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Wendy Gardiner Associate Professor She/Her Phone: 253-535-8342 Email: gardinwl@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education Education Ed.D, Curriculum and Instruction, National Louis University M.Ed, Curriculum and Instruction, National Louis University B.S., Elementary Education, Ohio State University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Equity Literacy Teacher Education Diversity Responsive Children's Literature Mentoring and New Teacher

methods, and secondary literacy courses as well as various seminar courses in the undergrad and graduate-level teacher education programs. He is also the co-chair of the university Common Reading Program and is an active parent and community volunteer in his local school district where he sits on several committees to inform district policy and practice. He maintains an active and diverse publication and scholarship record covering topics of equity and racial equity, project- and problem-based

(Maize Books 2021) : View Book The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Chapters Chapters Visions of the Possible: A Critical Pedagogical Praxis for Information Literacy Instruction. (ACRL 2019) Improving Library Services in Support of International Students and English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners. Chapters Chapters Welcome to Your Library: How an Orientation Can Set Up International Students for Academic Success. (ACRL 2019) Selected

Callista Brown Associate Professor of English Email: callista.brown@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., Purdue University, 1991 M.A., Butler University, 1982 B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Composition Rhetorical Theory Literacy

Rona Kaufman Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7295 Email: kaufman@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-D Professional Additional Titles/Roles Director of First Year Experience Program Director of the Writing Center Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002 M.A., University of Maine, 1994 B.A., Penn State University, 1992 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Composition Rhetoric and Writing Literacy Pedagogy English Language Accolades Faculty Excellence Award in

Scott Rogers Dean of Assessment and Core Curriculum Phone: 253-535-7985 Email: rogers@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 125 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of English Co-Director of the Parkland Literacy Center Education Ph.D., Univeristy of Louisville, 2011 M.A., University of New Mexico, 2006 B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise First-Year Writing Writing Program Administration and Assessment

Studies Program.  She is deeply committed to first year education and regularly teaches a popular writing seminar on Banned Books for the First Year Experience Program.  Her constellation of courses in the English department include:  The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination; American Literature 1914-45: Race, Sex, and War; Anne Frank as a Holocaust Icon; a senior seminar on History & Memory in US Slavery and Holocaust texts; an English Studies course on Gendered Literacy; Feminist

and Wondering to Rehumanize Mathematics Classrooms." PRIMUS Vol. DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2022.2073624, 2022: Fairbairn L., Jackson, K., & Simic-Muller, K. "Making art in math class during the pandemic. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics." Journal of Humanistic Mathematics Vol. 11, 2021: Simic-Muller, K. "There are different ways you can be good at math”: Quantitative literacy, mathematical modeling, and reading the world." PRIMUS Vol. 29, 2019: 259-280. Simic-Muller, K. "Motherhood and teaching

Bridget Yaden Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7283 Email: byaden@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 103 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Co-Director of the Parkland Literacy Center Director of Language Resource Center Education Ph.D., Romance Linguistics, University of Washington, 2003 M.A., Romance Linguistics, University of Washington, 1994 B.A., Spanish, Western Washington

documentary “Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis.” 2011 Accolade Award of Merit – in the Feature Documentary category as faculty advisor on the documentary film “Oil Literacy.” Presented in January 2011. 2010 Accolade Award of Merit – in the Feature Documentary category as faculty advisor on the documentary film “The New American Family: Defining Commitment in a Changing Society.” Presented in July 2010. 2010 - Award of Excellence: From the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of