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generation college student that began my formal second language study in high school. My grandparents were native speakers of Gaelic who immigrated to Tacoma, so my love of languages and cultures started early. I stayed local for college, earning my BA in Spanish from WWU and my MA and PhD in Romance linguistics from the UW. I was fortunate to be able to study away in many locations over the years, including Spain, Guatemala, and Russia. In addition to Spanish, I have studied Latin, Portuguese, and
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also focus my feedback on fundamentals of craft. Early in the drafting process, I consider mostly large-scale concerns such as structure and scope, which encourages student writers to articulate and sharpen their artistic vision for a piece of writing. Later, we’ll focus more on line-level concerns, to polish a piece toward its final form. In workshop, I strive to create an environment of mutual respect. Students should read their classmates’ work with diligence and care, and articulate their
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Annual Meeting, Religion of Fear: Response to Papers on White Christian Denominations & the 1920s KKK, New Orleans (January 2022) American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Women and the New Christian Right: A Response to Emily Suzanne Johnson’s This is Our Message, San Diego (November 2019) American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Feminism and Evangelical Family Men, Denver (November 2018) American Society of Church History Annual Meeting, Teaching American Religious History in the Trump Era
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herbivorous fish diversity and how temperature effects on physiology may play a role in driving this pattern and the effects of fisheries and disease on sea urchins and kelp forest ecology. My current research projects include studies of the community ecology of rocky shores of Puget Sound, disease ecology, and the ecology of early life history stages of oysters. These projects involve undergraduate student researchers at PLU and collaborators from the University of Washington and Harbor WildWatch. Fun
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to the university on many levels, Starkovich was awarded PLU’s Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award that may be granted to a current PLU employee. The award cited, in part, his “…ongoing commitment to the advancement of knowledge, thoughtful inquiry and questioning, the discernment of vocation, and the preparation of citizens in service to the world.” Before pursuing his graduate studies, Starkovich pursued an early interest in politics, and in 1982 he was elected to the Oregon State
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Acting Selected Publications Autumn's Child (monologue) in Audition Arsenal for Women in their 20s, Smith & Kraus A Christmas Carol, published by YouthPLAYS Dangerous, published by Playscripts Drinking Habits, published by Playscripts Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act, published by Playscripts End of the Meal in 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance, Smith & Kraus, Inc. ESL, published by YouthPLAYS Gray, published by Original Works Online Johnny and Sally Ann, published by YouthPLAYS
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Acting Selected Publications Autumn's Child (monologue) in Audition Arsenal for Women in their 20s, Smith & Kraus A Christmas Carol, published by YouthPLAYS Dangerous, published by Playscripts Drinking Habits, published by Playscripts Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act, published by Playscripts End of the Meal in 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance, Smith & Kraus, Inc. ESL, published by YouthPLAYS Gray, published by Original Works Online Johnny and Sally Ann, published by YouthPLAYS
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West at PLU and PLU’s Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents. A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Dr. Gillie’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
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Evolution of a Reformer: Jean Paton and the Early Decades of Sealed-Adoption Records, 1949-1980,” in Adoption & Culture, 3 (2012): 33-62 and “The Atheist and the Christian: Madalyn Murray O’Hair, Jean Paton, and the Stigma of the 1950s,” in The Journal of the Historical Society 12:2 (2012): 205-227. A third article, “Jean Paton, Christian Adoption, and Reunification of Families” was published in the Journal of Christian Legal Thought, 2:1 (spring 2012): 1-22 and can be read online at http
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early music. Svend Rønning has appeared in venues around the world, including Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Harkness Park Summer Concerts, Jerusalem Winter Classics, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto U.S.A. Music Festival, and Wintergreen Music Festival. He has served as Concertmaster of various orchestras including the Charlottesville Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, the Spoleto U.S.A. Chamber Orchestra, and the Tacoma Opera Orchestra. As soloist, he has appeared with numerous
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