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, interpersonal communications, leadership skills, organizational behavior, management and supervision, and behavioral change through methods that provide sustainable results, not the motivational “quick fixes” typical of seminar based trainings. Her diverse background includes executive management in engineering, manufacturing, telecom, HVAC and running a business incubator; company composition ranged from Fortune 500 to national, multi-site and multi-division, to small, single entity start-ups. Her client

and in revising your poems. By expanding your knowledge of authors, discovering which obstacles are preventing you from being the best writer you can be, exploring new areas in your work, and stretching your performance as a poet and critical thinker, we will work towards elevating your writing. And because writing is ultimately a solitary act, I hope to help you have a better understanding of both your strengths and challenges so you can find your path as a writer in the world.

Neal Sobania Professor of History, Emeritus Email: sobania@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies), 1980 M.A., Ohio University, 1973 B.A., Hope College, 1968 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise African History with a particular focus on Ethiopia Eastern and Southern Africa Visual Culture Museum Studies The use of photographs as historical documents Books Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw By Raymond Silverman

been a Visiting Professor in the College of Management and a Research Associate in the Institute of Knowledge Service and Innovation at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan (2004-05 and 2011-12). Prior to his current position, he was a faculty research associate in the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. His research has appeared in journals such as the Research Technology Management, Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social

been a Visiting Professor in the College of Management and a Research Associate in the Institute of Knowledge Service and Innovation at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan (2004-05 and 2011-12). Prior to his current position, he was a faculty research associate in the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. His research has appeared in journals such as the Research Technology Management, Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social

Jesus and the Economic Questions of His Day (The Edwin Mellen Press 1986) : View Book Selected Presentations Edgar Goodspeed Endowed Lecture, Two Kingdoms, One Table: Jesus in Political Perspective, Denison University, Granville, OH (March 2014) Lutheran Studies Conference, Two Kingdoms, One Table: Jesus in Political Perspective, Pacific Lutheran University (2012) Lutheran Studies Conference, What Has God to Do With Caesar? Lutheran Perspectives on Political Life, Pacific Lutheran University (2012

History at PLU, as well as classes on innovation and the history of technology. His most recent books are This Little World: A How-to Guide for Social Innovators (2024), co-authored with Shelly Cano Kurtz, and Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America (2020). Both projects offer a “behind-the-scenes” look at digital transformation in American society and its potential for positive social change. Prof. Halvorson is also interested in oral history and its use in

mind, then metaphor is an accelerant and poets are arsonists.” Whether a writer intends this fire to provide warmth or to burn something down, my goal as a teacher and mentor is to provide them with the tools necessary to stoke that flame. Meeting students’ writing on its terms and through the lens of their own individual poetic canons, rather than a monolithic notion of craft, I hope to draw out the best and bravest versions of their work. I encourage writers to court failure in their writing

himself color through landscape painting seemed logical, but he never thought much about the expressive potential of landscape painting. For many of these cityscapes and paintings, he looked for the views that caught his eye on a daily walk. He tries to be sensitive to the contribution the environment has to supporting a subtle narrative in painting. His hope is to convey a slice from everyday life. Establishing accuracy without loosing the energy of the work is a constant challenge. Michael received

(Blackboard) Teacher Certification, 2009 Certificate in Mixed Methods Education Sciences, 2017 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Innovation and Technology in Education Instructional Design, Learning Environments Organizational Change Content Integration Science and Engineering Practices Programs: FYEP, BAE, MAE, ARC Biography Dr. Kim has been involved with the work of teacher preparation at PLU since 2005 – teaching, mentoring, and designing programs and certificates. She joined as full-time faculty in 2018