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  • Associate Director, Academic Advising | Academic Advising | kelsey.eagen@plu.edu | 253-535-8776 | Kelsey has been with PLU since May 2019 and has worked in higher education since 2014.

    Kelsey Eagen Associate Director, Academic Advising she/her Phone: 253-535-8776 Email: kelsey.eagen@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Biography Kelsey has been with PLU since May 2019 and has worked in higher education since 2014. Kelsey has a BS in Psychology and a MS in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Title IX Law from the University of North Florida. Kelsey works primarily with biology students, pre-med students, and theatre students in addition to

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  • Lecturer | Music | guhrgd@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Equally at home in everything from Shakespeare to Sondheim and Monteverdi to Verdi, baritone Glenn Guhr has always prided himself on his versatility as a performer.

    of Love and the title role in Don Pasquale for Tacoma Opera. Dr. Guhr is also an educator, with experience in vocal and dramatic instruction, lecturing on music history, and outreach performance programs. Dr. Guhr acted as Tacoma Opera’s Production/Education and Outreach Manager during the Covid shutdown and subsequent reopening, arranging dozens of short, online recitals and directing several opera films for online viewing. His most recent directorial efforts were for a production of Faust for

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  • Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | davidsef@plu.edu | 253-535-7311 | If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”.

    / American Library Association, AY 2015-2016. Margrit Mondavi Fellowship for Summer Research, UC Davis, 2012. Graduate Fellowship for Summer Research in Latin American and The Caribbean, UC Davis Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, 2009. Biography If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”. I’m a mixed-race Latina with family from Panama, Cuba, and the United States. Like many scholars, my research and teaching is informed and inspired by my

  • Department Chair of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | mannmf@plu.edu | 253-535-7743 | Mallory initially joined the Kinesiology department on a 1.5 year appointment as a Visiting Instructor in January of 2014.

    both sport psychology and sport sociology. Her scholarly interests focus on gender issues in sport as well as coaching effectiveness. She brings practical experience in both arenas having coached at Stetson University, Miami University of Ohio and Pacific Lutheran University and having worked in numerous arenas as a mental skills consultant. Dr. Mann’s academic acumen on issues related to diversity and social justice bring much needed expertise to the department and will undoubtedly serve to

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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.

    Lutheran University, 1973 Books Flowing Water, Uncommon Birth: Christian Baptism in a Post-Christian Culture (Fortress Press 2014) : View Book Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments (Fortress Press 2008) : View Book Daily Bread, Holy Meal: Opening The Gifts Of Holy Communion (Augsberg Fortress 2004) : View Book Through a Child's Eyes: Poems and Stories About War co-edited with Victor Klimoski (Plain View Press 2001) : View Book Accolades K. T. Tang Award for Excellence in Research 2006

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  • Lecturer | Music | buchanml@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Marlette Buchanan is an accomplished performer of opera, musical theatre, and other genres of music.

    Buchanan…starts singing”. She has been described as a soprano with an extended range, flexibility, warmth, color, and beauty. Ms. Buchanan has played leading roles in various operas such as Cosi fan Tutte, Orfeo ed Euridice, The Bartered Bride, The Tales of Hoffman, and Porgy and Bess. She has also performed in shows such as Steel Magnolias, Crowns, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once on this Island, Newsies, Man of La Mancha, Violet, Ragtime, The Wiz, Spitfire Grill, and Milk Like Sugar. Her performances have

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M.

    . His wind ensemble music in particular is performed regularly throughout North America, Europe and Japan. In 2001, Youtz was honored with the “Composer of the Year” award from the Washington State Music Teacher’s Association. His compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and he is currently at work on a second opera: Cai Yan Fiery Jade based on a libretto by Chinese poet Zhang Er 张耳. Youtz’ wind ensemble music is performed regularly throughout North America

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  • Resident Assistant Professor | International Honors | christian.gerzso@plu.edu | 253-535-7491 | Christian Gerzso was born in Mexico City, where he received his B.A.

    they crystallized in their literary and artistic work. Currently, Gerzso is working on a project that traces the reception of George Orwell’s dystopias, from the Cold War until today, and how they have been appropriated by capitalist thought; the project contrasts this reception with Orwell’s own active and nuanced interventions in the debates on the role of the State in the aftermath of WWII. His scholarly publications include: “No Useless Labor: Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis and the Importance of

  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | moritsjn@plu.edu | I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training.

    ) Lead author of Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance, with Elizabeth Vera, Jane Harmon Jacobs and Melissa Kennedy (Sage 2016) Lead author of Fifth edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Pearson 2013) Biography I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training. My research interests focus on minority status stress, what contributes to it, and how people cope with it. I also have an interest in Asian-American

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  • Instructional & Multimedia Technologist | Information & Technology Services | brockmjr@plu.edu | 253-535-7391 | JB is a proud, class of 2020 Lute, who started learning and loving art and technology as a toddler.

    Janelle (JB) Brockman Instructional & Multimedia Technologist She/They Phone: 253-535-7391 Email: brockmjr@plu.edu Office Location: Mortvedt Library Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Website: https://linktr.ee/brockmjr Professional Biography Personal Education Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, Pacific Lutheran University Bachelor of Arts, Religion with a focus in Buddhism, Pacific Lutheran University Biography JB is a proud, class

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