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  • Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Scott Nadelson is the author of four story collections, most recently The Fourth Corner of the World; a memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress; and a novel, Between You and Me.  His stories and essays have appeared in Harvard Review, AGNI, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in both Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays.  Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon. Mentor.

     Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays.  Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon. Mentor. Workshops and classes in fiction. Statement: “As a writer, I am endlessly surprised and fascinated by the possibilities offered by narrative and by language; as a teacher, I try to get students excited about those possibilities by sharing my discoveries and

  • Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Biology | cmschiller@plu.edu | 253-535-7004

    & Paleoenvironments Research Projects Paleobotany and paleoenvironments on Cenozoic to Quaternary timescales; Disturbance ecology of ancient ecosystems; Vegetation response to ancient climate change. Selected Presentations Zahajská, P., Stamm, F.M., Baldermann, A., Schiller, C.M., and Conley, D., The stubborn silica: Undissolved diatom frustules during sequential leaching: Isotopes in Biogenic Silica, Louvain-La-Neuve, BELGIUM (May 2024) American Geophysical Union (Lowe, A.J., Schmitz, M.D., Dillhoff, R

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  • Resident Assistant Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | reimerjm@plu.edu | 253-535-7128

    Neurosci. 2013: 18448-18468. Professional Memberships/Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science , (2005 - Present) Society for Neuroscience , (2003 - Present)

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  • Professor Emeritus of Physics | Department of Physics | tangka@plu.edu | 253-535-7539 | K.T.

    . He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the Mathematical Association of America.

  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Department of Chemistry | aboysen@plu.edu | 253-535-7596 | Dr.

    Transcripts Reflect Diel Oscillations of Microbial Activity in the Surface Ocean." American Society for Microbilogy Vol. 6, May/June 2021: Issue 3. Biography Dr. Angie Boysen’s research focuses on understanding the roles that microorganisms play in controlling the ocean biogeochemical cycles. She is broadly interested in how microorganisms adapt to and shape their dynamic environments by producing and using different small molecules (metabolites) and proteins. Dr. Boysen looks forward to continuing her

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  • Paul Fritts Endowed Chair; Assistant Professor of Music, Organ | Music | jjm@plu.edu | Justin J.

    England, harpsichord music of the 17 th century, and modernist French organ music, especially that of Charles Tournemire and Olivier Messiaen. Since 2011, he has premiered over a dozen new works for the organ and the harpsichord and has championed composers including Emma Lou Diemer and Eva-Maria Houben. Jay can be heard on recorded releases from Marginal Frequency, Another Timbre, and Mayor Tacoghost; his debut solo album, featuring a survey of American organ music played on an 1834 Joseph Alley

  • Professor of Earth Science and Environmental Studies | Earth Science | mckennra@plu.edu | 253-535-8726

    Rose McKenney Professor of Earth Science and Environmental Studies she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8726 Email: mckennra@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 143 Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997 M.S., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1992 B.S., Geology, Oregon State University, 1985 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Geomorphology Environmental Studies Science Education Curriculum Development Books Land Use

  • Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities | Religion | torvensa@plu.edu | 253-535-8106 | Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals.

    Lutheran University, 1973 Books Flowing Water, Uncommon Birth: Christian Baptism in a Post-Christian Culture (Fortress Press 2014) : View Book Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments (Fortress Press 2008) : View Book Daily Bread, Holy Meal: Opening The Gifts Of Holy Communion (Augsberg Fortress 2004) : View Book Through a Child's Eyes: Poems and Stories About War co-edited with Victor Klimoski (Plain View Press 2001) : View Book Accolades K. T. Tang Award for Excellence in Research 2006

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  • Lecturer - Percussion | Music | takekama@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Dr.

     Washington State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, an annual guest speaker for the University of Washington Percussion Lab, and a co-founder of Smile for Japan, a Seattle- based fundraising event for the victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. She was also a contributing performer to a fundraising CD to aid victims of the Oso (Washington) Mud Slide. She has worked to foster cultural exchange between Japanese and American youth groups, leading or coordinating tours by the University of

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Piano | Music | powerslm@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter, Dr.

    Leon Fleisher). Recent solo performances include repeat appearances at Estes Park Music Festival Winter Series in Colorado, performing at the College Music Society 2017 conference in Vancouver, B.C., a performance at the Oklahoma Music Teachers’ Association 2016 State Conference, and frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Lark was born in California and grew up studying the piano and the violin. She received a DMA in piano performance from the

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