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Ryan Swartzentruber Assistant Professor of Economics Phone: 253-535-7731 Email: swartzentruber@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 108 Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Economics, University of Tennessee, 2024 M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, 2019 B.S., Mathematics and Economics, Eastern Mennonite University, 2016 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics Teaching Areas: Microeconomics

Karen M. Travis Professor of Economics Email: traviskm@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Education Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington, 1995 M.A., Economics, University of Washington, 1990 B.S. with honors, Physics and Mathematics, University of Puget Sound, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Teaching Areas: Health Economics, Econometrics, and Introductory Statistics Research Interests: Physician Payment, Access to Health Care, Prenatal Care Productivity, and Economics Education

Norris Peterson Professor of Economics Email: petersna@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1983 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1975 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Teaching Areas: Labor Economics, Mathematical Economics, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory Research Interests: Economic education, income distribution, forensic economics Biography Following his B.A. degree with honors in Economics and Mathematics from PLU in 1975, Norris

Priscilla A. St. Clair Professor of Economics Email: stclaipa@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Education Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995 B.A., Wake Forest University, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Development Economics Environmental Economics Intermediate Microeconomics Community forest management Household energy use in developing countries

Krisztina Nagy Chair, Department of Economics Phone: 253-535-7085 Email: nagyka@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 107 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Economics Education Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington, 2011 M.A., Economics, University of Washington, 2003 M.S., International Economics, Suffolk University, 2000 B.A., International Economics, West University of Timisoara, Romania, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Research Interests

Society American Association of Physics Teachers Materials Research Society Biography My research interests are plasma etching issues, carbon nanotubes and scanning probe microscopy. I have published papers from postdoctoral work at NASA Langley and the University of Washington. I was also the lead faculty consultant (physics) with an educational software company, Kinetic Books/Perfection Learning. My previous research includes the following projects: NASA Langley Research Center: detection of buried

. Li served as Senior Lecturer in Finance at University of Washington at Seattle and Assistant Professor in Finance at Valparaiso University. Dr. Li teaches various finance and economics courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Li’s research interests include fixed income, M&A, dividend policy, and corporate governance. Her most recent research is published in Journal of Fixed Income.

University. His research interests include critical information literacy, instructional design, and e-learning. Off work, he listens to a lot of music and tries to find time to play video games, watch anime, and read.

. He has extensive teaching experience across a broad spectrum of finance courses, including investments, corporate finance, international finance, derivatives, and financial markets. Dr. Lin’s research primarily leverages data to explore corporate finance issues such as executive compensation and debt management. He is also interested in sports economics and energy economics.

areas: biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, geosciences, marriage and family therapy, mathematics, music, nursing, physics. Library instruction, reference, online resource management. Selected Presentations 2021 ALD/ACRL-WA and ACRL-OR Joint Fall Summit, Re-contextualizing the Antelope: What a Year in Nature Taught Me about Documentation (November 5, 2021) Interests hiking camping martial arts Hardanger fiddle science fiction