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Albers, James - Faculty fellow, School of Business
- Technology in business
Bergman, Charles - Professor of English
- Environmental Literature
- Environmental Writing
- Shakespeare
Brock, James - Dean of the School of Business
- Marketing strategy
- Meeting facilitation (from focus groups to board strategies)
Carp, E. Wayne - Professor of History, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History
- Adoption, history of
- American childhoods and families, history of
- Orphanages, history of
- Sealed Adoption Records controversy
Ericksen, Robert - Professor of History, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies
- Holocaust
- Modern Europe
- Modern Germany
- Western Civilization
Evans, Anthony - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education, director of Exercise Science
- Exercise and health
Foley, Duncan - Professor of Geosciences, department chair
- Living with geologic hazards
Fryhle, Craig - Professor of Chemistry, department chair
- Organic Chemistry
Gibson, Linda - Professor of Business
- Employment issues
Grosvenor, Peter - Associate Professor of Political Science
- British politics
- Canadian politics
- European politics
- International relations
Hacker, Colleen - Professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education
- Body image
- Sports psychology
- Women in sports
Huelsbeck, David - Professor of Anthropology
- Northwest Coast Native American cultures
- Prehistoric archaeology
Klein, Laura - Professor of Anthropology
- NW Coast Cultures
Kraig, Beth - Professor of History, department chair
- Gay-lesbian issues in America
Lee, Chung-Shing - Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, director ePLU
- e-commerce
Leitz, Paula - Associate Professor of Education
- Classroom management
- Remedial reading grades 3-8
Louie, Rich - Associate Professor of Physics
- Nanofabrication
- Thin film deposition
- Vacuum techniques
Manfredi, Paul - Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, department chair
- Modern Chinese literature
- East-West literary/cultural influence studies
McConnell, Karen - Associate Dean of MSWE, director of Physical Education
- Eating disorders
- Diet and exercise
Pratt, Catherine - Associate Dean of the School of Business
- Family business
Reiman, Mark - Associate Professor of Economics
- Economics
Reisberg, Leon - Professor of Education, Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education
- Inclusion
- Learning disabilities
Rush, Dana - Lecturer
- Astronomy
Sobania, Neal - Executive Director of the Wang Center
- African Art
- African history and culture
- East Africa
- Ethiopia
- Global Education
- Kenya
Starkovich, Steven - Acting Provost, Dean of Graduate Studies
- Astronomy
Teska, William, Professor of Biology
- Ecology of mammals
- Biological conservation
- Galapagos Islands
- Sustainable development
- Tropical Ecology
Torvend, Samuel - Associate Professor of Religion
- Christianity, history of
- Medieval Christianity in Rome
Travis, Karen - Associate Professor of Economics
- Health Economics