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Suzanne Crawford O’Brien Professor of Religion and Culture Phone: 253-535-8107 Email: suzanne.crawford@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-C Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003 M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1997 B.A., Willamette University, 1995 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Native American Religious Traditions Religious Diversity in North America Health, Healing, and Religious and Cultural

as Sámi in Northern European Religious Imagination,” joint project with Kathi Breazeale and Britta Helm, Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Professional Memberships/Organizations Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America American Association of University Professors Biography Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist

Nancy Jo Bob Visiting Lecturer of Southern Lushootseed Email: nancy.bob@plu.edu

, Europe and Japan. In 2008, The Five Changes: Concerto for Percussion and Winds was performed at Carnegie hall by the Oregon State University Wind Ensemble, and in 2010 The Monkey King for wind ensemble was performed by the Shanghai Wind Orchestra at the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition. Beyond his lifelong interest in local Native American cultures, Youtz has done research in China and Trinidad and Tobago and enjoys drawing conceptual and musical ideas from those rich traditions as well. Dr. Youtz

Bruce Kadden Senior Lecturer in Judaism Phone: 253-535-7243 Email: kaddenbj@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-J Professional Biography Education Rabbinic Ordination, Hebrew Union College, 1981 M.A., Hebrew Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1979 B.A., Religious Studies with Honors in Humanities, Stanford University, 1976 Books Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values and Activities co-authored with Barbara Binder Kadden (A.R.E. Publishing, Inc. 2003) : View Book Teaching Jewish

Germany European Women's History Responsibilities Oversees the Powell-Heller Family Conference each year; organizes the Lemkin Lecturer; oversees the Mayer Summer Scholars program for undergraduates doing research; mentors students engaged in Lemkin essay contests; works to build the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor at PLU; brings scholars and survivors together for presentations on campus. Books Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: Language, Rhetoric and the Traditions of Hatred (Bloomsbury Academic

Jennifer James Associate Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7217 Email: jamesja@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-C Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Chair, Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies Education Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, 2012 M.A., Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2004 B.A., Comparative Literature, Smith College, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Post

Seth Dowland Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Phone: 253-535-8125 Email: dowland@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227 - I Status:On Sabbatical Blog: http://usreligion.blogspot.com/ Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Director, IHON Education Ph.D., American Religions, Duke University, 2007 M.A., American Religions, Duke University, 2004 B.A. with distinction, Religious Studies & History, University of Virginia, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

& Special Collections) with 12 staff and 5 faculty members.  Oversee a $1.8 million budget. Work collaboratively with library faculty and staff, the Provost, and others across PLU to enhance library resources and services in support of students, faculty, and the mission of the University. Collection development subject areas: Global Studies, Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Native American & Indigenous Studies, Publishing and Printing. Library leadership and administration, and library technical support

Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword