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and Doctoral degrees in percussion performance from the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, where she was awarded the coveted Boeing Scholarship, among other honors. She is a sought-after performer in many styles of music, working with groups ranging from classical music (such as the Seattle Modern Orchestra) to Mexican banda music to steel band and West African drumming. She performs with Diego Coy Musica Colombiana, Pan Duo, and many other groups, and is a founding member of the

University of Idaho, earning a Bachelor’s degree in music education, and a Masters of Music (saxophone performance) studying with Robert Miller. Dr. Gerhardstein is a frequent workshop clinician, guest conductor, and festival adjudicator. Prior to coming to PLU in 2014, he was the band director at West Valley High School in Yakima where his band program had a strong reputation for excellence in all areas (Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band). He has proudly served as an honor band conductor on

Research Grant, Pacific Lutheran University, 2014 Spirit of Diversity Award awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, 2014 Inspirational Women Recognition awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Women’s Center based on student’s nomination, 2013 Innovative Teaching Grant [shared] awarded by the Provost’s Office, Pacific Lutheran University, for the project entitled “Reflections on Social Reconciliation Processes: Hispanic Countries vis á vis Post-Apartheid South Africa,” Spring Semester

Guardian, Tin House, New England Review, DIAGRAM, ZYZZYVA, and many other publications, as well as anthologies including Best of the West and The Pushcart Prize. He was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and has a BA and MFA from the University of Arizona. He lives in Oregon and teaches at Oregon State University and the Rainier Writing Workshop. Mentor. Workshops and classes in fiction and nonfiction I want your work to be your own, so my approach to advising individual students

West, accompanying and coaching private voice students, team-teaching numerous theater classes, and most recently she was named Music Director for productions in PLU’s Theater & Dance program, including Amélie, music revues Off Broadway, and When You Wish Upon a Star, and Jasper in Deadland (Spring 2024). Amy is frequently asked to collaborate and perform with world-renowned conductors and elite ensembles at NWACDA, Washington ACDA, NAfME, and WMEA conventions. Recent notable collaborations have

Interest Group for Computer Science Education (ACM-SIGCSE) Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges - North West (CCSC-NW) Biography Research and Professional Activities Prof. Murphy’s primary research interest is computer science education and she has had the privilege of collaborating with education researchers from around the world on topics such as novice debugging, pair programming, recursion, classroom assessment, instructional practices, and the influence of psychological factors in

through cultural productions and memory practices. This research takes me not only to print and film archives, but also to cultural and educational institutions where people craft and share their own “canal memories.” Whether I’m analyzing nationalist novels studied in high schools, the oral histories at the West Indian Museum of Panama, or testimonial short stories of survivors of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama, I uplift the centrality of narratives in negotiating the human experience. My teaching

Orchestra, PLU Wind Ensemble, PLU Symphony Orchestra, the University Chorale, Choir of the West, the Tacoma Community College Orchestra, the Seattle Bach Choir, Brass Unlimited, Brass Band Tacoma, and many others. He plays throughout the northwest as a member of the Seattle-based Mosaic Brass Quintet. He has appeared with the Vashon Opera Orchestra and at the Olympic Music Festival, and plays regularly with Symphony Tacoma, the Tacoma Opera Orchestra, and the Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra. He also serves

regularly performs throughout the West Coast with Celtic Harper, David Helfand. The duo performs original and traditional music that is influenced by Middle Eastern, Celtic, and Indian styles. Together the duo has released three albums, Through the Portal, From a Distant Time: Inspirations from the Celtic Lands, and After the Rain. Dr. Lader’s compositions have been featured in documentaries by Reiko Fujii (Detained Alien Enemy – Japanese American Internment) and Matt Cook (Exploring the nature of

). During the 1990s, Oakman participated in archaeological excavations at Jotapata and Cana in Galilee. Oakman was born and reared in Iowa. He is an ordained minister on the roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and served during the 1980s as an Associate Pastor in West Oakland, CA. He is a connoisseur of classical jazz, long-time railfan, and Ham radio operator with callsign AD7AV. He resides in Tacoma, WA with wife Deborah. Interests Ham radio Railroad history and operations Building