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Sara Finley Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: 253-535-7660 Email: finleysr@plu.edu Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 106E Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sfinley/ Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 M.A., Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2005 B.A., Psychology, Linguistics, UC Santa Cruz, 2003 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Cognitive science Language learning Psycholinguistics Phonology Speech perception Selected

Sy Bean University Photographer he/him Phone: 253-535-7517 Email: bean@plu.edu Professional Biography Education B.A., Environmental Studies with a specialization in Communications, minor in Spanish, Seattle University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Photojournalism Studio Lighting Visual Storytelling Videography FAA Pt. 107 license (drone) Biography As the University Photographer, Sy can be found all over campus documenting the life of Pacific Lutheran University, supporting a number of campus

Melissa Plagemann Lecturer Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: plagemmr@plu.edu Office Hours: Mon - Fri: By Appointment Website: http://www.melissaplagemann.com/ Professional Biography Education M.M., Indiana University B.M., University of Victoria Responsibilities Applied Voice Lessons Biography Frequent soloist in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, with groups including Tacoma Opera, Seattle Symphony, Tacoma Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Auburn Symphony, Orchestra Seattle, Skagit Opera, Kitsap

Justin Lytle, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7555 Email: lytlejc@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 245 Professional Video Education U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2005-2008 Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005 B.A., Wittenberg University, 2000 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Fabricating and characterizing nanoarchitectured materials Electrochemically analyzing battery and capacitor electrodes Responsibilities Classes Taught CHEM 115 – General Chemistry I

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

Brenda Miller Nonfiction Website: http://www.brendamillerwriter.com/ Biography Biography Brenda Miller edited the anthology The Next Draft: Inspiring Craft Talks from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her most recent collection of her own work is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes. Her book of collaborative

Allen Mauney Visiting Instructor Phone: 253-535-8730 Email: mauneyaj@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 264 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education M.S., Mathematics, Western Washington University, 1990 B.S., Mathematics, The Evergreen State College, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Applied Mathematics History and Philosophy of Mathematics Selected Presentations Washington College Mathematics Conference (WAMATYC), Continuity and Context in

Erin McGinnis ’90 Associate Vice President for Hospitality and Retail Services Dining and Culinary Services Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: mcginnem@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 271 Professional Biography Education M.B.A., University of Guelph, 2007 A.O.S., Culinary Institute of America, 1992 B.A., English/Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1990 Biography Erin is Associate Vice President for Hospitality and Retail Services Dining and Culinary Services for Pacific

Fleda Brown Poetry, Nonfiction Website: http://fledabrown.com/ Biography Biography Fleda Brown has published nine collections of poems.  The Woods Are On Fire: New & Selected Poems was published in 2017 by the University of Nebraska Press.  The book is in the Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry Series.  Her work has twice appeared in The Best American Poetry and has won a Pushcart Prize, the Felix Pollak Prize, the Philip Levine Prize, and the Great Lakes Colleges New Writer’s Award, and has twice

James Innocent, MA, LMHCA Assistant Director for Outreach, Counselor he/him Phone: 253-535-7206 Email: innocent@plu.edu Office Location: Anderson University Center - Suite 300 Professional Biography Education Master of Arts, Psychology, Seattle University, 2023 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Fordham University, 2012 Biography James Innocent joins us from Seattle University’s humanistic-centered M.A. program in clinical psychology.  Prior to being an intern and graduate student, James worked in