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Competition (2016) Winner composition: "For the Rise of a New Day," Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest (2015-2016) Biography Cassio Vianna is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where he directs the University Jazz Ensemble and teaches jazz music courses. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Vianna is a composer, pianist, arranger, and educator whose work reflects the broad range of musical and cultural influences he has

Educator of the Year 2017 WMEA Junior All-State "Rainier" Band Conductor 2019 APAC High School Honor Band (Kobe, Japan) Conductor Published in the GIA Series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 11 Professional Memberships/Organizations Washington Music Educators Association National Association for Music Education College Band Directors National Association National Band Association Biography Ron Gerhardstein is the Director of Band Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific

Rose McKenney Professor of Earth Science and Environmental Studies she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8726 Email: mckennra@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 143 Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997 M.S., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1992 B.S., Geology, Oregon State University, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Geomorphology Environmental Studies Science Education Curriculum Development Books Land Use

, Accompanying Biography Russian-born pianist Oksana Ezhokina is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. An artist of great breadth and versatility, she appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States and abroad. She has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia, Tacoma Symphony, and performed in venues such as the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Benaroya

., Zaman, H. (2024). Professor Drag. Queering Professionalism: Problems, Potentials, and Possibilities in Neoliberal Times. University of Toronto Press. Zaman, H. (2023). Furry acts as non/human drag: A case study exploring queer of colour liveability through the fursona. Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, Special Issue: ‘Posthuman Drag’, 8:1, pp. 99–114 Mountz, S., Harrell, S., Zaman, H. (2023). Teaching beyond trans-competency: Exploring trans-affirming pedagogy through applied case studies

Tamara Williams Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca Phone: 253-535-7577 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of the Wang Center, she taught

and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger, 2008), Native American Religious Traditions (Prentice Hall and Laurence King, 2007), and the three-volume American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2005). Publications in scholarly journals include “Talking Place: Ritual and Reciprocity at Holy Wells and Mass Stones in the Republic of Ireland,” (Journal of Ritual Studies); “Well, Water, Rock: Holy Wells, Mass Rocks, and Reconciling Identity in the Republic of

Juanita Reed, M.Ed. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Phone: 253-535-7252 Email: reedjj@plu.edu Biography Biography Originally from California, Juanita graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in World Arts and Cultures and earned her Master’s in Education (M.Ed.) from the University of Washington Seattle in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She has been working in higher education administration since 1996 and employs a student-centered

Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust co-edited with Susannah Heschel (Augsburg Fortress Publishers 1999) : View Book Theologians Under Hitler (Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and Emanuel Hirsch) (Yale University Press 1985) : View Book Biography Robert Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus and Professor of History at PLU, earned his Ph.D. in history at the London School of Economics.  He is the author or editor of five books and more than forty articles or book chapters. All of

Juanita Reed, M.Ed. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Phone: 253-535-7252 Email: reedjj@plu.edu Biography Biography Originally from California, Juanita graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in World Arts and Cultures and earned her Master’s in Education (M.Ed.) from the University of Washington Seattle in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She has been working in higher education administration since 1996 and employs a student-centered