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  • Associate Professor of History | Department of History | hamesgl@plu.edu | 253-535-7132 | Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative perspective across the globe, including Africa, Asia, including China, Japan, and India, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States.

    Global Context Pedagogy, especially First-year programs Latin America, specifically Mexico, Cuba, and the Andean region Bolivia and Peru (study abroad) Global Human Rights Global Women’s & Gender History Books In progress, You Are What You Drink: A Global History of How Alcohol Has Shaped Identity (Reaktion Press, London 2018) Alcohol in World History (Routledge 2012) : View Book Biography Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative

  • Faculty Fellow | College of Liberal Studies | ryandp@plu.edu | 253-538-5664 | Donald P.

    numerous invited guest popular lectures. * Work has been featured in television programs produced by BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel , National Geographic and others. * College/University instructor for 30+ years including courses in history, archaeology, Egyptology, anthropology, writing, expedition training. * Awards included Pacific Lutheran University Outstanding Alum (2010) and Vancouver Award (Explorers Club Northwest Chapter – 2011) * Former professional mountain guide/mountaineering

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  • Professor Emeritus | Department of Social Work | kellerjg@plu.edu | JoDee Keller is Professor of Social Work at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Work (Springer Publishing 2022) : View Book Selected Articles Keller, J., McKenney, R., Russell, K. & Zylstra, J. "The power of place: University-community partnership in the development of an urban immersion semester in Sobania, N. W. (ed)." Putting the local in global education: Models for transformative learning through domestic off-campus programs 2015: Stylus Press. Keller, J., Stevens, C., Tashiro, C. & Laakso, J. "Sustainability of ethnically diverse HOPE VI redevelopments: A community case

  • Dean of The College of Professional Studies | College of Professional Studies | cbennett@plu.edu | 253-535-7150 | Cameron Bennett has had an active and varied career as an administrator, educator, and performing artist, having served in a diversified range of academic and professional institutions.

    the College of Professional Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, in addition to holding the academic rank of Professor of Music. He has also served as Dean of the School of Arts and Communication, Chief Innovation Officer, Associate Provost for Strategic Academic Initiatives and Acting Provost at PLU.  He previously served at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was Chair and Professor of one of the most respected liberal arts music programs in the nation. Dr. Bennett has also held numerous

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  • Professor Emeritus | School of Business | Dr.

    , Academic Year 2005-2006. 7. Top 50 Most Downloaded Articles award, 2005. Emerald Literati Network An analytical framework for evaluating e-commerce business models and strategies”, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 11(4), 2001. 8. Research Award. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-09, and 2011-12. 9. Faculty Grant Award (with Dr. Eli Berniker), Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University

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  • Professor Emeritus | Master of Business Administration | Dr.

    , Academic Year 2005-2006. 7. Top 50 Most Downloaded Articles award, 2005. Emerald Literati Network An analytical framework for evaluating e-commerce business models and strategies”, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 11(4), 2001. 8. Research Award. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-09, and 2011-12. 9. Faculty Grant Award (with Dr. Eli Berniker), Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University

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  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Wendy Call (she/her) is the co-editor of the craft anthology Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Penguin, 2007) and the new annual Best Literary Translations (Deep Vellum, 2024).

    workshop or offer feedback on a writer’s work. Though both of my parents were teachers, I never imagined that I would become one—I understood only too well the wide skill set the profession demanded. I worked for fifteen years as a freelance writer and editor, and before that, ten years as a grassroots organizer. During my decade as a grassroots organizer, I led several intensive training programs for new organizers. I never thought of that work as “teaching.” In the tradition of Paulo Freire, I was

  • Professor of History, Emeritus | Department of History | sobania@plu.edu | Dr.

    Putting the Local in Global Education: Models for Transformative Learning through Domestic Off-Campus Programs (Stylus Press, 2015), which includes not his own chapter, and those authored by six other PLU colleagues. During an academic leave during the 2012-13 academic year, he spent the fall semester in Ethiopia, completing the research and writing draft chapters for a book on the place of contemporary Ethiopian church painters and painting. Paintings cover the walls of Ethiopian churches from floor

  • Dean of Natural Sciences | Natural Sciences | aumanaj@plu.edu | 253-535-8485 | Dr.

    academic departments (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Mathematics, and Physics) as well as PLU’s Pre-Health Sciences and Dual-Degree Engineering advising programs. Her role also includes the directorship of the NSSURP and the position of Responsible Administrator (RA) for the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program. She also serves as co-principal investigator of PLU’s STEM Scholars Program, which provides scholarship, curricular, and cocurricular support to low-income STEM students

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  • Dean | School of Business | muldermr@plu.edu | 253-535-7258 | Dr.

    Gamma Sigma. International business honor society (2000 Lifetime inductee) Biography Dr. Mulder is currently Dean and has taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs (Master of Business Administration – MBA and Master of Science in Marketing Analytics – MSMA) in the PLU School of Business. His coursework includes marketing strategy, consumer behavior, market research, nonprofit marketing/management, sustainability, and social impact. Professor Mulder regularly leads global courses and projects