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  • Professor of Hebrew Bible | Religion | finitsak@plu.edu | 253-535-7319 | Antonios Finitsis’ approach to biblical literature is deeply socio-historical.

    Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Hebrew Bible Second Temple Literature Visual Interpretations of the Bible Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Studies Ancient Near East Books Dress Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible: Let Your Garments Always Be Bright (T&T Clark 2022) : View Book Dress and Clothing in the Hebrew Bible: For All Her Household Are Clothed in Crimson (T&T Clark 2019) : View Book Visions and Eschatology A Socio-Historical Analysis of Zechariah 1-6 (Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2013) : View Book Biography

  • Lecturer - Organ | Music | plagermr@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Michael Plagerman is an active recitalist and church music director, having performed and held positions across the Northwest, Midwest, and East Coast.

    Michael Plagerman Lecturer - Organ Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: plagermr@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Bachelor of Music, Pacific Lutheran University (summa cum laude) Master of Sacred Music, Organ, University of Notre Dame Master of Fine Arts, Cornell Biography Michael Plagerman is an active recitalist and church music director, having performed and held positions across the Northwest, Midwest, and East Coast. He holds a B.M. from Pacific Lutheran University (summa cum laude), a

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  • Professor of New Testament | Religion | choiaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7314 | Agnes Choi teaches courses in biblical studies, with a focus on Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.

    Agnes Choi Professor of New Testament Phone: 253-535-7314 Email: choiaa@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-F Status:On Sabbatical Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College, 2010 M.Div., Tyndale Seminary, 2002 B.S., University of Toronto, 1999 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Ancient economy and the impact of the economy on the urban-rural relationship Interpretation of the parables of Jesus Books Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters

  • Fiction, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Marie Mutsuki Mockett was born to an American father and Japanese mother, and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

    Marie Mutsuki Mockett Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Marie Mutsuki Mockett was born to an American father and Japanese mother, and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations.  Her memoir, Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye, examines grief against the backdrop of the 2011 Great East Earthquake, and Mockett’s family temple located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power reactor.  Mockett’s awards include a

  • Faculty Fellow | College of Liberal Studies | ryandp@plu.edu | 253-538-5664 | Donald P.

    at the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, and a Fellow of both The Explorers Club and The Royal Geographical Society. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Directed excavations, conservation activities and research in Egypt’s ancient New Kingdom cemetery, the Valley of the Kings: – excavated and documented seven undecorated tombs. – rediscovered the lost tomb KV 60 in which was found a mummy since identified as the female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. – conducted a field season dedicated to conservation. * Served as

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  • Professor of Global Studies | Global Studies Program | hammerej@plu.edu | 253-535-7225 | Erik Hammerstrom has felt a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young.

    Erik J. Hammerstrom Professor of Global Studies Phone: 253-535-7225 Email: hammerej@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Status:On Sabbatical Website: https://plu.academia.edu/ErikHammerstrom Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Religious Studies, Indiana University, 2010 M.A., Religion (Asian), University of Hawai'i, 2003 B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Korean and East Asian Religions Early modern

  • Associate Professor of History | Department of History | hamesgl@plu.edu | 253-535-7132 | Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative perspective across the globe, including Africa, Asia, including China, Japan, and India, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States.

    , including Africa, Asia, including China, Japan, and India, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States. In addition to her book, Alcohol In World History, Routledge, 2012, she has recently published “The Commerce of Alcohol, 1850-1950” in the collection Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War, Bloomsbury Press, 2016, and “Rum” in Encyclopedia of the Atlantic World, 1400-1900: Europe, Africa, and the Americas in An Age of Exploration, Trade, and

  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240

    ) 2nd International Symposium of the Southern Cone Section, Latin American Studies Association, Memoria de género en el Uruguay: el cuerpo como bisemia, Montevideo, Uruguay (July 19-22, 2017) 34th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Uruguayan Memory on Screen, New York (May 27-30, 2016) 113th Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, The Consumption of Chinese Identity Through Argentinian Film, Portland, OR (November 6-8, 2015) 11th

  • Professor Emeritus of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics | dornerbc@plu.edu | 253-538-8738

    , 2013: "Discovering Roots: Ancient, Medieval,and Serendipitous." The College Mathematics Journal 2005: 35-43. "More Meaning from the Geometric Mean." Mathematics Teacher Vol. 96, no.2, 2003: 142-146. "The Magic Calculator and The Sine Addition Formula." Electronic Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics 1998: http://archives.math.utk.edu/ICTCM/EP-11.html.

  • Chair, BSW Program | Department of Social Work | hbrocious@plu.edu | 253-535-8707 | One of the gifts I have gained from growing up near and among the Indigenous people of Southeast Alaska is a strong sense of collectivism over individualism; I feel successful only when my team is successful, and it is this core philosophy that I would bring to both my teaching and leadership if offered a position at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Heidi Brocious, Ph.D, MSW Chair, BSW Program she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-8707 Email: hbrocious@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 104 Office Hours: (On Campus) Tue: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (On Campus) Wed: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Social Work, University of Utah, 2013 Masters, Social Work, Walla Walla University, 1999 Bachelors, Education, University of Alaska , 1995 Biography One of the gifts I have gained from growing up near and

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