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  • Professor of English | Department of English | marcusls@plu.edu | 253-535-7312 | 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 teaches a popular writing seminar on Banned Books for the First Year Experience Program.  Her constellation of courses in the English department include:  The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination; American Literature 1914-45: Race, Sex, and War; Anne Frank as a Holocaust Icon; a senior seminar on History & Memory in US Slavery and Holocaust texts; an English Studies course on Gendered Literacy; Feminist Approaches to Literature; Women Writers and the Body Politic; and a first-year seminar on Holocaust Literature developed with Professor Rona Kaufman.  Lisa also regularly teaches courses in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Programs. Her current research project is Snapshots of a Daughter:  A Feminist Genealogy, a critical exploration of letters between Marcus’s mother and the poet Adrienne Rich, 1979-82. You can read a poem she published about visiting Auschwitz here.     .

    teaches a popular writing seminar on Banned Books for the First Year Experience Program.  Her constellation of courses in the English department include:  The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination; American Literature 1914-45: Race, Sex, and War; Anne Frank as a Holocaust Icon; a senior seminar on History & Memory in US Slavery and Holocaust texts; an English Studies course on Gendered Literacy; Feminist Approaches to Literature; Women Writers and the Body Politic; and a first-year seminar on

  • Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | mcfaddsm@plu.edu | 253-535-7510 | Dr.

    vaccine among Black, Hispanic, and undocumented immigrant communities: A review, Journal of Urban Health, in press. Commissioners of the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. (2021). Promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Recommendations from the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance and Demand in the United States. The Lancet, 2021 Nov 15:S0140-6736. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02507-1 AlKetbi, L., Elharake, J. A., Memari, S. A., Mazrouei, S. A., Shehhi, B

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  • Lecturer - Percussion | Music | takekama@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Dr.

    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

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  • Simulation Coordinator | School of Nursing | parkca@plu.edu | 253-535-7649 | I’m passionate about educating our future nurses and am proud to be a part of this area of nursing.

    Carrie Park, RN, MSN Simulation Coordinator Phone: 253-535-7649 Email: parkca@plu.edu Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 334 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Clinical Instructor of Nursing Biography I’m passionate about educating our future nurses and am proud to be a part of this area of nursing. I’m community minded and volunteer with organizations whose focus is on children. I’m a mom of all boys and this is my favorite job! Education 1981 BSN University of Colorado 2012 MSN

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  • Nonfiction, Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Aram Mrjoian is the editor-in-chief of The Rumpus and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow.

    the hope that you will develop enduring strategies for maintaining your writing practice long after completing the program. Being a writer takes time, patience, and practice, there’s no universal formula for finding your voice and improving your craft. As you progress, my focus remains on process and revision, with the understanding that eventually you’ll likely have to negotiate your work’s intentions more directly with readers, editors, and critics. No matter your artistic and professional goals

  • Lecturer - Trombone | Music | rew@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Ryan Wagner graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s of Music Education and the University of Washington with a Master’s of Trombone Performance.

    Ryan Wagner Lecturer - Trombone Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: rew@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.M., Trombone Performance, University of Washington B.M.E., Pacific Lutheran University Biography Ryan Wagner graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor’s of Music Education and the University of Washington with a Master’s of Trombone Performance. He is an active performer and educator throughout Washington state with extensive performance experience in classical, jazz, and

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  • Fiction, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Justin St.

    also focus my feedback on fundamentals of craft. Early in the drafting process, I consider mostly large-scale concerns such as structure and scope, which encourages student writers to articulate and sharpen their artistic vision for a piece of writing. Later, we’ll focus more on line-level concerns, to polish a piece toward its final form. In workshop, I strive to create an environment of mutual respect. Students should read their classmates’ work with diligence and care, and articulate their

  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | barberal@plu.edu | I am a proud PLU alum twice over! In 2017 I graduated with my Bachelors in Kinesiology and continued on into the ELMSN program shortly after.

    Anela Barber, MSN, RN Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: barberal@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Bachelors , Kinesiology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2017 MSN, Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2019 Biography I am a proud PLU alum twice over! In 2017 I graduated with my Bachelors in Kinesiology and continued on into the ELMSN program shortly after. I obtained my nursing license in 2018 and graduated with my MSN with high honors in 2019. I enjoy using my background knowledge of

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  • Associate Vice President for Campus Life | Division of Student Life | tom.huelsbeck@plu.edu | 253-535-7200 | Tom has served over 20 years as an administrator at PLU.

    Tom Huelsbeck Associate Vice President for Campus Life he/him Phone: 253-535-7200 Email: tom.huelsbeck@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center Professional Biography Education M.S., College Student Personnel, Bowling Green State University B.S., Math, University of Wisconsin-Madison Biography Tom has served over 20 years as an administrator at PLU. In addition to overall responsibility for Residential Life he takes a particular interest in issues related to budget, occupancy and

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  • Lecturer | School of Nursing | swims@plu.edu | Dr.

    emergency department and hospital case management, helping patients discharge successfully after an acute illness.  She currently works at Tacoma Central Internal Medicine, with a focus on primary care of adult/geriatric patients with complex health conditions.  She loves to spend extra time with her patients teaching them about their health conditions.  Her goal as an instructor at PLU is to teach her students to do this as well.  Knowledge about health can empower people to make better decisions about

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