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Oliver de la Paz Poetry Biography Biography Oliver de la Paz is author and editor of several books and serves as the Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. His latest collection of poetry, The Diaspora Sonnets, was published by Liveright Press (2023). It was a winner of the 2023 New England Book Award and was longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award. A founding member of Kundiman, he teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the Low-Residency MFA Program at PLU.   Mentor.  Workshops and

Mercedi Benien Budget and Administrative Specialist she/her Phone: 253-535-7627 Email: mbenien@plu.edu Office Location:Mary Baker Russell Music Center - Room 206 (Music Office) Office Hours: (On Campus) Monday - Thursday: 7:00 am - 5:30 pm

Patricia Henness Physical Security and Access Manager Phone: 253-535-7969 Email: hennespa@plu.edu Office Location:Harstad Hall - Room G-28

Nancy Jo Bob Visiting Lecturer of Southern Lushootseed Email: nancy.bob@plu.edu

Lia Purpura Nonfiction, Poetry Website: http://www.liapurpura.com/ Biography Biography Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems).  Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the

Sarah Beal Program and Internship Placement Coordinator Phone: 253-535-7050 Email: leitzise@plu.edu Office Location:Olson Auditorium - Room 101-C

Travis Pagel Classroom and Event Technologies Team Lead Phone: 253-535-8627 Email: pageltj@plu.edu Website: //www.plu.edu/its

Andy Foltz Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Operations Phone: 253-535-8799 Email: foltzae@plu.edu

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword

Preston Lowe Visiting Instructor of Sociology Phone: 253-535-7839 Email: plowe@plu.edu Office Locati