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University Pastor | Campus Ministry | rudejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7465 | The Rev.
Rev. Jen Rude University Pastor she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7465 Email: rudejl@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 191 Biography Biography The Rev. Jen Rude was named the University Pastor at Pacific Lutheran University in August, 2016. Before coming to PLU Jen served as the program director for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, a national support and advocacy organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer) pastors and seminarians. For eight
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Professor of Religion and Culture | Religion | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.
Book Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest (University of Nebraska Press 2014) : View Book Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger 2008) : View Book Native American Religious Traditions (Pearson 2006) : View Book American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 Volume set) co-edited with Dennis Francis Kelley (ABC-CLIO 2005) : View Book Accolades 2014-2015 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research
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Associate Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | martin@plu.edu | 253-535-7372
. (August 2022). Applicability of fitness trackers in the physical education of school-aged children. Journal of Physical Recreation, Recreation and Dance, 93(6), 29-34. Martin, N. (2020). Fostering motivation: Understanding the role coaches play in youth sport. Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 33(1), 20-27. Schmick, A., & Martin, N. (2018). Assessing student knowledge and incorporation of smart technology into daily physical activity, The Physical Educator, 75(30), 327-340
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Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | torrin a.
torrin a. greathouse Poetry Biography Biography torrin a. greathouse is a transgender cripple-punk poet and essayist. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota. Her work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, The Rumpus, the New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, and The Kenyon Review. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Effing Foundation for Sex Positivity, The Ragdale Foundation, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center
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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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Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Psychology | jlindsay@plu.edu | 253-535-7640
Where Have All the Girls Gone, 2018-2022 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Principal Investigator | Developed coding scheme for examining gender differences in children’s books; guided undergraduates in independent study and as paid research assistants for this project; presented poster at Western Psychological Association Conference 2019 Selected Presentations Society for Research in Child Development, Creating a Gender Neutral Character, Salt Lake City, UT (March 2023) Society for Research in Child
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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.
Samuel Torvend Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Director for External Relations - Wild Hope Center for Vocation Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, 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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Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | alexus.hamilton@plu.edu | 253-535-8167 | Dr.
Alexus Hamilton Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy she/her Phone: 253-535-8167 Email: alexus.hamilton@plu.edu Office Location:Garfield Station - Room 112 Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Couple and Family Therapy, University of Iowa, 2023 Master, Marriage and Family Therapy, Abilene Christian University, 2019 Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University, 2015 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strengthening supports for Black therapists
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Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | April Ayers Lawson is the author of Virgin and Other Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times and Vice, and a Best Foreign Book of the Year by Spain’s Qué Leer Magazine. Virgin and Other Stories has been (or will be) translated into German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Italian. She has received The Plimpton Prize for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo. Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Die Welt, ZYZZYVA, and Oxford American, among others, has been cited as notable in Best American Short Stories, featured by Huffington Post, and anthologized in The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from The Paris Review. Her nonfiction has appeared in Der Spiegel, Granta, Vice, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung Magazine, and been named a Most Popular Read of the Year by Granta. She has taught in the creative writing programs at Emory University and the University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and now teaches at Clemson University. Mentor. Workshops and classes in fiction. Statement: “The most important thing your writing can be is interesting. And by that I mean interesting to you, because when you’re deeply engaged in the process, the work sparks alive. This level of engagement involves writing into places you didn’t expect and opening to the risk of surprise.
April Ayers Lawson Fiction Biography Biography April Ayers Lawson is the author of Virgin and Other Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times and Vice, and a Best Foreign Book of the Year by Spain’s Qué Leer Magazine. Virgin and Other Stories has been (or will be) translated into German, Spanish, Norwegian, and Italian. She has received The Plimpton Prize for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo. Her fiction has appeared in The
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