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Sarah deBack Human Resources Specialist she/her Phone: 253-535-8283 Email: sarah.deback@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 110 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 am Professional Personal Education B.A., Communication, University of Puget Sound, 2024 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Advanced Media Studies Responsibilities Student Employment website Position announcements, advertising, and recruitment MVR, safety, and title IX training coordination

Qin Zhang, Ph.D. Associate Professor Phone: 253-535-7253 Email: zhangqc@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 319 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Marketing, Washington University in St. Louis M.S.B.A, Marketing, Washington University in St. Louis B.S., International Finance, Tsinghua University, China Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Retailing Basket Data Analysis Social Networks Social Media Promotions Dynamic Choice Modeling

Seattle Community Orchestra. A Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in orchestral conducting at Michigan State University, Ms. Mahyar received her MM in orchestral conducting from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and her BM in choral conducting from Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Armenia. Coming from Iran and one of the very few female conductors from her country, Ms. Mahyar has broad experience working with ensembles at different labels and countries. Her international experience includes

partners through visual storytelling. Prior to PLU, Sy served as the Visual Media Manager for the University of Puget Sound, a staff photographer at KOMO4 News, and a photojournalist at the Seattle Times.

Sarah deBack Human Resources Specialist she/her Phone: 253-535-8283 Email: sarah.deback@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 110 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Professional Biography Personal Education B.A., Communication, University of Puget Sound, 2024 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Advanced Media Studies Responsibilities Student Employment website Position announcements, advertising, and recruitment MVR, safety, and title IX training

Javier Alejandro Catering & 208 Lead Cook Phone: 253-535-7472 Email: alejanja@plu.edu Biography Biography Javier has been with PLU for over 20 years and has really enjoyed working for an institution with such great community and family values. He met his wife, Heather, here at PLU and in his free time loves spending time with her and their two beautiful daughters and their extended family.    

Donald Ryan Faculty Fellow Phone: 253-538-5664 Email: ryandp@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 220 L Website: https://sites.google.com/plu.edu/donald-p-ryan/home Professional Biography Personal Education Ph.D., Archaeology, Union Graduate School, The Union Institute , Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988 M.A., Anthropology (Archaeology), University of Washington, 1982 B.A., Political Science (International Relations), Pacific Lutheran University, 1979 Books A Year in the Life of

Fortress (now 1517 Media); served on the Board of Directors of Lutheran Summer Music, the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school students; and now acts as an ambassador for the program. Amy has served many congregations since 1995, and currently is co-Minister of Music at Grace Lutheran Church with her husband Geoffrey. In addition to her keyboard artistry, she is an active singer both recording commercial music and performing live. She treasures singing with Musing, a beautiful

-214. Siegesmund, Amy. "Teaching Epidemiology and Principles of Infectious Disease using Popular Media and the case of Typhoid Mary." Course Source Vol. 3, 2016: 1-4. Accolades American Society for Microbiology Carski Award for Undergraduate Education 2023 Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center Spirit of Diversity Award in Mentoring 2020 2019-2020 Faculty Excellence Award in Service, PLU 2014-2015 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, PLU July 25, 2023 American Society for Microbiology

2017) : View Book Mathematics in Popular Culture: Essays on Appearances in Film, Literature, Games, Television and Other Media co-edited with Elizabeth S. Sklar (McFarland & Co. 2012) : View Book Selected Presentations MAA MathFest, Collaboration in the Time of COVID, Virtual (August 5, 2021) AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, Cinematic Chicken: A Friendly Introduction to Game Theory, Denver, CO (January 15, 2020) Seattle University Math Colloquium, Money! Mystery! Murder! Madness! Metaphor