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  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Jennifer Elise Foerster is the author of three books of poetry, Leaving Tulsa (2013), Bright Raft in the Afterweather (2018), and The Maybe-Bird (2022), and served as the Associate Editor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. She is the recipient of a NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, a Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford.

    was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford. Her poetry has recently appeared in POETRY London, The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review and other journals. Jennifer currently teaches at the Rainier Writing Workshop, the Institute of  American Indian Arts Continuing Education Program, and is the Literary Assistant to the U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. She Foerster grew up living internationally, is of European (German/Dutch) and Mvskoke descent, and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of

  • Associate Vice President, Facilities Management | Facilities Management | perkinson@plu.edu | 253-535-7380 | Greg Perkinson is transitioning from his most recent appointment as the Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) at Southern Oregon University (SOU), where he served from December 2017 to December of 2023.

    Greg Perkinson Associate Vice President, Facilities Management Phone: 253-535-7380 Email: perkinson@plu.edu Biography Biography Greg Perkinson is transitioning from his most recent appointment as the Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) at Southern Oregon University (SOU), where he served from December 2017 to December of 2023. As the VPFA at SOU, he oversaw a broad range of campus operations. He led eight departments:  Business Services, Budget Office, Human Resources

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  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | solveig.robinson@plu.edu | 253-535-7241 | Dr.

    Solveig Robinson Associate Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7241 Email: solveig.robinson@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 253 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director of the Publishing & Printing Arts Program Education Ph.D., English Language & Literature, University of Chicago, 1994 M.A., English Language & Literature, University of Chicago, 1987 B.A., English, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1983 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise History of the

  • Visiting Instructor and Director, MSW & BSW Practicum Programs | Department of Social Work | carrington@plu.edu | 253-535-7859 | Maria Carrington earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Pacific Lutheran University and obtained her master of Social Work from Boston College.

    constant learning and building of relationships, make this work both intellectually stimulating and emotionally fulfilling. My role as a practicum coordinator brings me immense satisfaction as it allows me to foster relationships with various facets of our community and play a pivotal role in our students’ social work education. Connecting with different organizations, agencies, and professionals across the community strengthens the ties between our academic program and the real-world social work

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  • Lead Cook | Campus Restaurants - Dining at PLU | yahiaoaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7472 | I am 33 years old from Algeria (ask Google if you don’t know it), I speak 3 languages (Arabic, French and English ), I have been in the food industry for 3 years, I love it and enjoy it. .

    Abdo Yahiaoui Lead Cook Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: yahiaoaa@plu.edu Biography Biography I am 33 years old from Algeria (ask Google if you don’t know it), I speak 3 languages (Arabic, French and English ), I have been in the food industry for 3 years, I love it and enjoy it.

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  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | behrenmd@plu.edu | 253-535-7565 | My teaching activities focus primarily on ecology and animal diversity.

    Michael Behrens Professor of Biology he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7565 Email: behrenmd@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 145 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (On Campus) Tue: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (On Campus) Wed: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Fri: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Personal Video News Additional Titles/Roles Director of Environmental Studies Education Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution

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  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Sherry Simpson is the author of Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in Alaska, which received the 2015 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished book of nature writing, and two collections of essays, The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska and The Way Winter Comes, which won the inaugural Chinook Literary Prize.

    Sherry Simpson Nonfiction Website: http://www.sherrysimpson.net/ Biography Biography Sherry Simpson is the author of Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in Alaska, which received the 2015 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished book of nature writing, and two collections of essays, The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska and The Way Winter Comes, which won the inaugural Chinook Literary Prize. She has also written four travel books, most recently Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Brenda Miller edited the anthology The Next Draft: Inspiring Craft Talks from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her most recent collection of her own work is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes.

    Brenda Miller Nonfiction Website: http://www.brendamillerwriter.com/ Biography Biography Brenda Miller edited the anthology The Next Draft: Inspiring Craft Talks from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her most recent collection of her own work is A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form. She is the author of five more essay collections, including An Earlier Life, which received the Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and she is the recipient of six Pushcart Prizes. Her book of collaborative

  • School of Business | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    Vic Sweberg, MBA Email: sweberva@plu.edu Biography Biography Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of

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  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Jenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017).  Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, Waxwing, and elsewhere.  Her honors include a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship.  She has also received awards and scholarships from the Blue Mountain Center, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo.  She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at West Virginia University, and she is on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program.

    Jenny Johnson Poetry Biography Biography Jenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017).  Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, Waxwing, and elsewhere.  Her honors include a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship.  She has also received awards and scholarships from the Blue Mountain Center, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo.  She is an