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Heather Mathews

Chair & Associate Professor of Art History

Heather Mathews - Associate Professor of Art Criticism & Curation Full Profile
253-535-7574 hmathews@plu.edu

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Heather Mathews

Chair & Associate Professor of Art History

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253-535-7574 hmathews@plu.edu

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she/her/hers 253-535-7325 coxta@plu.edu
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Steve Sobeck

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253-535-5035 sobecksm@plu.edu
Junichi Tsuneoka

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he/him 253-535-7778 jtsuneoka@plu.edu

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Justin Eckstein

Associate Professor of Communication

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253-535-8175 justin.eckstein@plu.edu
Brooke Phipps

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Marnie Ritchie

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she/her 253-535-7093 ritchiem@plu.edu
Sean Robinson

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253-535-7538 robinssm@plu.edu
Amy Young

Professor of Communication

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she/her/hers 253-536-5165 youngam@plu.edu

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Michael D. Bartanen

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Walter L. Tomsic

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Robert Marshall Wells

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Email: cmda@plu.edu

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