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  • Assistant to the Dean | College of Health Professions | howardrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7659 | Rachel Howard is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the College of Health Professions and the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy.

    Rachel Howard Assistant to the Dean Phone: 253-535-7659 Email: howardrm@plu.edu Office Location: Garfield Station - 104 Professional Biography Education B.A., English, University of Windsor , 2006 Biography Rachel Howard is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the College of Health Professions and the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy. In 2006, she graduated from the University of Windsor with a background in Literature. Upon obtaining her BA, she accepted a teaching position abroad

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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.

    Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, Australia, Duke University, Ithaca College, Luther College, St. John’s University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Puget Sound, and Yale’s Merkin Hall concerts in New York City. Dr. Rønning has also taught at the University of Oxford as part of PLU’s IHON-Oxford study abroad program. Dr. Rønning is a native of the Pacific Northwest and holds an undergraduate degree in violin performance from Pacific

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  • Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory | Music | rhynejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7058 | Jennifer Rhyne is Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Brook University. She plays Second Flute with Symphony Tacoma, Principal Flute with Vashon Opera, and appears regularly with groups including NW Sinfonietta, Olympia Symphony, Lyric Opera NW, and on programs such as the Icicle Creek Concert Series, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, and the Second City Chamber Music Series. Dr. Rhyne has been a lecturer and clinician across the US and abroad. Her article “Discovering Muczynski’s Unknown Gem” was published in 2019 in The Flutist Quarterly. She

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  • Professor of Music - Piano; Coordinator of Keyboard Studies | Music | ejokinoa@plu.edu | 253-535-7604 | Russian-born pianist Oksana Ezhokina is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University.

    , 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

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  • Assistant Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | lnervo@plu.edu | 253-535-7376 | My discipline of interest is developmental biology, which is the study of the processes needed for animals and plants to grow and develop.  Developmental Biology is an excellent field that intersects, genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and comparative anatomy to answer key organismal growth questions.

    mathematical model of collective cell migration in a three-dimensional, heterogenous environment." PLoS One 2015: Accolades NIH Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) Fellowship Professional Memberships/Organizations American Society for Cell Biology Society of Developmental Biology Genetics Society of America Biography My discipline of interest is developmental biology, which is the study of the processes needed for animals and plants to grow and develop.  Developmental Biology

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  • Business and Records Coordinator | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | beechujs@plu.edu | 253-535-8178

    Janissa Pheann Business and Records Coordinator Phone: 253-535-8178 Email: beechujs@plu.edu Professional Education BBA, Business Administration, Pacific Lutheran University, 2009 Responsibilities Financial Manager for the Wang Center, includes financial planning and monitoring of all Wang Center accounts Manages payments of invoices for the Wang Center Financial reconciliation for study away programs, including Travel Expense Voucher preparation Manages all Wang Center Purchase Cards and Bank

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music - Piano | Music | erhsuan.li@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | Praised by the New York Concert Review as having “played with astonishing maturity and flair,” Dr.

    , Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Violin Sonatas,” and “A Decade in the US: Stories of Studying Abroad.” This season, Li’s professional engagements will bring him to Xalapa, Mexico, as faculty for the Séptimo Festival de Perfeccionamiento Pianístico for the third consecutive year, serve as a competition staff collaborative pianist for the International Horn Competition of America, present a lecture at the annual conference of Colorado State Music Teachers Association at Colorado State University Pueblo, and

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Psychology | jlindsay@plu.edu | 253-535-7640

    Expertise Developmental Psychology Cognitive Psychology Psychology of Gender Language Acquisition Research Projects Storytime Studies, Current Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Investigating which facial features signal gender to children ages 4-7. Investigating the effects of stereotyped stories on children’s cognitive abilities and motivation. Male Default Study, 2021-2022 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Survey based study, in data collection process

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  • Assistant Professor of Social Work | Department of Social Work | rwinnett@plu.edu | 253-535-7144 | Dr.

    Expertise Health Care Health Care and Homelessness Mental Health in Adult Populations Substance Use in Adult Populations Health Care Social Work From A Global Perspective Selected Publications Homeless and Hospitalized: A Case Study of Intervention to Support Collaborative Behavior and Safety (2024) The Experiences of Hospital Social Workers Who Care for Homeless Patients: A Phenomenological Study (2022) Books Navigating Human Service Organizations: Essential Information for Thriving and Surviving in

  • Associate Professor | School of Education | gardinwl@plu.edu | 253-535-8342 | Wendy Gardiner teaches literacy courses in the Education Department.

    . Tondreau, A., Gardiner, W., White, K., Hinman, T., Dussling, T., Stevens, E., Degener, S., Wilson, N. "(Be)coming critical teacher educators: Collaborative self-study across contexts. Self-Study in Teacher Education." Self-Study in Teacher Education 2022: 61-79. Gardiner, W. "Rehearsals in clinical placements: Scaffolding teacher candidates’ literacy instruction." The Teacher Educator 2019: 384-400. Gardiner, W. & Weisling, N. "Challenges and complexities of building a mentoring practice: Insights from