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Florence International Choral Festival. “Outstanding Conductor” at the 2014 Florence International Choir Festival Choirs under Nance's direction have been selected to perform for eight division conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, and two National Conferences (2001 and 2013) 2011 and 2013 “American Prize” for Choral Conducting 2013-2014 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research from Pacific Lutheran University 2010 Washington State Leadership Award Recipient of the 2002

, Tacoma/Pierce County United Way (2016) Research Award, PLU School of Business (2015) Innovative Volunteer Recognition in 2014 Living Water International Annual Report (2015) Professor of the Year Award, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, PLU (2014) Excellence in Mentoring Award Nominee, PLU (2014) Excellence in Teaching Award, Wells Fargo/PLU School of Business (2014) David T. Alger Service Award, Pacific Lutheran University (2013) Nominee – WSU Graduate Professional Student Association, TA

, Tacoma/Pierce County United Way (2016) Research Award, PLU School of Business (2015) Innovative Volunteer Recognition in 2014 Living Water International Annual Report (2015) Professor of the Year Award, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, PLU (2014) Excellence in Mentoring Award Nominee, PLU (2014) Excellence in Teaching Award, Wells Fargo/PLU School of Business (2014) David T. Alger Service Award, Pacific Lutheran University (2013) Nominee – WSU Graduate Professional Student Association, TA

, 2008 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Machine learning Data science Bioinformatics Selected Presentations 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Large-Scale Model Quality Assessment for Improving Protein Tertiary Structure Prediction (2015) The 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM, Apply Modified Method of Nonlinear Optimization to Improve Localization Accuracy in WSN, Beijing (2009) Selected

, Teach ill-conditioning in a single lecture!, Special Session on Teaching Numerical Analysis, Portland, OR (August, 2009) Selected Articles Catral, M., Lebtahi, L. Stuart, J., Thome, N.. "Matrices A such that As+1R = RA⁎ with Rk = I." Linear Algebra and its Applications Vol. 552, 2018: 85-104. "Building generalized inverses of matrices using only row and column operations." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. iFirst, 2010: 1–12. Q. Li, B. Liu and J. Stuart

of Eliza Cook’s Songs of Labor." Victorian Poetry Vol. 39.2, 2001: "'Amazed at Our Success': The Langham Place Editors and the Emergence of a Feminist Critical Tradition." Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 29.2, 1996: "Editing Belgravia: M.E. Braddon’s Defense of 'Light Literature'." Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 28.2, 1995: Accolades Regency Advancement Award, 2006 Wang Center International Travel Grant, 2004 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship, 1998–99 Mellon

the field of law, international development, and technology.  James comes to the PLU Counseling Center with a love for the infinite potential between deep human connection and personal identity.  From this love is the belief that every individual has different needs at different moments of time, whether that be spiritually, culturally, and/or experientially.

, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna. "The Influence of Migration, Education, and Parents on the Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Women in the U.S." International Journal of Social Sciences Vol. IX(2), 2020: 82-98. Nosaka, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna L. "Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Immigrant Women in Seattle: The Influence of Ken Affiliation, Residential Location, and Employment Status." Journal of Northwest Anthropology Vol. 52(2), 2018: 151-167. "Aspirations and Desires: Women's Education and

. He has extensive teaching experience across a broad spectrum of finance courses, including investments, corporate finance, international finance, derivatives, and financial markets. Dr. Lin’s research primarily leverages data to explore corporate finance issues such as executive compensation and debt management. He is also interested in sports economics and energy economics.

interest in environmental health, and my goal of pursuing a doctoral degree in nursing. I enjoy sharing my experience with the nursing students at PLU and hope to promote evidence based, holistic nursing practice. Certifications/Awards Certified Case Manager (CCM), Commission for Case Management Certification Graduate Certificate in Public Health, Washington State University Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Chi Chapter