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Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas, Austin, 2003 B.A., Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Public Relations Books Teacher, Scholar, Mother: (Re)Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy (Lexington Books 2015) Prophets, Gurus, and

, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna. "The Influence of Migration, Education, and Parents on the Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Women in the U.S." International Journal of Social Sciences Vol. IX(2), 2020: 82-98. Nosaka, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna L. "Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Immigrant Women in Seattle: The Influence of Ken Affiliation, Residential Location, and Employment Status." Journal of Northwest Anthropology Vol. 52(2), 2018: 151-167. "Aspirations and Desires: Women's Education and

of Vocal Studies, Teaches Applied Voice Lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Solo Vocal Literature, Diction, Directs Opera Production/Workshop Accolades Production Grant from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York, NY Regency Scholarship Grant, Pacific Lutheran University Biography James Brown enjoys an eclectic career of singing, teaching, stage direction and conducting. James is the Chair of Vocal Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program

Marlette Buchanan Lecturer Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: buchanml@plu.edu Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education M.M., Boston University B.A., Fisk University Responsibilities Applied Voice Lessons Biography Marlette Buchanan is an accomplished performer of opera, musical theatre, and other genres of music. She has received rave reviews from the Seattle Times, stating, “You know you’re in for something special here in Seattle from the moment Marlette

Peterson completed his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and has been on the PLU faculty since 1980. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including the principles sequence, intermediate microeconomics, labor, game theory, mathematical economics, public finance, and MBA courses in theory and analytical methods. His research interests are the relationship between education level and income distribution, and economic education. He is the author of supplementary text and web

Lise Mba Ekani Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies and Global Studies Phone: 253-535-8340 Email: lekani@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-B Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., French Literature, Louisiana State University, 2018 M.A., French Literature, University of Oregon, 2011 Biography Dr. Lise Ekani holds a joint appointment in the French & Francophone Studies program and Global Studies. She is known for her

, Resource partitioning by intertidal Stichaeid fishes on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, Vancouver, WA (2011) Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Determining flow bias in the use of passive tube traps to study Geoduck larval transport in situ, Vancouver, BC (2011) Selected Articles Beck, E.L., J. Ruesink, S. Troyer, M. Behrens. "Wild populations of Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) emerge during the Blob heatwave in south Puget Sound, Washington USA." Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 11, 2024: 1292062. Becker

. Bunting award, 2015, (open government reporting) Best of the West, 2013, first place (explanatory reporting) C.B. Blethen Award, 2011, second place (investigative reporting) Biography Award-winning investigative journalist and editor for The Tacoma News Tribune Interests Chess Shakespeare

Embodied & Trauma Informed Instruction Selected Articles Rizzardi, Jonathan M. "The Andreia of Grieving: Rehearsing Heroic Grief on the Ancient Athenian Stage.” ." New England Theatre Journal 33 2022: no 1. Rizzardi, Jonathan M. "Student As Citizen: A Raisin in the Sun and the 20th Century Interdependence of Education Reform and Black Performance." In Emergence of Difference and Diversity in US and World Theatre, 1950s-1970s–Albee and his Contemporaries, edited by David A. Crespy and Les Gray. New York

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