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Carmiña Palerm Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7756 Email: palerm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-C Professional Additional Titles/Roles Director, Hispanic and Latino Studies Education Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001 M.A., Stanford University, 1994 B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Literatures and Cultures of Spain Gender Studies Memory, Trauma, and Testimony in Spanish Literature

Beth Griech-Polelle Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7591 Email: griechba@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 115 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Associate Professor of History Education Ph.D., Modern European History, Rutgers, 1999 M.A., Modern European History, Rutgers B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987 Areas of Emphasis

Catherine Pratt, Ed.D. Resident Assistant Professor in School of Business Phone: 253-535-7244 Email:

Laura Shneidman Associate Professor of Psychology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7769 Email: las@plu.ed

Ron Gerhardstein Associate Professor of Music; Director of Band Studies; Advising Associate for Music Phone: 253-535-7609 Email: gerharrc@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 202A Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA), President 2022-2024 WMEA, Past-President 2024-2026 WIAA Fine Arts Honorary Board Member 2020-2024 NAfME, Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee

values and norms in rural Bangladesh. Her study results have been published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies (2000) and the Journal of International Women’s Studies (2004). She also conducted research on the inter-generational family relationships of Germans and Turkish immigrants living in Germany. Some of the conclusions from this research have been published in the book Grandmotherhood: The Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life (2005, Rutgers University Press

Kevin J. O’Brien Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics he/him Phone: 253-535-7239 Email:

values and norms in rural Bangladesh. Her study results have been published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies (2000) and the Journal of International Women’s Studies (2004). She also conducted research on the inter-generational family relationships of Germans and Turkish immigrants living in Germany. Some of the conclusions from this research have been published in the book Grandmotherhood: The Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life (2005, Rutgers University Press

Michael Zbaraschuk Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context Phone: 253-535-8499 E

Michael Zbaraschuk Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context Phone: 253-535-8499 E