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  • Lecturer | Music | delator@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Active as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, curator, and scholar, Dr.

    articles published by peer-reviewed journals in Mexico, Colombia and the U.S. Ricardo is Curator of Art and Music at Lakewold Gardens, sits on the board of Early Music Seattle, and curates Orquesta Northwest’s Latino Chamber Music Festival in Seattle every Fall.

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  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | ceynarml@plu.edu | 253-535-7297 | “Remember that Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels” – attributed to Ann Richards I became interested in psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Northern Colorado.

    issues and prejudice Books Early Psychological Research Contributions of Women of Color, Volume 1 (Routledge 2023) : View Book Accolades Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Biography “Remember that Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels” – attributed to Ann Richards I became interested in psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Northern Colorado. I was lucky to have three professors who piqued

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  • Professor Emeritus of Physics | Department of Physics | starkovich@plu.edu | Steven P.

    to the university on many levels, Starkovich was awarded PLU’s Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award that may be granted to a current PLU employee. The award cited, in part, his “…ongoing commitment to the advancement of knowledge, thoughtful inquiry and questioning, the discernment of vocation, and the preparation of citizens in service to the world.” Before pursuing his graduate studies, Starkovich pursued an early interest in politics, and in 1982 he was elected to the Oregon State

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  • Associate Professor | Department of Computer Science | caora@plu.edu | 253-535-7409 | My research interest is mainly focused on developing and applying machine learning and data mining techniques to solve biomedical problems, such as human genome data analysis and protein structure predictions.

    structure predictions. In addition, I am interested in promoting early engagement of undergraduate students (especially for women and underrepresented students) in machine learning, bioinformatics, and the data science field by interdisciplinary studies, and inspiring students to pursue advanced STEM education/research careers. Summer Research: AI That's Not So Science Fiction

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

    West at PLU and PLU’s Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents. A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Dr. Gillie’s doctoral dissertation is entitled “Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

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  • Benson Chair, Emeritus | Department of History | carpw@plu.edu | E.

    Evolution of a Reformer: Jean Paton and the Early Decades of Sealed-Adoption Records, 1949-1980,” in Adoption & Culture, 3 (2012): 33-62 and “The Atheist and the Christian: Madalyn Murray O’Hair, Jean Paton, and the Stigma of the 1950s,” in The Journal of the Historical Society 12:2 (2012): 205-227. A third article, “Jean Paton, Christian Adoption, and Reunification of Families” was published in the Journal of Christian Legal Thought, 2:1 (spring 2012): 1-22 and can be read online at http

  • Professor of Music - Violin; Coordinator of String Studies | Music | svend.ronning@plu.edu | 253-535-7605 | Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist.

    , Tacoma’s ensemble for early music. Svend Rønning has appeared in venues around the world, including Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Harkness Park Summer Concerts, Jerusalem Winter Classics, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto U.S.A. Music Festival, and Wintergreen Music Festival. He has served as Concertmaster of various orchestras including the Charlottesville Symphony, the San Jose Symphony, the Spoleto U.S.A. Chamber Orchestra, and the Tacoma Opera Orchestra. As soloist, he has appeared

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

    about a half a centimeter in diameter and is from the early Eocene. He shared his passion for these cold seep deposits with our students and he mentored a number of capstone projects on the topic over the years. He has also served the greater community with passion, giving presentations in K-12 classrooms, as a trustee of the Northwest Scientific Association, and in many lesser known capacities, such as serving as a range master and safety officer at the Gig Harbor Sportsman’s Club. He has always

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  • Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | mcfaddsm@plu.edu | 253-535-7510 | Dr.

    SarahAnn M. McFadden, PhD, RN, CPN Assistant Professor Phone: 253-535-7510 Email: mcfaddsm@plu.edu Office Location: Ramstad Hall - 303 Professional Biography Education PhD, Nursing Science, University of Washington BSN, Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing BS, Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University Selected Publications McFadden, S. M., Nur, J., Dada, D., Wilton, L., Wang, M., Vlahbov, D., & Nelson, L. E. (2021). Confidence and hesitancy during the early roll-out of COVID-19

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

    Organizations. Proceedings of the Association for Consumer Research Conference, Berlin, Germany. Mulder, M.R. (forthcoming). Transformation Intersection: Global Place-Based Experience and Transformative Learning Pedagogy. Proceedings of the International Transformative Learning Conference (XII). King, S., Mulder, M.R. & Liu, R. (2016). Investigating Consumer Responses to Nonprofit Overhead Costs. Proceedings of the American Marketing Association Marketing and Public Policy Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA