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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science | Department of Computer Science | hausergj@plu.edu | 253-535-8731
George Hauser Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Phone: 253-535-8731 Email: hausergj@plu.edu Office Location:Morken Center for Learning & Technology Office Hours: Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Education Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1988 M.S., University of Oregon, 1980 B.S., Computer Science, Washington State University, 1972 B.S., Physics, Washington State University, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Parallel Algorithms Computational Complexity Computer Communication
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Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies | Department of History | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7642 | Beth A.
Germany European Women's History Responsibilities Oversees the Powell-Heller Family Conference each year; organizes the Lemkin Lecturer; oversees the Mayer Summer Scholars program for undergraduates doing research; mentors students engaged in Lemkin essay contests; works to build the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor at PLU; brings scholars and survivors together for presentations on campus. Books Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: Language, Rhetoric and the Traditions of Hatred (Bloomsbury Academic
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Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Biology | thorm@plu.edu | 253-535-7081
Teresa Horm Visiting Assistant Professor she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7081 Email: thorm@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 154 Office Hours: (On Campus) Wed: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Thu: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Thu: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 2013 B.S. , Biochemistry, University of Washington, 2005 Areas of Emphasis or
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Visiting Assistant Professor | Religion | micah.miller@plu.edu | 253-535-7784 | Micah Miller is a teacher and scholar of the history of Christianity.
Alexandria." Vigiliae Christianae 75, no. 3 2021: 278-302. Biography Micah Miller is a teacher and scholar of the history of Christianity. Both his teaching and his research attempt to understand Christian ideas and practices within their original context. He teaches courses in early and medieval Christian history. His research examines the development of early Christian doctrines regarding the Trinity, Christ, and the Holy Spirit with special attention to Jewish and philosophical influences.
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Associate Professor of History | Department of History | hamesgl@plu.edu | 253-535-7132 | Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative perspective across the globe, including Africa, Asia, including China, Japan, and India, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States.
Global Context Pedagogy, especially First-year programs Latin America, specifically Mexico, Cuba, and the Andean region Bolivia and Peru (study abroad) Global Human Rights Global Women’s & Gender History Books In progress, You Are What You Drink: A Global History of How Alcohol Has Shaped Identity (Reaktion Press, London 2018) Alcohol in World History (Routledge 2012) : View Book Biography Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative
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Chair of Earth Science | Earth Science | lechlear@plu.edu | 253-535-7744 | My research centers on mountain building processes and regional climate change and the associated influences of each on atmospheric dynamics.
stable isotope-based paleoaltimetry and hydrologic studies." GSA Bulletin no. 3/4 Vol. 124, 2012: p. 318-334. Lechler, A. R., and Niemi, N. A.. "Controls on the spatial variability of modern meteoric d18O: empirical constraints from the western US and east Asia and implications for stable isotope studies." American Journal of Science no. 8 Vol. 311, 2011: p. 664-700. Lechler, A. R., and Niemi, N. A.. "Sedimentologic and isotopic constraints on the Paleogene paleogeography and paleotopography of the
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Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | schwinjl@plu.edu | 253.535.7682 | Dr.
Jessica Schwinck, DNP, RN, CEN, ACCNS-AG, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Nursing Phone: 253.535.7682 Email: schwinjl@plu.edu Office Location:Ramstad Hall Biography Biography Dr. Jessica Schwinck is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington and a Primary Care Provider with Wellness Made Easy. She has 14 years of experience in Army medicine primarily in the Emergency/Trauma focus area. In addition, Dr
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Nonfiction, Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems). Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the Beatrice Hawley, and Ohio State University Press awards in poetry. Recent work appears in Agni, Field, The Georgia Review, Orion, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Best American Essays. She is Writer in Residence at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and teaches at writing programs around the country, including, most recently, the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference. She lives in Baltimore with her family. Mentor.
requires, so that each piece is up to its best moments. I hope to remystify the process of writing rather than demystify it. What I mean is this: it’s by engaging with practical, process-oriented habits, and learning techniques and formal gestures, that one becomes receptive enough to trust and catch the unexpected surprises that come along, and to allow mystery (call it the imagination if you like) to freely flourish. I believe in a workshop where risks of all kind are supported and strengthened.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science | pfawcett@plu.edu | 253-535-7402 | Overall I am hybrid academic/industry experienced professional with skills as an information scientist, Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, technology manager, and technologist who has worked in the technology sector for over 30+ years, mostly on Microsoft engineering teams and Microsoft Research (MSR).
, Leadership and Management, Seattle University BA, Accounting and Business, Seattle Pacific University Books The Medicine Wheel: Environmental decision-making process of indigenous peoples (Michigan State University Press 2020, contributor) : View Book The River of Life: Sustainable Practices of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples (Michigan State University Press 2016, contributor) : View Book New Directions in Children’s and Adolescents’ Information Behavior Research (Emerald Group Publishing 2014
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Professor of Religion | Religion | hammerej@plu.edu | 253-535-7225 | Erik Hammerstrom has had a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young and has spent his entire adult life in its study.
touch on Buddhism in some way, including courses on the history and religions of East Asia, and Asian American immigration history. In his research, he has published books and articles on the intellectual and institutional history of Chinese Buddhism during the early twentieth century, focusing on Buddhist responses to elements of modernity, such as the discourses surrounding both religion and modern science. When not engaged in the edifying pursuits of teaching and study, he supports his local
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