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: Michelle Ceynar (ceynarml@plu.edu) – Chair of Faculty
Department: Psychology
Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7297
Name: Bridget Yaden (yadenlbe@plu.edu) – Vice Chair of Faculty
Department: Languages and Literatures
Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-8330
Name: Mary Ellard-Ivey (ellardma@plu.edu) – Secretary of Faculty
Department: Biology
Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7357
Name: Jacob Egge (eggejj@plu.edu) – Faculty Representative to the Board of Regents
Department: Biology
Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7569
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Tom Edgar (edgar@plu.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-6198
Name: Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen (ihssenbl@plu.edu)
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)
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7505
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Scott Rogers (rogerssm@plu.eduu)
Department: English
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7985
Name: Ron Gerharstein (gerharrc@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7609
Name: Claire Todd (toddce@plu.edu)
Department: Geosciences
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-536-5163
Name: Laura McCloud (mcclouls@plu.edu)
Department: Sociology
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7342
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Kyoungnam (Catherine) Ha (kha@plu.edu)
Department: Business
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7305
Name: Laurie Murphy (lmurphy@plu.edu)
Department: Computer Science
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-8729
Name: Marit Trelstad (trelstma@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8729
Name: Marylou Robinson (robinsmv@plu.edu)
Department: Nursing
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8489
Name: Svend Ronning (ronninsj@plu.edu)
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)
Department: Economics
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-8875
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Daniel Heath (heathdj@plu.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7401
Name: Priscilla St. Clair (stclair@plu.edu)
Department: Economics
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7662
Name: Katrina Hay (haykm@plu.edu)
Department: Physics
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-5999
Name: Ralph Flick (flickrw@plu.edu)
Department: Business
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7306
Name: Enrique (Rick) Barot (barotrp@plu.edu)
Department: English
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7318
Name: James Brown (brownja@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7614
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Edwin Powell (powellec@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7907
Name: Erik Hammerstrom (hammerej@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7225
Name: Tiffany Artime (artimetm@plu.edu)
Department: Psychology
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8745
Name: Giovanna Urdangarain (urdangga@plu.edu)
Department: Languages and Literatures
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7240
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Agnes Choi (choiaa@plu.edu)
Department: Religion
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7314
Name: Francesca Lane Rasmus (lanerafr@plu.edu)
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7141
Name: Neal Yakelis (yakelina@plu.edu)
Department: Chemistry
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7554
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Genevieve Williams(williagr@plu.edu)
Department: Library
Committee Seat: Expires 2019
Contact: 253-535-7443
Name: Lorena Guerrero (guerrelc@plu.edu)
Department: Nursing
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7373
Name: Rachid Benkhalti (benkhar@plu.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8730
Name: A. Tarka Wilcox (wilcoxtt@plu.edu)
Department: Geosciences
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-5761
Membership for 2019-20:
Name: Rose McKenney (mckennra@plu.edu)
Department: Geosciences
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-8726
Name: Gina Gillie (gillie@plu.edu)
Department: Music
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7607
Name: Rona Kaufman (kaufman@plu.edu)
Department: English
Committee Seat: Expires 2020
Contact: 253-535-7295
Name: Mike Halvorson (halvormj@plu.edu)
Department: History
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-8258
Name: Kate Luther (lutherke@plu.edu)
Department: Sociology
Committee Seat: Expires 2021
Contact: 253-535-7593
Name: Jp Avila (jp.avila@plu.edu)
Department: Art and Design
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-535-7578
Name: Bogomil Gerganov (gerganbe@plu.edu)
Department: Physics
Committee Seat: Expires 2022
Contact: 253-538-6377
CAMPUS MINISTRY COUNCIL
Nancy Simpson-Younger, English (seat expires: 2021)
STUDENT LIFE AWARDS COMMITTEE
Jennifer Rhyne, Music (seat expires 2020)
TITLE IX COMMITTEE
Elisabeth Esmiol Wilson, Marriage & Family Therapy (seat expires 2022)
UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
Ksenija Simic-Muller, Mathematics (seat expires 2020)
Patrick Moneyang, Languages & Literatures (seat expires 2022)
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