All members of faculty-created standing committees are elected from and by the faculty to three-year terms. In addition, the faculty elects three officers for two-year terms: the chair of the faculty, the vice-chair of the faculty, and the faculty secretary.
The chair of the faculty presides over meetings of the Faculty Assembly, and over a Faculty Executive Committee, which assists the chair in preparing the agenda for the Faculty Assembly, oversees the implementation of faculty legislation, and, together with the Governance Committee, helps to coordinate faculty governance.
Name: Bridget Yaden (yadenlbe@plu.edu) – Chair of Faculty
Department: Languages and Literatures
Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8330
Name: Neal Yakelis (yakelina@plu.edu) – Vice Chair of Faculty
Department: Chemistry
Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7554
Name: Mary Ellard-Ivey (ellardma@plu.edu) – Secretary of Faculty
Department: Biology
Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7357
Name: Lisa Marcus (marcusls@plu.edu) – Faculty Representative to the Board of Regents
Department: English
Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7312
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen (ihssenbl@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7237
Name: Craig Fryhle (fryhlecb@plu.edu)
Department: Chemistry
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8314
Name: Roberto Arteaga (rarteaga@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7505
Name: Maria Chávez (chavezml@plu.edu)
Department: Political Science
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-538-6130
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Claire Todd (toddce@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Geosciences
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-536-5163
Name: Laura McCloud (mcclouls@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Sociology
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7342
Name: Sergia Hay (haysk@plu.edu)
Department: Philosophy
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7736
Name: Zachary Lyman (lymanzt@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7612
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Marit Trelstad (trelstma@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8729
Name: Jodi Kushner (kushnerj@plu.edu)
Department: Nursing
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7672
Name: Svend Rønning (ronninsj@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7605
Name: Wendy Gardiner (gardinwl@plu.edu)
Department: Education
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8342
Name: Mark Reiman (reimanma@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Economics
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8875
Name: Xin Abby Liu (liuaa@plu.edu)
Department: Business
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-8129
Name: Matt Smith (smithmf@plu.edu)
Department: Biology
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7550
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Katrina Hay (haykm@plu.edu)
Department: Physics
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-5999
Name: Ralph Flick (flickrw@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Business
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7306
Name: Enrique (Rick) Barot (barotrp@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: English
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7318
Name: James Brown (brownja@plu.edu) – Liaison to Contingent Faculty
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7614
Name: Marianne Taylor (taylormg@plu.edu)
Department: Psychology
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7657
Name: Antonios (Tony) Finitsis (finitsak@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7319
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Jennifer Rhyne (rhynejl@plu.edu) – SP21
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7602
Name: Tiffany Artime (artimetm@plu.edu) – FA20
Department: Psychology
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8745
Name: Giovanna Urdangarain (urdangga@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Languages and Literatures
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7240
Name: Jennifer James (jamesja@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: English
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7217
Name: Renzhi Cao (caora@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Computer Science
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7409
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Francesca Lane Rasmus (lanerafr@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7141
Name: Bret Underwood (underwbj@plu.edu)
Department: Physics
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7267
Name: Carmiña Palerm (palermca@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Languages & Literatures
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7756
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Rachid Benkhalti (benkhar@plu.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8730
Name:Bradford Andrews (andrewbw@plu.edu)
Department:Anthropology
Committee Seat:Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8389
Name: Anna Trammell (trammell@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7586
Name: Amanda Sweger (swegeran@plu.edu) – Chair
Department:Theatre and Dance
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-538-2175
Membership for 2020-21:
Name: Suzanne Crawford O’Brien (crawfosj@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8107
Name: Kate Luther (lutherke@plu.edu) – Chair
Department: Sociology
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7593
Name: Harry Papadopoulos (papadoha@plu.edu)
Department: Kinesiology
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8706
Name: Bogomil Gerganov (gerganbe@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Physics
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-538-6377
Name: Jeffrey Bell-Hanson (bellhajl@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7617
Name: Michael Behrens (behrenmd@plu.edu)
Department: Biology
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7565
Name: Tyler Travillian (traviltt@plu.edu)
Department: Languages & Literatures
Committee Seat: Expires 2023
Contact: 253-535-7220
CAMPUS MINISTRY COUNCIL
Nancy Simpson-Younger, English (seat expires: 2021)
STUDENT LIFE AWARDS COMMITTEE
Patrick Muturi, Nursing (seat expires 2023)
TITLE IX COMMITTEE
Elisabeth Esmiol Wilson, Marriage & Family Therapy (seat expires 2022)
UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
Patrick Moneyang, Languages & Literatures (seat expires 2022)
Dean Waldow, Chemistry (seat expires 2023)
UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE
Charles Katica, Kinesiology (seat expires 2021)
Name: N. Justice (njustice@plu.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7446
Name: Justin Eckstein (justin.eckstein@plu.edu)
Department: Communication
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-538-8175