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Professor Emeritus | Music | Linda Miller retired from PLU in 2024.
Linda Miller Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Music Education, University of Idaho, 1997 M.M, Music Education, University of Idaho, 1992 B.M.E., Music Education, New Mexico State University, 1970 Responsibilities Chair, Music Education Area Music Education Courses Faculty Sponsor, Collegiate Washington Music Educators Association (CWMEA) Member, Educational Policies Committee Chair, Department of Music Curriculum Committee Biography Linda Miller retired from PLU in
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Associate Professor of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | cooper@plu.edu | 253-535-7234 | Keith Cooper has been teaching at PLU since 1984.
- Excellence in Advising 2005 Biography Keith Cooper has been teaching at PLU since 1984. His graduate degrees in philosophy are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he also has a master’s degree in theology. His main areas of interest are the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science, especially the question of methodological parallels between metaphysical inquiry and scientific theorizing (e.g., abductive reasoning). Favorite courses, in addition to those areas, include Formal Logic and
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Associate Professor | School of Business | fanxa@plu.edu | 253-535-8130 | Dr.
University, an assistant professor of accounting at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in China, and served as the assistant to CFO at Xizi-Otis Elevator Co., Ltd. Dr. Fan has taught a variety of accounting courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests include corporate governance, enterprise risk management, earnings management, demographic characteristics on decision making, and corporate financial disclosure. She is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and has
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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.
of 2020 Lute, who started learning and loving art and technology as a toddler. After numerous Marketing and Graphic Design courses in high school, they joined PLU in 2016 as a major in Business Administration, eventually concentrating in Marketing. JB graduated in 2020 with two Bachelor’s degrees, in both Business Administration and Religion. JB is very excited to be back at PLU to use their unique skills and experience with both Multimedia Production and Technology to provide valuable on-site
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Associate Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | seidelsb@plu.edu | 253-535-7791
college science courses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 114, 2017: 3085-3090. Accolades 2018 PLU Spirit of Diversity Award 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to support "Building Capacity to Prepare STEM Majors to Become STEM Educators" Summer Research: Science Education for an Inclusive Classroom
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Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | williatr@plu.edu | 253-535-7577 | Tamara R.
Spanish Language at many levels as well as courses focused on Latin American literatures and cultures. She is the author of several articles on Latin American poetry and project coordinator of the bilingual edition of Ernesto Cardenal’s El estrecho dudoso/The Doubtful Strait published by Indiana University Press. Her current research interests focus on masculinities as they relate to the recovery of lyrical subjectivities in contemporary Mexican poetry and fiction. She pioneered PLU’s first J-term
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Associate Professor | School of Business | flickrw@plu.edu | 253-535-7306 | Professor Flick teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in business law and ethics at Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. Licensed to practice law in California since 1995 and in Washington since 2009, Professor Flick has an undergraduate degree in economics from California State University where he was also a graduate of the University Scholars Program, a juris doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Masters of Business Administration with honors from the University of Southern California. He also received the mediation and dispute resolution training from the Center for Dialog and Resolution (formerly the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution). From 1996 until 2001, Professor Flick served as in-house counsel for a New York Stock Exchange traded mortgage finance company ultimately rising to the level of Senior Counsel responsible for all public company reporting, structured finance and securitization and he also served as the secretary to the Board of Directors. Professor Flick participated in the drafting and filing of all required disclosures under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and the annual proxy statement. Professor Flick was part of the management team that was involved in the transactions necessary to recapitalize the business following the credit crises of the late 1990s. From 2001 until 2003, Professor Flick was corporate counsel to a major fashion industry retailer. In addition to his responsibilities as secretary to the Board of Directors and all public company reporting requirements, Professor Flick played a major role in a trademark financing transaction which was unique at the time. Professor Flick also was intimately involved in the implementation of the company’s enterprise resource planning system including negotiating the contracts and helping to resolve contractual disputes. Professor Flick also was part of the team that won a significant victory against a proposed securities class action claim. From 2003 until 2005, Professor Flick was General Counsel of the capital markets division of the largest subprime mortgage company in the United States. He was responsible for overseeing the legal affairs associated with $10 billion in warehouse financing and over 15 monthly loan sale and securitization transactions. Professor Flick played a pivotal role in the establishment of one of the first short term commercial paper financing facilities backed by subprime mortgages. From 2005 through 2007, Professor Flick was the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-family and commercial mortgage lender responsible for all non-origination operations as well as legal compliance. He also was primarily responsible for preparing the company for a successful sale to a bank at an attractive sale price considering economic conditions at the time. Since 2007, Professor Flick has been in private practice both for a large, national law firm working on securitization and structured finance. Among the transactions on which Professor Flick worked was a unique financing of life settlements. In his private practice, Professor Flick advises small and medium sized companies as a contract general counsel. His clients include early stage start-up companies and his largest client has annual revenues of $75 million and over 75 employees. In addition to his professional experience, Professor Flick has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in law, finance, accounting, dispute resolution and other related topics at local for profit institutions and community colleges. Throughout his career, Mr.
Ralph Flick, JD, MBA Associate Professor Phone: 253-535-7306 Email: flickrw@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 322 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Biography Biography Professor Flick teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in business law and ethics at Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. Licensed to practice law in California since 1995 and in Washington since 2009, Professor Flick has an undergraduate degree in economics from California State
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Visiting Instructor and Interim Coordinator of Music Education | Music | kbrizuela@plu.edu | 253-535-7789 | Katherine Brizuela is a music educator in the Puget Sound region.
courses, and most recently, was a participant in the Cascade Conducting Masterclass. Currently, Mrs. Brizuela is one of the directors for Tacoma Youth Chorus and teaches the Music Makers program and conducts the Concert Choir. She also serves as a Summer Arts instructor at Annie Wright Schools and is an adjunct faculty member at Pacific Lutheran University.
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Mental Health Counseling Intern | Counseling Services | rachel.steinberg@plu.edu | 253-535-7206 | Rachel is thrilled to join the PLU team as a Mental Health Counseling Intern and spend the ’24-’25 year working with the PLU community.
finding glimmers of silliness (even in the tough stuff). She hopes to sit with you as you navigate your way through the big questions of life, the nitty gritty, and everything in between. Rachel comes to PLU with ten years of experience in the developmental disability field. Her favorite role was teaching self-advocacy and healthy relationship courses. She is currently a second-year graduate student at Seattle University pursuing a Master of Arts in Psychology. As a human, Rachel values warm lighting
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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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