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Oksana Ezhokina Associate Professor of Music - Piano; Coordinator of Keyboard Studies Phone: 253-535-7604 Email: ejokinoa@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 114 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Video Education D.M.A., Piano Performance, Stony Brook University, 2004 M.M., Northern Illinois University, 1999 B.M., Walla Walla University, 1997 Responsibilities Piano Studies Chair, Applied Piano Lessons, Advanced Keyboarding Lessons

Ksenija Simić-Muller Chair of Mathematics she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7034 Email: simicmka@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 253 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Mathematics Coordinator of Peace Scholars Program Education Ph.D., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004 M.S., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000 Undergraduate, Theoretical Mathematics, University of Belgrade, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Logic

Matt Smith Chair of Biology Phone: 253-535-7550 Email: smithmf@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 155 Professional Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Biology Education Ph.D., Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, 1997 B.S., Molecular/Cellular Biology, Humboldt State University, 1990 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Vertebrate Physiology Neurobiology

Erin McGinnis ’90 Associate Vice President for Hospitality and Retail Services Dining and Culinary Services Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: mcginnem@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 271 Professional Biography Education M.B.A., University of Guelph, 2007 A.O.S., Culinary Institute of America, 1992 B.A., English/Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1990 Biography Erin is Associate Vice President for Hospitality and Retail Services Dining and Culinary Services for Pacific

Samuel Torvend Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Director for External Relations - Wild Hope Center for Vocation Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, Pacific

Miranda Morgan Visiting Assistant Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7229 Email: miranda.morgan@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Professional Additional Titles/Roles Director, The Writing Center Education MFA, MFA in Creative Writing, Nonfiction, University of Montana, 2019 BA, Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014

James Albrecht Chair of Department of English Phone: 253-535-7698 Email: albrecjm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-D Professional Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995 M.A., Rutgers University, 1989 B.A., Amherst College, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise American Literature Pragmatism Books Reconstructing Individualism: A Pragmatic Tradition from Emerson to Ellison (Fordham University Press 2012) : View Book

Julie Winters Web Support Coordinator Phone: 253-535-7436 Email: winterjl@plu.edu Office Location:Printing & Mail Services Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education A.A., Business, Tacoma Community College, 1983 Biography 1987-1988 Night Custodian in the Library. 1989 Housekeeper in Tingelstad. Came back in 1999 as a Custodian for a few months and then Shipping/Receiving Manager in the bookstore when it was in the University Center. Joined the staff of Marketing & Communication in

Michelle Crites Resident Instructor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7214 Email: mcrites@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 152 Professional Education M.S., Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, 1999 B.S., California Polytechnic State University, 1996 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Human Anatomy and Physiology

Neva Laurie-Berry Associate Professor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5025 Email: laurienl@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Washington University at St. Louis, 2008 B.A., Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2000 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Plant Physiology