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prosody that is grounded in the synergetic relationship between reading and creativity. But the art of writing (like thinking) is an ongoing and lived engagement with how our voices and our hands shape and get shaped by the world. That engagement should evolve and thrive beyond the particulars of any single learning context. As such, I think of workshop as an interim where we cultivate habits of mind and sensitivities to craft that a writer can adapt according to their everyday grind and develop
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time for the now defunct retail book chain Borders Books and Music (whose demise he rightly predicted as early as 2000). Borders was an excellent learning experience and Scott has the book and music collection to prove it. After taking some time away from school, Scott realized that he wasn’t very good at anything else, and so, graduate school beckoned. He first attended the University of New Mexico, where he earned an M.A. in English Literature and Language in 2006. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in
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Global Studies Program, “Modern World History”. She also teaches in the First Year Experience Program, including Writing 101, focusing on Global Human Rights, and two History 190 courses, World History, and Modern Latin American History. She participates in the Residence Hall Learning Communities program, linking Writing 101 to Hong International Hall, and she piloted a program linking Writing 101 courses to 190 courses. She has taught study abroad courses for many years in Bolivia and Peru, and Cuba
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, Academic Year, 2004-05. 10. Dean’s Award for Service. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University, Academic Year 2002-2003. 11. Faculty Teaching Award. Center for Teaching and Learning, Pacific Lutheran University. Academic Year 2001-2002. 12. Highly Commended Award. The Literati Club, The Association for Emerald Editors and Authors, 2002. 13. Wells Fargo Award for Excellence in Teaching. School of Business, Pacific Lutheran University. Academic Year 2000-2001. 14. Best Academic Paper Award. Second
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Ralph Flick, JD, MBA Associate Professor Phone: 253-535-7306 Email: flickrw@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 322 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Biography Biography Professor Flick teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in business law and ethics at Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. Licensed to practice law in California since 1995 and in Washington since 2009, Professor Flick has an undergraduate degree in economics from California State
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Jeffrey Stuart Professor of Mathematics Phone: 253-535-7403 Email: stuartjl@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 258 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Personal Education Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986 M.A., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981 B.S., Physics and Mathematics, Pomona College, 1980 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Combinatorial Matrix Theory Graph Theory Optimization and Finance Selected
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Jessica Sklar Professor of Mathematics she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8341 Email: sklarjk@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 259 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jessica-k-sklar Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Oregon, 2001 M.S., Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1997 B.A., Mathematics and English, Swarthmore College, 1995 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Mathematical Art Abstract Algebra
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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
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over 20 years, helping a whole generation of high school students transition to the college experience, and learn some oceanography along the way! Steve spent many hours working with very closely with students outside of class time. No one has escaped his upper division classes without learning to make thin sections in the rock lab and he was always there to help them learn to operate the equipment and develop the fine touch necessary to produce a perfect section. His passion is fossils and he
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developing core geologic competencies in students and he has always given generously of his time to assist students with lab and class assignments. One alum commented “his classes were some of the most challenging, so learning from him was not only a huge accomplishment, but also a privilege that I’m very glad I had the chance to experience.” He is fondly remembered by all for this British accent – with its unusual pronunciations – his gracious manners, and his droll sense of humor. Prior to coming to
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