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  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | behrenmd@plu.edu | 253-535-7565 | My teaching activities focus primarily on ecology and animal diversity.

    Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005 M.A., Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003 B.S., Biological Sciences: Concentration in 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

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  • Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics | Religion | obrien@plu.edu | 253-535-7239 | Kevin J.

    with Wicked Problems, with Dr. Whitney A. Bauman (Routledge 2019) : View Book The Violence of Climate Change: Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists (Georgetown University Press 2017) : View Book An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics co-authored with Kathryn D. Blanchard (Baylor University Press 2014) : View Book Inherited Land: The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology co-edited with Dr. Whitney A. Bauman and Dr. Richard R. Bohannon (Pickwick

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  • Dr. D. Eugene and Edith Strandness Endowed Professor | Department of Biology | smith@plu.edu | 253-535-7307

    Julie Smith Dr. D. Eugene and Edith Strandness Endowed Professor Phone: 253-535-7307 Email: smith@plu.edu Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 150 Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (On Campus) Thu: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (On Campus) Mon - Fri: By Appointment Professional Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Biology Education Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, New Mexico State University, 2005 B.A., Biology and English, Saint Ambrose University, 1994 Areas of Emphasis or

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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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  • Director, Anthropology Program | Department of Anthropology | andrewbw@plu.edu | 253-535-8389 | Bradford W.

    Bradford Andrews Director, Anthropology Program Phone: 253-535-8389 Email: andrewbw@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 142 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Anthropology Education Ph.D., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1999 M.A., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1995 B.A., Anthropology, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Craft Production Lithic Technology Cultural Ecology New World

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Religion | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Diversity Religion and Ecology Books "Of Coyotes and Culverts: Salmon and the People of the Mid-Columbia River," Native Foodways: Indigenous North American Religious Traditions and Food (SUNY Press 2021) : View Book "Bringing a Berry Back From the Land of the Dead: Coast Salish Huckleberry Cultivation and Food Sovereignty," Native Foodways: Indigenous North American Religious Traditions and Food (SUNY Press 2021) : View Book Religion and Culture in Native America (Rowman and Littlefield 2020) : View

  • Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies | Religion | marit.trelstad@plu.edu | 253-535-7232 | Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.

    , the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today (Fortress, 2006) and contributed to Transformative Lutheran Theologies (Fortress, 2010) and Lutherrenaissance: Past and Present (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015) along with several other journals and books. Summer Theological Conference: Presentation Two - Dr. Marit Trelstad Summer Theological

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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | kdiaz@plu.edu | I earned my BSN at Northern Arizona University and my Masters in Nursing at PLU as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

    Kimberly Diaz, MSN, ARNP, FNP Clinical Instructor of Nursing Email: kdiaz@plu.edu Professional Biography Education BSN, Nursing, Northern Arizona University MSN_FNP, Nursing , Pacific Lutheran University Biography I earned my BSN at Northern Arizona University and my Masters in Nursing at PLU as a Family Nurse Practitioner. My background in bedside nursing is Critical care and open heart recovery. As a Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary care my passion was health promotion and disease

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  • Professor of Biology | Department of Biology | siegesam@plu.edu

    . 17, 2016: 204-214. Siegesmund, Amy. "Teaching Epidemiology and Principles of Infectious Disease using Popular Media and the case of Typhoid Mary." Course Source Vol. 3, 2016: 1-4. Accolades American Society for Microbiology Carski Award for Undergraduate Education 2023 Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center Spirit of Diversity Award in Mentoring 2020 2019-2020 Faculty Excellence Award in Service, PLU 2014-2015 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, PLU July 25, 2023 American Society for

  • Visiting Assistant Professor | Department of Biology | cmschiller@plu.edu | 253-535-7004

    & Paleoenvironments Research Projects Paleobotany and paleoenvironments on Cenozoic to Quaternary timescales; Disturbance ecology of ancient ecosystems; Vegetation response to ancient climate change. Selected Presentations Zahajská, P., Stamm, F.M., Baldermann, A., Schiller, C.M., and Conley, D., The stubborn silica: Undissolved diatom frustules during sequential leaching: Isotopes in Biogenic Silica, Louvain-La-Neuve, BELGIUM (May 2024) American Geophysical Union (Lowe, A.J., Schmitz, M.D., Dillhoff, R

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