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energy and motivation like the shock of what is new. I believe that every person has a distinct camera lens and this comes through in your writing. My job as your teacher is to help you focus that lens, and see in your own unique way–and then help you tell us all that you see. I am interested in mentoring anyone, but am always seeking people with a viewpoint we don’t see too much: working class, transgender, biracial, under-represented cultures, etc. Please come challenge me with something new.

to the university on many levels, Starkovich was awarded PLU’s Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award that may be granted to a current PLU employee. The award cited, in part, his “…ongoing commitment to the advancement of knowledge, thoughtful inquiry and questioning, the discernment of vocation, and the preparation of citizens in service to the world.” Before pursuing his graduate studies, Starkovich pursued an early interest in politics, and in 1982 he was elected to the Oregon State

: I believe my job as a writing teacher is to do three primary things:  Serving as a supportive guide, helping you discover literature you may not have encountered on your own that will add to your literary toolkit, and helping you deconstruct the architecture of stories so that you might better unpack your own decisions. Whether you write domestic realism or speculative work or work that defies categorization, I place an emphasis on helping my students appreciate and understand not only the craft

Dawn Sonntag Lecturer - Composition Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: dsonntag@plu.edu Website: //www.dawnsonntag.com Professional Biography Education D.M.A., Vocal Performance and Composition, University of Minnesota M.M., Choral Conducting, Ohio State University B.M., Voice Performance, University of Texas-El Paso Responsibilities Composition Lessons and Songwriting. Accolades Swedish International Cultural Exchange Grant, 2019 Music Teacher National Association - Ohio Distinguished Composer of the

." Physical Review D 100 Vol. 4, 2019: D.J. Burger, N. Moynihan, S. Das, S. Shajidul Haque and B. Underwood. "Towards the Raychaudhuri Equation Beyond General Relativity." Physical Review D98 Vol. 2, 2018: Cownden, B., Frey, A., Marsh, D., Underwood, B. "Dimensional reduction for D3-brane moduli." Journal of High Energy Physics Vol. 139, 2016: B. Underwood and Y. Zhai. "Moving Phones Tick Slower: Creating an Android App to Demonstrate Time Dilation." The Physics Teacher Vol. 54, 2016: 277. Accolades

pursue K-12 STEM teaching. This project is part of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.

research centers on mountain building processes and regional climate change and the associated influences of each on atmospheric dynamics. Specifically, I use stable isotope geochemistry, clumped isotope thermometry, detrital provenance techniques, and climate modeling to study the tectonic, topographic and climatic evolution of orogenic systems as recorded in proxies preserved in sedimentary basins. As a teacher, I implement hands-on and field-based teaching strategies to engage students both inside

formal elements that we use as writers.  As a teacher, I prefer discussions in which everyone seems to have a lab coat on, detailing the mechanics of the work at hand.  How a piece achieves its force through writerly decisions—decisions which have been guided by thought and feeling, insight and intuition, analysis and imagination, failure and risk—this is what I care about. As a necessary complement to the writer’s solitary work, the conversations we have about each other’s work can be as vital as

sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and a gifted composer and arranger. Ms. Fujiwara is Professor of violin and viola at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the music faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University and is in great demand for master classes and clinics throughout the United States. Korine’s students have been accepted into the performance programs of such institutions as Indiana University, Cincinnati College Conservatory, and Northwestern

Taiwan Television Network. Dr. Bennett received both his Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. He also holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. He has attended the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, as well as senior leadership workshops through ACE, CASE, NASM, and GLCA. He holds the Professional College Teacher Certification Diploma