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  • Staff Pianist | Music | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at Pacific Lutheran University (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).

    West, accompanying and coaching private voice students, team-teaching numerous theater classes, and most recently she was named Music Director for productions in PLU’s Theater & Dance program, including Amélie, music revues Off Broadway, and When You Wish Upon a Star, and Jasper in Deadland (Spring 2024). Amy is frequently asked to collaborate and perform with world-renowned conductors and elite ensembles at NWACDA, Washington ACDA, NAfME, and WMEA conventions. Recent notable collaborations have

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  • Associate Professor | School of Business | flickrw@plu.edu | 253-535-7306 | 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 University where he was also a graduate of the University Scholars Program, a juris doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Masters of Business Administration with honors from the University of Southern California.  He also received the mediation and dispute resolution training from the Center for Dialog and Resolution (formerly the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution). From 1996 until 2001, Professor Flick served as in-house counsel for a New York Stock Exchange traded mortgage finance company ultimately rising to the level of Senior Counsel responsible for all public company reporting, structured finance and securitization and he also served as the secretary to the Board of Directors.  Professor Flick participated in the drafting and filing of all required disclosures under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and the annual proxy statement.  Professor Flick was part of the management team that was involved in the transactions necessary to recapitalize the business following the credit crises of the late 1990s. From 2001 until 2003, Professor Flick was corporate counsel to a major fashion industry retailer.  In addition to his responsibilities as secretary to the Board of Directors and all public company reporting requirements, Professor Flick played a major role in a trademark financing transaction which was unique at the time.  Professor Flick also was intimately involved in the implementation of the company’s enterprise resource planning system including negotiating the contracts and helping to resolve contractual disputes.  Professor Flick also was part of the team that won a significant victory against a proposed securities class action claim. From 2003 until 2005, Professor Flick was General Counsel of the capital markets division of the largest subprime mortgage company in the United States.  He was responsible for overseeing the legal affairs associated with $10 billion in warehouse financing and over 15 monthly loan sale and securitization transactions.  Professor Flick played a pivotal role in the establishment of one of the first short term commercial paper financing facilities backed by subprime mortgages. From 2005 through 2007, Professor Flick was the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-family and commercial mortgage lender responsible for all non-origination operations as well as legal compliance.  He also was primarily responsible for preparing the company for a successful sale to a bank at an attractive sale price considering economic conditions at the time. Since 2007, Professor Flick has been in private practice both for a large, national law firm working on securitization and structured finance.  Among the transactions on which Professor Flick worked was a unique financing of life settlements.  In his private practice, Professor Flick advises small and medium sized companies as a contract general counsel.  His clients include early stage start-up companies and his largest client has annual revenues of $75 million and over 75 employees. In addition to his professional experience, Professor Flick has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in law, finance, accounting, dispute resolution and other related topics at local for profit institutions and community colleges. Throughout his career, Mr.

    University where he was also a graduate of the University Scholars Program, a juris doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Masters of Business Administration with honors from the University of Southern California.  He also received the mediation and dispute resolution training from the Center for Dialog and Resolution (formerly the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution). From 1996 until 2001, Professor Flick served as in-house counsel for a New York Stock Exchange traded mortgage finance

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  • Dean of The College of Professional Studies | College of Professional Studies | cbennett@plu.edu | 253-535-7150 | Cameron Bennett has had an active and varied career as an administrator, educator, and performing artist, having served in a diversified range of academic and professional institutions.

    Snake River Chamber Players in Colorado. He served for many seasons as artist performer and coach at the Victoria International Festival in Canada, and as staff accompanist at The Juilliard School. Dr. Bennett has taught previously at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and has given master classes at the Beijing Central Conservatory, Shanghai Conservatory, and the Chinese Cultural University in Taipei, Taiwan. His performances have been featured on WOSU-FM in Columbus, Ohio and in Taipei, on the

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  • Professor of English | Department of English | barotrp@plu.edu | 253-535-7318 | Rick Barot has published three books of poetry with Sarabande Books: The Darker Fall (2002), which received the Kathryn A.

    published by Milkweed Editions in 2020. The Galleons was listed on the top ten poetry books for 2020 by the New York Public Library and was on the longlist for the National Book Award. Also in 2020, his chapbook During the Pandemic was published by Albion Books. His new book of poems, Moving the Bones, is forthcoming in 2024 from Milkweed Editions. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Oversight of program. Statement:  “I’ve always been intrigued by these two connotations of the word craft—that it

  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | David Biespiel is a contributing writer at The Rumpus, Partisan, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Charming Gardeners and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.  His books of essays include A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry and a book on creativity, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces.  He is a member of the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle.  Recipient of Lannan, National Endowment for the Arts, and Stegner fellowships, he has taught at Stanford University, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Portland State University, and Wake Forest University, in addition to other colleges and universities.  He is a longtime faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor.

     faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: “Every society we’ve ever known has had poetry, and should the day come that poetry suddenly disappears in the morning, someone, somewhere, will reinvent it by evening. Since ancient times, as long as we’ve had language, poetry has ritualized human life. It has dramatized and informed us

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music | justin.lader@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Justin Lader received his PhD in music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin, Master’s degree in viola performance with emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Oregon, and Bachelor’s of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory.

    . Dr. Lader began teaching private lessons in 2008 while completing his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He served as orchestra department coordinator and faculty instructor at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts – Community Music School from 2009-2017, instructing both violin and viola. From 2010-2016 Dr. Lader served as an adjunct instructor teaching private lessons, coaching chamber music, and group classes at the University of Oregon’s Community Music Institute and Suzuki

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  • 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. .

    (book review)."." Theatre Journal 70.2 (2018): 267-68. 2018: "More than Games: Integrating Improvisation with Stanislavski Actor Training." METHODs 2016: "Long Form Improvisation and American Comedy: The Harold by Matt Fotis (book review)." Theatre Journal 68.2 (2016): 324-25. 2016: "Directing in Musical Theatre: An Essential Guide (book review)." SDC Journal Fall (2016): 52. 2016: "Craig Lucas." The Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature 2008: "Charles Ludlam." The Encyclopedia of

  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240

    Giovanna Urdangarain Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7240 Email: urdangga@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 111 Professional Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008 M.A., Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, 2001 B.A., Secondary Education Literature, Artigas Teacher Training Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Contemporary Latin American Narrative Southern Cone Dictatorial and Post-Dictatorial Narrative by Women Writers Memory

  • 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).

    (interactive data visualization, Winter 20, Summer 20, Winter 21, Winter 22), IMT 570 Research and Analysis for Information Professionals (Spring 2021) and Informatics and MSIM Capstone classes (2015-2022). I also have coached/instructed/mentored over eighty-five graduate and undergraduate Capstone student teams and helped recruit and manage Capstone sponsors before/after earning my PhD in Information Science at the University of Washington. I’m originally from Bremerton, Washington and have lived in the

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