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international music production for Walt Disney Records. From 2003 to 2008, I taught at PLU as a Visiting Lecturer of Spanish, an experience which solidified my decision to pursue doctoral studies in Latin American literary and cultural studies. My research examines how Panamanians construct national and racial identities through and against their national symbol and patrimony: the Panama Canal. I also am interested in how the 1989 US Invasion of Panama is included/excluded from canal history, and more

and Combinatorics, Dickinson College (October 2013) International Linear Algebra Society - 2013 Meeting, Flipping the Technology in Linear Algebra, Providence, Rhode Island (June 2013) Teaching Seminar, Picking up the SLAC: Life at a small liberal arts college, University of Notre Dame (April 2013) Selected Articles Bland, A., Cramer, Z., de Castro, P., Domini, D., Edgar, T., Johnson, D., Klee, S., Koblitz, J., Sundaresan, R. "Happiness Is Integral But Not Rational." Math Horizons Vol. 25, 2017: 8

, Maria I. Dragila; International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling Vol. 5, 2008: Accolades 2019-2020 Faculty Excellence Award in Advising, PLU 2018 "Inspirational Woman" - PLU Center for Gender Equity Outstanding Student Paper at conference in Hydrology section for presentation: “Physics of two-phase flow on rough surfaces” at American Geophysical Union Conference 2006, San Francisco Certificate of Appreciation for JPL internship and presentation awarded by the Oregon Space Consortium (2005

. Cornell Seminar for U.S. Campus Faculty at Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem, Israel, June 2023. Professional Memberships/Organizations INoGS (International Network of Genocide Scholars) , (2012 - Present) German Studies Association , (1999 - Present) American Catholic Historical Association American Historical Association The Ohio Academy of History American Society of Church History Biography Beth A. Griech-Polelle serves as the Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies at Pacific

Fisheries and Marine Biology, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, 1996 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Marine Ecology Disease Ecology Biogeography Selected Presentations 10th International Larval Biology Symposium, Determining distribution and size of larval Pacific geoduck clams (Panopea generosa) in Puget Sound (Washington, USA) using a novel tracking approach, Berkeley, CA (2012) National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting, Novel tracking technique indicates importance of rare events driving larval

Wendy Call Nonfiction Biography Biography Wendy Call (she/her) is the co-editor of the craft anthology Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Penguin, 2007) and the new annual Best Literary Translations (Deep Vellum, 2024). She wrote No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy (Nebraska, 2011), winner of the Grub Street Book Prize and International Latino book Award, and the chapbook Tilled Paths Through Wilds of Thought (MBR/K2, 2012). She has translated two

, National Bandmaster's Association Band Composition Contest 1984 Charles Ives Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1984 - 2013 ASCAP Standard Panel Awards Professional Memberships/Organizations American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers Society of Composers International Washington Composers Forum Biography Born in 1956 in Beirut, Lebanon, Gregory Youtz received his B.M. in composition from the University of Washington in 1980 and his D.M.A. in composition from the

, Mexico and Canada, including performances at the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music in Almería, Spain, the Simón Bolívar Amphitheater in Mexico City, and the Bibliothèque de Dinan, in Brittany, France. Pursuing a dual career as pianist and harpsichordist, Dr. Powers has performed with ensembles including the Washington Idaho Symphony, the Fort Collins Symphony, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Boulder’s Seicento Baroque Ensemble, and the Peabody Chamber Players (under the

Emphasis or Expertise Strings Violin Responsibilities Chair, Stringed Instruments; Applied Violin Lessons; Director String Kaleidoscope, Member Regency String Quartet Accolades Mellon Grant (2019) for course development in New Media (shared with multiple faculty) Wang Center Award for development of International Education (2018) Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2015-2016, Pacific Lutheran University Regency Advancement Award Recipient 2006-2007, Pacific Lutheran University PLU