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  • Professor of French | French & Francophone Studies | wilkinrm@plu.edu | Coached by Professor Wilkin in French soccer slang, the French team won the Hong International Hall World Cup. Professor Wilkin teaches in four different programs at PLU: French & Francophone Studies, the International Honors program, the First Year Experience program, and Global Studies.

    , stoicism, Cartesianism History of science and medicine: imagination, melancholy, mechanism Early modern French Catholicism: mysticism, mission, colonialism Books Louise Dupin’s Work on Women: Selections, co-translated and co-edited with Angela Hunter (Oxford University Press 2023) : View Book Men and Women Making Friends in Early Modern France, co-edited with Lewis Seifert (Routledge 2015) : View Book Gabrielle Suchon, A Woman Who Defends All the Persons of Her Sex: Selected Philosophical and Moral

  • School of Business | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    and was the Boeing Board member at Vanderbilt University, Clarkson University, and the University of Alabama-Huntsville as part of the NASA-Industry-University Centers for Commercial Development of Space. Sweberg is a member of the board of trustees for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma and the Pierce County American Leadership Forum, also in Tacoma. Sweberg earned a bachelor’s of science from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, where he graduated as a Distinguished Cadet

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  • Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | kimck@plu.edu | 253-535-7775 | Dr.

    (Blackboard) Teacher Certification, 2009 Certificate in Mixed Methods Education Sciences, 2017 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Innovation and Technology in Education Instructional Design, Learning Environments Organizational Change Content Integration Science and Engineering Practices Programs: FYEP, BAE, MAE, ARC Biography Dr. Kim has been involved with the work of teacher preparation at PLU since 2005 – teaching, mentoring, and designing programs and certificates. She joined as full-time faculty in 2018

  • Master of Business Administration | sweberva@plu.edu | Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of innovative growth areas.   As an Executive during the latter part of his career, he formed and led a new division inside of Boeing, the Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division, reporting to the President of Boeing Military Aircraft.

    and was the Boeing Board member at Vanderbilt University, Clarkson University, and the University of Alabama-Huntsville as part of the NASA-Industry-University Centers for Commercial Development of Space. Sweberg is a member of the board of trustees for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma and the Pierce County American Leadership Forum, also in Tacoma. Sweberg earned a bachelor’s of science from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, where he graduated as a Distinguished Cadet

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  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | eggejj@plu.edu | 253-535-7569

    Jacob Egge Professor of Biology Phone: 253-535-7569 Email: eggejj@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 151 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Thu: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Education Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 2007 B.A., Biology and History, Luther College, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Evolutionary biology

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  • Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation | Recreational Sports | thompsrw@plu.edu | 253-535-7495 | Robert Thompson arrived at Pacific Lutheran University in August of 2013 as the Coordinator of Recreation and was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Recreation prior to the 2017-2018 academic year. Under Thompson’s leadership, student participation in intramural programming has increased by 40 percent through innovative marketing to students and partnerships with several departments on campus.

    departments at Brown University, Adams State University, and Endicott College. He additionally has corporate experience at the Nike World Headquarters working in their golf and SPARQ divisions in customer relations and events. With a passion for student development, Thompson has used his Nike experience to creatively market and unite the campus community through recreational programming and events. Thompson earned a bachelor of science degree in sports management from Endicott College in 2007 and was a

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  • Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History | Department of History | halvormj@plu.edu | 253-535-8258 | Michael Halvorson teaches business and economic history courses in the Department of History at PLU, as well as classes on innovation and the history of technology.

    Michael J. Halvorson Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History he, him Phone: 253-535-8258 Email: halvormj@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 116 Status:On Sabbatical Website: https://www.plu.edu/business-economic-history-program/ Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of History Education Ph.D., History, University of Washington, 2001 M.A., History, University of Washington, 1996 B.A., Computer Science, Pacific Lutheran University

  • Resident Instructor of Biology | Department of Biology | mcrites@plu.edu | 253-535-7214

    Michelle Crites Resident Instructor of Biology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7214 Email: mcrites@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 152 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (On Campus) Wed: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (On Campus) Thu: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Professional Education M.S., Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, 1999 B.S., California Polytechnic State University, 1996 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Human Anatomy and Physiology

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  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | knowltrt@plu.edu | 253-535-7699 | Clinician, Administrator, Educator.

    . Education Bachelor of Science, Sociology, Weber State University Masters of Nursing Science, Brigham Young University Doctor of Nursing Practice, Robert Morris University Military Education Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Air War College, U.S. Air Force, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base Teaching areas I currently teach in the undergraduate program (Community Health) Master’s program, (Roles of the Advanced Nurse) Doctoral program (Advanced Health Assessment, Advance

  • Chair of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | simicmka@plu.edu | 253-535-7034 | Ksenija Simić-Muller received her undergraduate degree in Theoretical Mathematics at the University of Belgrade in Serbia (former Yugoslavia), and her masters and doctoral degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

    Distinguished Teaching Award 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to support "Building Capacity to Prepare STEM Majors to Become STEM Educators" 2017 PLU Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring 2017 PLU David T. Alger Service Award Biography Ksenija Simić-Muller received her undergraduate degree in Theoretical Mathematics at the University of Belgrade in Serbia (former Yugoslavia), and her masters and doctoral degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Her doctorate was in Pure and Applied

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