Profile
Professional
Early Caribbean literature
Early American literature
17th and 18th century British literature
The president oversees the university. PLU has 3,461 students studying 44 majors and 52 minors as well as graduate and professional programs in business administration, finance, creative writing, education, marriage and family therapy, and nursing. PLU hosts more than 100 students clubs and organizations and fields 20 varsity teams competing in the Northwest Conference of NCAA Division III. He is responsible for 737 employees, including a faculty of 283, organized into seven schools and divisions: Arts and Communication, Business, Education and Movement Studies, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Nursing, and Social Sciences, with a total budget of more than $110 million. He also holds a full professorship with tenure in the Department of English.
Education
B.S. in History, United States Air Force Academy, 1983
M.S.A in Human resources management, Central Michigan University, 1986
M.A. in English language and literature, University of Minnesota, 1989
Ph.D. in English language and literature, University of Chicago, 1995