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  • Professor of Music - French Horn | Horn Studio | gilliegc@plu.edu | 253-535-7607 | Dr.

    ., Horn Performance, Pacific Lutheran University, 2004 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise French Horn Horn Choir Ear Training Classes Music Appreciation Classes Responsibilities Applied French Horn Lessons, directs Horn Choir, teaches Ear Training and Music Appreciation courses, member of the Lyric Brass Quintet and Camas Wind Quintet Accolades Three Unaccompanied Pieces for Solo Horn (2005). Three pieces for unaccompanied horn that feature several extended techniques: I. Transcension, II. Song, III

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  • Associate Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Director of Choral Studies; Professor of Music | Music | galante@plu.edu | 253-535-7603 | Dr.

    (NCCO) The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) Washington ACDA Biography Dr. Galante is Associate Dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Director of Choral Studies at PLU. In Fall 2022, he became the seventh conductor of the Choir of the West. During his time at PLU, Dr. Galante also conducted Chorale, University Singers (SA) and Knights Chorus (TB), and taught undergraduate courses in Vocal Pedagogy for the Choral Music Educator

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music - Piano | Music | erhsuan.li@plu.edu | 253-535-7647 | Praised by the New York Concert Review as having “played with astonishing maturity and flair,” Dr.

    included teaching applied lessons and keyboard musicianship courses to music majors and non-music majors, as well as working as a collaborative pianist in all capacities, including vocal and instrumental studio pianist, symphonic band pianist, contemporary music ensemble keyboardist, and pianist for opera and musical productions. He is an esteemed saxophone accompaniment specialist, who has performed in multiple faculty and guest recitals, including Montana State University, Tennessee State University

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

    harpsichord lessons as an undergraduate student. He is the inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. At PLU, he teaches a variety of courses in addition to primary and secondary organ study; he also serves as University Organist and accompanies the Choral Union. Previous appointments include Artist Faculty in Organ at the University of Southern Maine and lecturer positions at UC San Diego. From 2023-24, he served as faculty

  • Resident Assistant Professor | International Honors | christian.gerzso@plu.edu | 253-535-7491 | Christian Gerzso was born in Mexico City, where he received his B.A.

    literary representations of political life and institutions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Gerzso has also taught courses on British modernism, the novel and visual culture, and modern and avant-garde drama for the Department of English. His scholarship has the following areas of focus: theories of intellectual labor and the relationship between intellectuals and the State throughout the 20th century, particularly in Britain and Mexico; Mexican avant-gardes, and theories and literary representations

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

    communities of methane-oxidizing bacteria in Lake Washington sediment, focusing on techniques allowing for estimating population sizes of different subgroups of these bacteria. Since her arrival at PLU in the Fall of 2002, Dr. Auman has primarily taught introductory biology and microbiology courses. As a microbial ecologist, Dr. Auman’s professional interests focus on studying microbial communities in natural environments with the goal of understanding how the microbes contribute to global processes and

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science | pfawcett@plu.edu | 253-535-7402 | Overall I am hybrid academic/industry experienced professional with skills as an information scientist, Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, technology manager, and technologist who has worked in the technology sector for over 30+ years, mostly on Microsoft engineering teams and Microsoft Research (MSR).

    doing community/social prototyping in South Seattle (PhD) and with Industry partners such as Fluke Mfg. in association with Washington State University. I have taught and designed several engineering and computer science courses at City University in the Doctor of Business Administration program, the Master of Computer Science program, and the undergraduate Computer Science program. At the University of Washington School of Information, I have taught IMT 561 (Data Viz, Spring 19), IMT562

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