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his teacher education work, he enjoys teaching first year writing seminars and a course titled “Cultural Globalization” in the International Core. Ron coordinates PLU’s Masters Teaching Credential Program. His recent publications include “Stop Linking School Improvement, Economic Growth, and National Greatness” and “Teaching As We Always Have, Even Though The ‘Always On’ Generation Isn’t Listening” – both in Teachers College Record.

cities in Africa, Europe, and America. She studied and taught at numerous institutions in the US such as the University of Oregon, Louisiana State University, Dartmouth College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Ekani’s “secret de polichinelle” is to become a novelist. So, she spends most of her spare time writing, rewriting, and editing manuscripts. In addition, she likes to travel, watch stand-up comedies, meditate, and talk to her family and friends. She applauds the freedom that comes

focused on orchestral music of the mid-eighteenth century. More recently, he has been researching and writing on the formation of vocational commitments for young musicians.

focused on orchestral music of the mid-eighteenth century. More recently, he has been researching and writing on the formation of vocational commitments for young musicians.

College, 2009 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Music Education, String Pedagogy, Neuroscience/Psychology of Music Learning Responsibilities Music Education and String Pedagogy Selected Presentations Suzuki Association of the Americas Biennial Conference, Making Informed Choices in Finger Preparation and Independence, Louisville, KY (2024) American String Teachers Association National Conference, Invited perception and creative music making: Children’s philosophical dialogue in the classroom, Atlanta, GA

Professor at Pacific Lutheran University teaching Sales & Sales Management and Business Writing; Adjunct Professor at Highline Community College teaching Professional Selling, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Human/Labor Relations, Principles of Management & Supervision and Business Ethics & Sustainability. Cosette holds a Master of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, both from the University of Idaho. In her leisure time, she loves hiking, snowshoeing, kayaking, running

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

of romance novels, examining the gendered aspects of the career and how women experience writing what has been described as the most popular, least respected literary genre. At PLU, Gregson has a long record of faculty governance and leadership experience. She has served on and chaired the Campus Life Committee, the Rank and Tenure Committee, and the Governance Committee, and has served as Chair of the Faculty, Vice Chair of the Faculty, and Faculty Secretary. Her service record also includes

Browning, and Woolf. She graduated with an M.S. in English from the University of Minnesota in 1009 and a B.A in English and Religion from St. Olaf College in 1989. Her areas of teaching expertise include the British long nineteenth century; poetry; women’s gender, and sexuality studies; narrative ethics; and writing. Her journal articles and book chapters primarily focus on Victorian women’s devotional poetry and on the lyric as form. She is also the co-editor of Cultivating Vocation in Literary

CHEM 410: Introduction to Research CHEM 420: Instrumental Analysis CHEM 487: Inorganic Synthesis CHEM 499: Capstone NSCI 350: STEM Education Partnership FYEP 101 – A writing course for students during their first semester at PLU Selected Publications Food Chemistry: An Asynchronous Course Designed with Hands-On Experiments for Undergraduate General Education Selected Articles Munro, A. M. "Synthetic Approaches for Growing Zinc Sulfide and Zinc Selenide Colloidal Nanocrystals." Journal of Vacuum