Department
of
Religion
Main Office
Department of Religion
Admin Building, Room 220C Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447
Kathlyn A. Breazeale
Associate Professor of Contemporary and Feminist/Womanist Theologies
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1996
- (253) 535-7215
- breazeka@plu.edu
Agnes Choi
Assistant Professor of New Testament
Ph.D., University of St. Michael’s College, 2010
- 253-535-7314
- choiaa@plu.edu
Suzanne Crawford-O'Brien
Associate Professor of Religion and Culture
Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2003
- (253) 535-8107
- Personal Web site
- suzanne.crawford@plu.edu
Seth Dowland
Assistant Professor of American Religious History
Ph.D., Religion, Duke University, 2007
- 253-535-8125
- dowland@plu.edu
Antonios Finitsis
Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2007
- (253) 535-7319
- finitsak@plu.edu
Erik J. Hammerstrom
Assistant Professor of Chinese and Comparative Religion
Ph.D, Indiana University, 2010
- (253) 535-7225
- Personal Web site
- hammerej@plu.edu
Joseph Hickey-Tiernan
Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament
S.T.L., School of Theology, Catholic University, 1971
- (253) 538-6325
- hickeyjj@plu.edu
Lynn Hofstad
Lecturer in Christian Theology
A.B.D. , Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Graduate Theological Union , 2012
Brenda Ihssen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious History and Historical Theology
Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 2004
- (253) 535-7237
- ihssenbl@plu.edu
Mari Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor in Theology
Ph.D. , Religion, Emory University, 2010
Douglas Oakman
Professor of New Testament
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1986
- (253) 535-7317
- Personal Web site
- oakmande@plu.edu
Kevin O'Brien
Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics
Ph.D., Ethics and Society, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2006
- (253) 535-7239
- Personal Web site
- obrien@plu.edu
Samuel Torvend
Professor of the History of Christianity, University Professor of Lutheran Studies, Director of Vocational Reflection, Center for Vocation; Director of the Center for Religion and Culture in the Pacific Northwest
Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990
- (253) 535-8106
- torvensa@plu.edu
Marit Trelstad
Associate Professor of Religion & Chair of Religion Dept.
Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University, 2000
- (253) 535-7232
- marit.trelstad@plu.edu
Michael Zbaraschuk
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
Ph.D., Religion, Claremont University, 2002
- (253) 535-8499
- zbarasgm@plu.edu