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Director, works to maintain and recommend changes in policies and procedures that align with best practices and the Wang Center’s mission and vision for global education With Executive Director, coordinates risk assessment, mitigation, and crisis management Accolades The Forum on Education Abroad Certified Professional in Education Abroad (May 2021) PLU Distinguished Staff Award (December 2018) PLU Women’s Center Inspiration Award (March 2014)

Mary Jo Larsen Assistant Dean Phone: 253-535-8456 Email: larsenmj@plu.edu Office Hours: Tu & Th: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Fri: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Education, Seattle Pacific University, 2014 M.A., Education, Pacific Lutheran University, 2004 B.A., Education, Pacific Lutheran University, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Endorsements in English and Biology Biography Mary Jo earned both her B.A. and Master’s in Education from PLU. Her varied career in education

Katie Brizuela Visiting Instructor and Interim Coordinator of Music Education Phone: 253-535-7789 Email: kbrizuela@plu.edu Office Location: Mary Baker Russell Music Center - 208 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Biography Education M.M., Music Education, Eastern Washington University B.M.E., Music Education, Pacific Lutheran University Biography Katherine Brizuela is a music educator in the Puget Sound region. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from

Tamara Williams Executive Director, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Program Director PLU Gateway Program in Oaxaca Phone: 253-535-7577 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of the Wang Center, she taught

shared and hopefully appreciated. Writing bears the responsibility to appeal to the linguistic, intellectual and/or emotional pleasures, and to expand the reader’s understanding of the powers and politics of voice, knowledge, and/or identity. I also take mentorship seriously, and my role as an instructor is to motivate and guide students to a place of creativity and reflection, where those students can build on their strengths and improve on their weaknesses. I believe the goal of interacting in a

Dark Journey: the Rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany”” for The Modern Scholar Great Professors series of lectures. She has published numerous chapters in books, served as guest editor of The Journal of Jesuit Studies, and has spoken at various Holocaust Centers and other venues. She serves on many organization’s committees, including the Executive Committee of the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies; the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity’s

relativity, cosmology and classical field theory. His previous degrees were a master’s degree in educational policy and management with an emphasis in higher education administration from the University of Oregon, and a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric sciences with an emphasis in atmospheric chemistry from Oregon State University. Now in retirement, he continues to pursue his academic interests in mathematical physics, and has recently authored a textbook on the subject (The Structures of Mathematical

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

according to the complex joys and troubles of living. I believe both art and artist fare better when we advance aesthetic choices together with questions about the philosophical implications behind our creative work. I also find that candor about my own failures and successes can help reframe the writing process on more accessible and therefore healthier terms. Through a combination of support, challenge, and surprise, writers should leave workshop with a renewed sense of reflection and feeling

the Baghdad ER and the Stop the Bleeding 31 st Combat Support Hospital, The Come as You Are War, Stories of the Baghdad ER and the Stop the Bleeding 31 st Combat Support Hospital, National Teaching Institute, Anaheim, CA (May 2006) Biography Military Education Command General Staff College Combined Arms Staff and Service School Nurse Manager Leadership Development Course Combat Care Casualty Course Army Nurse Corps Critical Care Nursing Course