (2020). Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US, EClinicalMedicine, 26. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100495 Selected Presentations International Papillomavirus Conference, Development and evaluations of an online continuing education module to increase healthcare provider self-efficacy to make strong HPV vaccine recommendations to East African immigrant families. , Barcelona, Spain (July 2020) APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Trends in homeschooling rates

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  • 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.

    , 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strings Violin Responsibilities Chair, Stringed Instruments; Applied Violin Lessons; Director String Kaleidoscope, Member Regency String Quartet Accolades Mellon Grant (2019) for course development in New Media (shared with multiple faculty) Wang Center Award for development of International Education (2018) Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2006-2007, Pacific

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  • Master of Business Administration | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    Vic Sweberg, MBA Email: sweberva@plu.edu Biography Biography Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of

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  • Visiting Instructor | School of Business | falskotn@plu.edu | 253-535-7083 | Tom Falskow brings over 30 years of finance and accounting experience to the PLU School of Business.  Having started his career in public accounting, he audited clients across the world, first in Seattle, then travelling to Zurich, Switzerland, Oslo, Norway and finally to Anchorage, Alaska.  He served clients in a variety of industries with a major focus on manufacturing and energy.

    experienced with International Financial Reporting Standards and SEC reporting. While in Alaska he moved into the energy sector as a controller and finance manager for BP, one of the largest energy companies in the world. He enjoyed the detailed work of running a day-to-day business along with the macro-economic view that the energy sector provides. He had opportunities to widen his view of finance through roles in strategy, planning, supply chain contracting and systems integration work that helped him

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