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  • Benson Chair, Emeritus | Department of History | carpw@plu.edu | E.

    Economic History Families and Children in American History American Society and the Vietnam War American Slavery Colonial America American Revolutionary Era Books Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption (University of Michigan Press 2014) : View Book Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 (University Press of Kansas 2004) : View Book Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives edited by E. Wayne Carp (University of Michigan Press 2002) : View Book Family Matters

  • Associate Professor of Political Science | Department of Political Science | artimemr@plu.edu | 253-535-7646 | Dr.

    Michael Artime Associate Professor of Political Science Phone: 253-535-7646 Email: artimemr@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 106 Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2012 M.A., Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2009 B.A., McKendree University, 2003 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Government Media and Politics Voting and Elections Biography Dr. Artime has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of

  • Director of Retail Services | Campus Restaurants - Dining at PLU | girnusjc@plu.edu | 253-535-7476 | Josh is a recent grad from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a B.A.

    Josh Girnus ’16 Director of Retail Services He/Him/His Phone: 253-535-7476 Email: girnusjc@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 276 Professional Biography Education B.A., Philosophy, Minor in Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2016 A.A., General, Pierce College, 2014 Biography Josh is a recent grad from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a B.A. degree in Philosophy with department honors and a minor in politics and government. He comes to PLU with an

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  • Poetry, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Brian Teare, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of seven critically acclaimed books, including Companion Grasses and Doomstead Days, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle, Kingsley Tufts, and Lambda Literary Awards. His most recent publications are a diptych of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction, chronic illness, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty Form Goes All the Way to Heaven, and the fall 2023 publication of Poem Bitten by a Man. After over a decade of teaching and writing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and eight years in Philadelphia, he’s now an Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia.

    creative practice, drawing traditional and experimental writing and art into conversation through a feminist, queer language politics. And I encourage each writer to gather around their work an expansive, eclectic archive of writers, thinkers, and artists whose practices inspire, challenge, and drive inquiry ever deeper, stranger, and more true to their individual vision.

  • MSW Fellow, Health Navigator | Wellbeing Services and Resources | logan.denen@plu.edu | Logan is a PLU BS Psychology graduate and a current PLU MSW student graduating in 2026. .

    Logan Denen MSW Fellow, Health Navigator he/him Email: logan.denen@plu.edu Office Location: Dean of Students Office - - corner of 121st St. S and Park Ave. S Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Tue: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Thu: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Fri: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Professional Biography Personal Education B.S., Psychology, Pacific Luthern University, 2024 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Psychology: Sport and Exercise Psychology, Dance, Religion

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  • Associate Professor of Earth Science | Earth Science | davispb@plu.edu | 253-535-5770 | I graduated in the spring of 2008 from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a Ph.D.

    rocks in northern New Mexico. My undergraduate is from the University of Wisconsin, Madison where I worked as closely as an undergraduate can to Dr. Gordon Medaris on the Precambrian evolution of the Great Lakes region. Interests Design Wood Metal and Stone Work Politics Music Fun Facts The music component ranges from jazz through new wave into noise rock.

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  • WSR Student Worker | Wellbeing Services and Resources | hayesmr@plu.edu | Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025.

    Melaina Hayes WSR Student Worker she/her Email: hayesmr@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Co-Lead for Student Led Intiative for Community Creation (SLICC) Biography Melaina is a current student at PLU and will be part of the graduating class of 2025. She is double majoring in Sociology and Global and Cultural Studies concentrating in Transnationalism and its Consequences. She is also minoring in theater, anthropology, and religion. Melaina is currently working as

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  • University Pastor | Campus Ministry | rudejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7465 | The Rev.

    Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and her B.A. in Religion with Gender Studies and Psychology minors from ELCA-affiliated Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.     Outside of work, Jen enjoys hiking, cooking, running, the Enneagram, reading about minimalism/simple living, tending to her composting worms and exploring Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest with her spouse Deb.  In 2023 Jen completed a certification as a  Liminal Guide (a cross between spiritual direction

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  • Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Rigoberto González is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and eleven books of prose, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.

    shared and hopefully appreciated. Writing bears the responsibility to appeal to the linguistic, intellectual and/or emotional pleasures, and to expand the reader’s understanding of the powers and politics of voice, knowledge, and/or identity. I also take mentorship seriously, and my role as an instructor is to motivate and guide students to a place of creativity and reflection, where those students can build on their strengths and improve on their weaknesses. I believe the goal of interacting in a

  • Dean, College of Liberal Studies | College of Liberal Studies | stephanie.johnson@plu.edu | 253-535-8397 | Dr.

    Stephanie Johnson Dean, College of Liberal Studies Phone: 253-535-8397 Email: stephanie.johnson@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 155 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 2005 M.A., English, University of Minnesota, 1991 B.A., English and Religion, St. Olaf College, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Nineteenth-century British literature Poetry Narrative Ethics Selected Publications "Christina Rossetti’s