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  • Associate Director of Clinical Operations / Director of Training / Counselor | Counseling Services | jfadden@plu.edu | 253-535-7206 | I am very excited to be back on the PLU campus!  I graduated from the PLU MFT program in 2012, and am looking forward to assisting the PLU community through our amazing counseling services. I have over 12 years of experience as a therapist, along with an extensive professional history within the social work and social justice field.  I have guided many people throughout the years, and feel it is my calling to be present for those who need support through this grand adventure called LIFE! My main goal is to help you cut through the minutiae of your own mind, implement tools that will help you take back the authority of your life and propel you forward on the path of your choosing.  I believe in creating “brave spaces” within the therapy room.  My style of therapy is a little different as I believe therapy does not have to be a long drawn out process, nor a deep dive, in order to make significant changes in your life.  Sometimes, you just need a place to breathe, focus and figure out your next steps.  I combine various therapy techniques, in order to challenge you, keep you focused and allow space for you to discover your authentic self.  Humor is also an important element of the process! If you are ready for deep and lasting change, then contact PLU Counseling Services and let’s get started! .

    ”. I see students for therapy as well. I am also responsible for the training of our graduate level interns. Biography I am very excited to be back on the PLU campus!  I graduated from the PLU MFT program in 2012, and am looking forward to assisting the PLU community through our amazing counseling services. I have over 12 years of experience as a therapist, along with an extensive professional history within the social work and social justice field.  I have guided many people throughout the years

  • Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Sequoia Nagamatsu is the author of the national bestselling novel, How High We Go in the Dark (William Morrow, 2022), a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and the story collection, Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone (Black Lawrence Press, 2016), silver medal winner of the 2016 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award.

    elements of stories but also the traditions particular stories come from—how place and race and history often converge to inspire and inform a creative work, pushing it beyond the sum of its parts. I view a classroom setting and one-on-one mentorship as a kind of community of empathy and exploration where we’ll ask questions like: What are the building blocks of this story? Who is the imagined audience? What might I want to emulate? Why am I resistant to a certain narrative? Why have I embraced this

  • Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | benhamsr@plu.edu | Dr.

    base metal sulfide exploration geology, a platinum mine in Nye, MT, as a consultant in a core lab on a project in Centralia, WA, and on various environmental impact assessments. Dr. B., as the students call him, has taught a wide range of science courses at PLU, to both geology majors and non-majors over the years. These have included introductory courses in Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Geologic Principles, Geology of National Parks, and Oceanography. His upper division courses are in the

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  • Professor Emeritus | Music | Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M.

      If We Sell You Our Land based on the famous speech by Chief Seattle was the subject of a story on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show in 1987 and his subsequent opera Songs from the Cedar House based on the history and legends of Indian and White cultural interaction in the Pacific Northwest premiered in February of 1991 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His other compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and a one-act opera

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  • Professor of Physics | Department of Physics | louie@plu.edu | 253-535-7653 | My research interests are plasma etching issues, carbon nanotubes and scanning probe microscopy.

    -870. Accolades Diversity Advocate Award (PLU Diversity Center), 2004 Winner, American Society for Engineering Education Best Research Presentation Competition, NASA Langley Research Center, 2001 PLU Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Teaching Award, 2000 Cornell University Clark Teaching Award, 1992 Department of Education Fellowship, 1992-1994 History paper published in the Harvard College Forum (The Academic Review), Volume 5, 1989 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Physical

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

    composition Ear training Keyboard skills Biography Justin J. Murphy-Mancini is a keyboardist and composer dedicated to exciting and enriching audiences with music from many eras. He appears regularly in concert as an organist, harpsichordist, and collaborative pianist, with a repertoire that spans the entire written history of keyboard music. His recent solo appearances include venues such as the Spreckels Organ Pavilion (San Diego, CA), Mechanics Hall (Worcester, MA), Hendricks Chapel (Syracuse

  • Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.

    in the 1999 World Cup to win the United States its second World Cup title.  Named as an Assistant Coach in 2000, the National Team won a Silver Medal at the Sydney Olympic Games and a second Gold Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.  In the most watched Olympics in history, the Team won their third Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing China.  The United States is the only country in the world to finish in the top three of every major world championship in soccer history

  • Professor of Theatre | Theatre & Dance | smithtt@plu.edu | 253-535-7323 | Tom Smith is a playwright, director and improviser.  His plays are published by Samuel French, Playscripts, and YouthPLAYS, among others.  Monologues from his plays appear in five collections of works, and his short plays have been produced internationally.  His work has been enjoyed by audiences in cities across the U.S., including Seattle, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.  Tom is also the author of The Other Blocking: Teaching and Performing Improvisation(Kendall Hunt) and articles and reviews for Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, The Players Journal, and several resource books.  Tom graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Dramatic Arts and Secondary Education certification, and earned his MFA in Directing from University of Missouri-Kansas City.  He is a proud member of the Dramatist’s Guild and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. .

    Theatre in Higher Education, Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Integrating New Plays and Playwrights into a University Season, Montreal, Canada (August 2015) NMSU College of Arts and Sciences, Adapting History to the Stage, Las Cruces, NM (February 2014) Selected Articles "Charles Ludlam Lives! Charles Busch, Bradford Louryk, Taylor Mac, and the Queer Legacy of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company by Sean F. Edgecomb

  • Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | Brian E.

    , Ontario. It was while he was at Queens that he first met his future wife Berta. His PhD in Geology was done at the University of Washington, studying metamorphism and structural history in the North Cascades and working under the legendary Peter Misch. Prior to Brian’s arrival at PLU, some geology courses had been taught, due in part to the efforts of the late Burt Ostenson. Brian’s arrival marked the hiring of the first permanent geologist on the faculty at PLU. Brian’s vision to establish the

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

    & Presentations Mulder, M.R. & Liu, R. (forthcoming). An Overview of the Environmental Benefits of Organic Food Production, in Muehling, Darrel & Ioannis Kareklas (Eds), Deciphering Organic Foods: A Comprehensive Guide to Organic Food Consumption. Nova Science: NY. (Accepted May 2016). Peracchio, L.A., Bublitz, M.G., Escalas, J.E., Furchheim, P., Grau, S.L., Hamby, A., Kay, M.J., Mulder, M.R., & Scott, A. (forthcoming). Transformative Digital Storytelling: A Framework for Crafting Stories for Social Change