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Justin Lytle, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry he/him/his Phone: 253-535-7555 Email: lytlejc@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 245 Professional Video Education U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2005-2008 Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005 B.A., Wittenberg University, 2000 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Fabricating and characterizing nanoarchitectured materials Electrochemically analyzing battery and capacitor electrodes Responsibilities Classes Taught CHEM 115 – General Chemistry I

Teaching Excellence Award, PLU Center for Teaching and Learning, 2001 Graves Award in the Humanities, 1998 Biography Lisa Marcus joined the English department after completing a PhD in English at Rutgers University in 1995.  She has been active in campus-wide diversity education and advocacy; she chaired the Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies program for many years, and is a founding member of PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program.  She is deeply committed to first year education and regularly

Teaching Excellence Award, PLU Center for Teaching and Learning, 2001 Graves Award in the Humanities, 1998 Biography Lisa Marcus joined the English department after completing a PhD in English at Rutgers University in 1995.  She has been active in campus-wide diversity education and advocacy; she chaired the Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies program for many years, and is a founding member of PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program.  She is deeply committed to first year education and regularly

Valeriy Smirnov, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Phone: 253.535.7940 Email: vsmirnov@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 244 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Education Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004

Brian Naasz, Ph.D. Resident Assistant Professor of Chemistry he/him/his Phone: 253-535-8104 Email: naaszbm@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 242 Professional Education Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1986 B.S., Seattle University, 1982 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Chemistry Responsibilities Chem 104 Environmental Chemistry Chem 320 Analytical Chemistry ENVT 499 Environmental Studies Capstone

Studies Selected Publications "Gasping for War Drama: The 'About to Die Moment' of the Osama bin Laden Assassination" in Critical Studies in Media Communication "War Misguidance: Visualizing Quagmire in the US War in Afghanistan" in Media, War & Conflict "Fusing Race: The Phobogenics of Racializing Surveillance" "Feeling for the State: Affective Labor and Anti-Terrorism Training in US Hotels" Accolades 2021 • Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award 2021 • PLU Center for Gender Equity Award for

Nick Sherwin Prospect Information Manager Phone: 253-535-8229 Email: sherwina@plu.edu Office Location:Martin J. Neeb Center Professional Biography Education B.A., Theatre, Pacific Lutheran University, 2019 A.A., Tacoma Community College, 2017 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Data Entry Gift Processing Gift Receipting Online Giving Customer Service Biography Nick graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. He began his career at PLU as Gift Processing

Rona Kaufman Former Director of the Writing Center (On Sabbatical) Phone: 253-535-7295 Email: kaufman@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-D Professional Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Director of the First-Year Experience Program Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002 M.A., University of Maine, 1994 B.A., Penn State University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Composition Rhetoric and Writing Literacy Pedagogy English Language Accolades Faculty