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was a strong advocate for, and defender of, PLU’s robust faculty governance system. After retiring as provost he continued teaching at PLU until 2019. Starkovich first came to PLU in the fall of 1992 and was hired into a tenure-track position in 1997, by which time he had taught most of the undergraduate physics curriculum. He was a principal investigator on a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation that brought an astronomical observatory to the PLU campus in 1998. He oversaw the details of the

of the Lowcountry." Rhetorical Cookery. Eds. Donovan Conley & Justin Eckstein. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press 2019: Young, A.M. "Rhetorics of Fear & Loathing: Donald Trump’s Populist Style." Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic 2018: Young, A.M. "Richard Sherman’s rhetorical witnessing." Sport, Rhetoric and Political Struggle. Eds. Michael Butterworth & Daniel Grano. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing 2018: Young, A.M

) Lead author of Psychology of Adjustment: The Search for Meaningful Balance, with Elizabeth Vera, Jane Harmon Jacobs and Melissa Kennedy (Sage 2016) Lead author of Fifth edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Pearson 2013) Biography I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training. My research interests focus on minority status stress, what contributes to it, and how people cope with it. I also have an interest in Asian-American

Angela Fish Grants Development Specialist Phone: 253-535-8111 Email: fishad@plu.edu Professional Education M.B.A., University of Phoenix, 2002 B.B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1998 A.A.S., Tacoma Community College, 1996 Responsibilities Angela began her career at Pacific Lutheran University in 2018, and currently serves as a Grants Development Specialist in order to facilitate the development and submission of grant proposals to external funders in support of student scholarships and other

Angela Fish Grants Development Specialist Phone: 253-535-8111 Email: fishad@plu.edu Professional Education M.B.A., University of Phoenix, 2002 B.B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1998 A.A.S., Tacoma Community College, 1996 Responsibilities Angela began her career at Pacific Lutheran University in 2018, and currently serves as a Grants Development Specialist in order to facilitate the development and submission of grant proposals to external funders in support of student scholarships and other

Statistics, Yakima, WA (2018) Mathematical Association of America (MAA) , Embedding Regular Polygons in the Integer Lattice,, Regional Meeting Accolades Nominated 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington, Tacoma Bremer Exceptional Faculty Award, 1999, Olympic College Exceptional Faculty Award nomination, 1993, Green River Community College

earned my Master of Business Administration from Seattle University with a focus on leadership and earned my BA in business with a focus on accounting and business from Seattle Pacific University. I have spent the largest portion of my working career at Microsoft in Research and Development (MSR) transferring innovative technology developed in MSR Research labs around the world to Microsoft product groups. During my 30+ year career at Microsoft I have managed large engineering teams, and developed

; Intelligence Staff positions, and as a Senior Training Director at the Army’s Intelligence Center and School.  He has authored multiple journals and manuals on Army Intelligence Operations. Following his military service, he held a variety of jobs in the commercial sector working as an analyst, Intelligence Subject Matter Expert, Program Manager, and Business Developer with multiple companies focused on the Defense, Aerospace, and the Intelligence Communities.  Further, he has served as a guest lecturer

, where his course load has included saxophone, chamber music, music theory, ear training, music appreciation, and digital music. He is also on faculty at the University of Puget Sound Community Music Department and is the founder and conductor of the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble. Steighner has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works and appears on CD releases from labels including Albany Records, Alea Publishing, Mark Custom, Naxos, Reference Recordings, and Vienna Modern Masters. Steighner

David Ward Dean of Health Professions Phone: 253-535-8284 Email: warddb@plu.edu Office Location: Garfield Station - 106 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy Education Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University, 2006 M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, 2002 B.S., Family Science, Brigham Young University, 1999 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise The Power of Hope to Affect Change Clinical Training and