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  • Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | moritsjn@plu.edu | I am a community psychologist and a clinical psychologist by training.

    John N. Moritsugu Professor of Psychology Email: moritsjn@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1976 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1975 B.A., Psychology, University of Hawai'i, 1971 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Minority Status Stress American Asian Populations Books Lead author of Sixth Edition Community Psychology, with Elizabeth Vera, Frank Y. Wong and Karen Grover Duffy (Routlege 2019

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  • Associate Professor of Anthropology | Department of Anthropology | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.

    , Akiko and Leonetti, Donna. "The Influence of Migration, Education, and Parents on the Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Women in the U.S.." International Journal of Social Sciences Vol. IX(2), 2020: 82-98. Nosaka, Akiko and Leonetti, Donna L. "Fertility of First-Generation Japanese Immigrant Women in Seattle: The Influence of Ken Affiliation, Residential Location, and Employment Status." Journal of Northwest Anthropology Vol. 52(2), 2018: 151-167. "Aspirations and Desires: Women's Education and

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  • Director of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | davidsef@plu.edu | 253-535-7311 | If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”.

    Americans: 500 Years of History, National Endowment of the Humanties/ American Library Association, AY 2015-2016. Margrit Mondavi Fellowship for Summer Research, UC Davis, 2012. Graduate Fellowship for Summer Research in Latin American and The Caribbean, UC Davis Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, 2009. Biography If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”. I’m a mixed-race Latina with family from Panama, Cuba, and the United States. Like

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Religion | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Award for Research Biography Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in

  • Visiting Professor of Marriage & Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | ginnq@plu.edu | 253-535-7599 | Quantas Ginn (he/him) is a marriage, couples, and family therapist and AASECT Certified sex therapist.

    utilizing a biopsychosocial+spiritual approach Working with interracial/intercultural couples Perinatal Parenting Accolades 2021 - AAMFT Minority Fellow 2019 - WAMFT Diversity Award Recipient Professional Memberships/Organizations American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) American Association of Sexual Educators, Coaches, and Therapists (AASECT) Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (WAMFT) Perinatal Support International (PSI) Biography Quantas Ginn (he/him) is a

  • Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | alexus.hamilton@plu.edu | 253-535-8167 | Dr.

    unique stressors." CFLE Network Vol. 33.3, 2020: 14-20. Accolades Best Poster Award, Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy Annual Conference 2022 Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Minority Fellow 2022 Clinical Excellence Award – Theory and Cultural Responsivity, UI 2022 Thesis of the Year, ACU 2019 Professional Memberships/Organizations American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) National Counsel on Family Relations (NCFR) Texas Association for Marriage and Family

  • Associate Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | katicacp@plu.edu | 253-535-7636

    , Pritchett, KL, Pritchett, RC, Thermoregulatory, Nutritional and Training Considerations for Spinal Cord Injured Athletes, Oral Presentation/Symposium at Northwest ACSM Conference in Bend, OR (March, 2019) Selected Articles Wingo, JE, Ng, J, Katica, CP, Carter, SJ. "Fan cooling after cardiovascular drift does not reverse decrements in maximal oxygen uptake during heat stress." Temperature 2019: 6:3, 260-270. Wingo, JE, Katica, CP. Nepocatych, S, Del Pozzi, AT, Ryan, GA. "Thermoregulatory Adaptations

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  • Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | kayla.harvey@plu.edu | 253.535.7672 | After many years of experience as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the critical and acute care setting, I have expanded my practice into research in order to better understand and support families during a pediatric hospitalization.  I enjoy sharing my clinical experience and researcher insight as faculty working with nursing students at PLU. Education  PhD : University of Washington, Doctor of Nursing Science Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) : University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Primary Care/Critical Care Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) : University of Florida, Gainesville, BSN Teaching Areas Lead faculty for NURS 360, Nursing Research course, Baccalaureate program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.   Lead faculty for NURS 702, Nursing Informatics course, Doctoral program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.   Pediatric clinical instructor NURS 380, Baccalaureate program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.   Scholarly Interests  My current research interests include exploring the psychological sequelae of the pediatric medical traumatic stress of a hospitalization on parents and young children and examining the function of the attachment system in the presence of a life-threatening event.  Current Practice Part-time faculty for the BSN and DNP programs at PLU.

    , Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.   Pediatric clinical instructor NURS 380, Baccalaureate program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.   Scholarly Interests  My current research interests include exploring the psychological sequelae of the pediatric medical traumatic stress of a hospitalization on parents and young children and examining the function of the attachment system in the presence of a life-threatening event.  Current Practice Part-time faculty

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  • Director of Chinese Studies Program | The PLU Chinese Studies Program | manfredi@plu.edu | 253-535-7216 | Paul Manfredi’s research concerns modern and contemporary Chinese poetry and art, modernism, and urban culture in China.

    small city that is slowly but surely surpassing its status as mere “Seattle suburb.”

  • Fiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Sequoia Nagamatsu is the author of the national bestselling novel, How High We Go in the Dark (William Morrow, 2022), a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and the story collection, Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone (Black Lawrence Press, 2016), silver medal winner of the 2016 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award.

    other narrative? How can this work that seems so different from what I want to do help me achieve my goals? In both workshops and mentorship settings I again stress the concept of community not only as etiquette that should be practiced out of respect within an academic environment, but also as a practice of a working writer. Nobody truly writes alone and nobody publishes alone. In addition to conversations about writing, I place a focus on how we should all strive to support writers and the larger