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Shannon Seidel Associate Professor of Biology Phone: 253-535-7791 Email: seidelsb@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 147 Professional Video Education Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 2012 B.S., Biology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2005 Selected Articles Colin D. Harrison, Tiffy A. Nguyen, Shannon B. Seidel, et al. "Investigating Instructor Talk in Novel Contexts: Widespread Use, Unexpected Categories, and an Emergent Sampling Strategy." Life

Director, works to maintain and recommend changes in policies and procedures that align with best practices and the Wang Center’s mission and vision for global education With Executive Director, coordinates risk assessment, mitigation, and crisis management Accolades The Forum on Education Abroad Certified Professional in Education Abroad (May 2021) PLU Distinguished Staff Award (December 2018) PLU Women’s Center Inspiration Award (March 2014)

Josh Girnus ’16 Director of Retail Services He/Him/His Phone: 253-535-7476 Email: girnusjc@plu.edu Office Location:Anderson University Center - Room 276 Professional Biography Education B.A., Philosophy, Minor in Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University, 2016 A.A., General, Pierce College, 2014 Biography Josh is a recent grad from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a B.A. degree in Philosophy with department honors and a minor in politics and government. He comes to PLU with an

Wendy Gardiner Associate Professor She/Her Phone: 253-535-8342 Email: gardinwl@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education Education Ed.D, Curriculum and Instruction, National Louis University M.Ed, Curriculum and Instruction, National Louis University B.S., Elementary Education, Ohio State University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Equity Literacy Teacher Education Diversity Responsive Children's Literature Mentoring and New Teacher

MacKenzie Hines Assistant Director of Communications she/her Phone: 253-535-7059 Email: mhines@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Elon University Biography For over a decade, MacKenzie has led numerous successful campaigns, from annual giving at a university to promoting local arts education programming, advocating for educational policy and research, and increasing access to evidence-based sexual and reproductive health services and resources for Mississippi

. 17, 2016: 204-214. 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

studies, such as: “Was the Galilean Economy Oppressive or Prosperous? Socio-Archaeology and Dimensions of Exploitation in First-Century Palestine” (2014); “Execrating? or Execrable Peasants!” (2013); “The Shape of Power and Political-Economy in Herodian Galilee,” Liberating Biblical Study: Scholarship, Art, and Action in Honor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice” (2011); “The Perennial Relevance of St. Paul”; and “The Radical Jesus: You Cannot Serve God and Mammon” (2004

Kyoungnam Catherine Ha, Ph.D. Associate Professor Phone: 253-535-7305 Email: kha@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 320 Status:On Sabbatical Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Marketing, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2012 M.E., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006 M.S., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 2004 B.S., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University

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

Bridget Yaden Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7283 Email: byaden@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 103 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Co-Director of the Parkland Literacy Center Director of Language Resource Center Education Ph.D., Romance Linguistics, University of Washington, 2003 M.A., Romance Linguistics, University of Washington, 1994 B.A., Spanish, Western Washington