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Justin Eckstein Associate Professor of Communication Phone: 253-535-8175 Email: justin.eckstein@plu.edu Office Location: Ingram Hall - 131 Website: https://plu.academia.edu/JustinEckstein Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Video Education Ph.D., Rhetoric and Communication Ethics, University of Denver, 2013 M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009 B.A., University of Denver, 2007 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Cultural Studies Argumentation Sound Studies Books Cookery: On

Amy Young Professor of Communication she/her/hers Phone: 253-536-5165 Email: youngam@plu.edu Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Chair of Faculty Education Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of Texas, 2007 M.A., Communication Studies, University of Texas, Austin, 2003 B.A., Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Public Relations Books Teacher, Scholar, Mother: (Re)Envisioning Motherhood in the Academy (Lexington Books 2015) Prophets, Gurus, and

Brooke Phipps Assistant Professor of Communication, Film & Media Studies Phone: 253-535-7573 Email: bphipps@plu.edu Office Location:Ingram Hall - Room 135 Professional Biography Personal Additional Titles/Roles Director, Center for Media Studies Faculty Advisor for MediaLab Education Ph.D., Rhetoric and Political Culture, University of Maryland, 2024 M.A., Communication Studies, Colorado State University, 2019 B.A., Communication Studies, Wheaton College (IL) Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

Rona Kaufman Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7295 Email: kaufman@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-D Status:On Sabbatical Professional Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002 M.A., University of Maine, 1994 B.A., Penn State University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Composition Rhetoric and Writing Literacy Pedagogy English Language Accolades Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring, 2016-2017 Pacific Lutheran University Graves Award in the Humanities

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

Engaged Inquiry 2021 • Surveillance Studies Network Early Career Researcher Award 2019 • Rhetorical Society of America Dissertation Award Professional Memberships/Organizations National Communication Association Rhetoric Society of America Surveillance Studies Network Biography Dr. Marnie Ritchie found the study of communication through collegiate debate at the University of Vermont, where she earned a B.A. in Philosophy in 2011. She then went on to earn a Master’s in Communication and Rhetorical

Virtues of Christian Ecological Ethics and Free Market Environmentalism with Kathryn D. Blanchard." The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics Vol. 34.1, 2014: "Playing God: Religion in the Geoengineering Debate with Forrest Klingerman." Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Vol. May/June, 2014: "The 'War' Against Climate Change and Christian Eco-Justice: Ethical Implications of Martial Rhetoric." Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology Vol. 17, 2013: "La Causa and Environmental Justice: César

Rhetoric and Writing from the University of Louisville in 2011. His dissertation, called “Writing Out the Storm: Post-Traumatic Pedagogy and the Work of Composition,” examined the role and value of writing pedagogy in the wake of large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Inspired by programs designed by local citizens to serve their communities after the storm, Scott became interested in community writing and the influence of space/setting on how we make sense of the world. Having spent so much