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Kate Luther Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Phone: 253-535-7593 Email: lutherke@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 245 Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2008 M.A., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 2004 B.A., Sociology & Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University, 2002 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Corrections, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency Deviance Family Gender Books #Crime: Social Media

postdoctoral position at the University of Arizona, where she retrained as a mathematics educator while working for the Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as. Her current research interests are in the areas of culturally relevant mathematics teaching, teaching mathematics for social justice, and equity in mathematics education in general, especially as they pertain to teacher education.

Specialist, Post-Masters Certificate as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree from the University of Virginia. She has a Post-Masters Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Pacific Lutheran University. Teaching Areas Undergraduate, Masters, Doctoral level courses including DNP Project prep, Pathophysiology, Physical assessment Scholarly Interests Dr. Schwinck’s professional interests are in the areas of undergraduate and graduate education

) Accolades 2019: Army Nurse Corps Association: Annual Nursing Research Award 2019: Defense Health Agency: Annual Excellence in Nursing Award Biography I am a nurse scientist with a focus of research on infection control topics.  I joined the Lute team in September of 2022 and enjoy teaching various courses across the BSN, MSN, and DNP curriculum.

consider how these Christian and Jewish texts should be understood in their ancient contexts. She also teaches courses in the International Honors Program and the Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Program. In Academic Year 2018-19, she received PLU’s Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching. She also received a Graves Award in the Humanities (biennial award, 2021-23), which recognizes unusual skill and enthusiasm in teaching, as well as scholarly merit. Her areas of research include archaeology in the

Gordon Craig, MBA Email: craiggr@plu.edu Biography Biography Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization. Gordon has worked as an Army civilian since 1993, mostly with Army Audit. He has participated in audits of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program financial statements and has led numerous operational audits of Army business processes for contracting, construction, facilities management, medical readiness, military pay

Jan Weiss Associate Dean, School of Education & Associate Professor of Education Phone: 253-535-7282 Email: weissjm@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Education, Stanford University, 1991 M.S., Stanford University, 1982 B.A., Lewis & Clark College, 1978 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Curriculum and Instruction Biography Dr. Weiss received her doctorate in education from Stanford University in 1991 and has been teaching in the

Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Professor of Early and Medieval Christian History Phone: 253-535-7237 Email: bll@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-A Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 2004 MTS, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, 1994 B.A., English Literature, Concordia University, Portland, 1990 B.A., Education, Concordia University, Portland, 1990 Books John Moschos’ Spiritual Meadow

Mark Reiman Associate Professor of Economics Email: reimanma@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Education Ph.D., University of Washington, 1988 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1979 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Teaching Areas: Resource and Energy Economics, International Trade and Commercial Policy Research Interests: Applied resource and energy economics, Trade and the environment, and Non-market valuation techniques

Gordon Craig, MBA Email: craiggr@plu.edu Biography Biography Gordon Craig is an Audit Manager with the U.S. Army Audit Agency—the Army’s internal audit organization. Gordon has worked as an Army civilian since 1993, mostly with Army Audit. He has participated in audits of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program financial statements and has led numerous operational audits of Army business processes for contracting, construction, facilities management, medical readiness, military pay