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Jennifer Smith Dean of Inclusive Excellence Phone: 253-535-7811 Email: jennifer.smith@plu.edu Professional Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Faculty International Honors Faculty Title IX Committee Education Ph.D., English, Western Michigan University, 2006 M.A., English, Miami University, 2001 B.A., English, Franklin College, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Modern & Contemporary British Literature LGBTQ Studies Women's Literature Popular Culture

: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic (Cambria Press 2014) : View Book Biography Paul Manfredi’s research concerns modern and contemporary Chinese poetry and art, modernism, and urban culture in China. His articles have appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese, and Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, while his translations have appeared in various collections of modern and contemporary Chinese poetry. He now lives with his family in Bellevue, WA, a

(April 4-7, 2013) 110th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), "Whose Trauma, What Memory? O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias” by Cao Hamburger (2006), Seattle University, Seattle (October 19-21, 2012) Xenographies II: The Representation of Foreigners in Literature, Travel Writing and Other Discourses, sponsored by Sociedad Española de Literatura General y Comparada (SELGYC), the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), and the Centre for

Christian Gerzso Resident Assistant Professor Phone: 253-535-7491 Email: christian.gerzso@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220H Office Hours: (On Campus) M & W: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Professional Biography Education Ph.D., English Literature, New York University, 2012 B.A., English Language and Literature, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2004 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Late nineteenth and twentieth-century British literature and culture Multidisciplinary

Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), Whose Trauma, What Memory? O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias” by Cao Hamburger (2006), Seattle University, Seattle (October 19-21, 2012) Xenographies II: The Representation of Foreigners in Literature, Travel Writing and Other Discourses, sponsored by Sociedad Española de Literatura General y Comparada (SELGYC), the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), and the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research, “¿Hermandad genérica

Arthur C. T. Strum Interim Director, IHON Phone: 253-535-8774 Email: strumac@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles IHON-Oxford Interim Program Director Resident Assistant Professor of Multi-Disciplinary Programs Education Ph.D., German Studies, Cornell University, 1997 M.A., Cornell University, 1991 B.A., Stanford University, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Humanities Education German Idealist philosophy and Romanticism German philosophy and literature of the Enlightenment

Courtney Olsen Manager of Short-Term Programs she/her Phone: 253-535-7628 Email: olsencd@plu.edu Office Location:Wang Center for Global Education Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Economics and History, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.St., Modern British History, University of Oxford, 2020 Responsibilities Supports faculty in the development, implementation, and budget management of Short-Term Study Away Programs including travel logistics Supports faculty in

Stephanie Johnson Dean, College of Liberal Studies Phone: 253-535-8397 Email: stephanie.johnson@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 155 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 2005 M.A., English, University of Minnesota, 1991 B.A., English and Religion, St. Olaf College, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Nineteenth-century British literature Poetry Narrative Ethics Selected Publications "Christina Rossetti’s

-1945 American Literature Contemporary Canadian Literature Gender and Queer Studies Comparative Ethnic Studies Cultural Memory Studies Accolades Karen Hille Phillips Regency Advancement Award, presented my accepted paper “London Calling: Dislocated Kinship and Transatlanticism in Baldwin’s Just Above My Head (1979)” at this year’s International Baldwin Conference in Montpellier, France Biography Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines

discourse in East and West Germany, as well as on the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today. Her most recent work deals with contemporary art and cultural integration. In addition to teaching on topics such as gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, Heather is Coordinator of the University Gallery (including the University Gallery Annex and the Karen Hille Phillips Gallery) and manages the University’s Permanent Art