Pacific Lutheran University

August 28, 2008

At new faculty orientation last week, PLU welcomed 30 new faculty members, including 15 in tenure-track positions.

Like last year, students in nearly all divisions and departments will see new faces in the classroom this year. New faculty members attended orientation events last week, which included a welcome reception, campus tour and information sessions about benefits and the university.

As of August 22, new faculty members include the following:

New Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty

Peter Davis, assistant professor, geosciences

Brian Galante, assistant professor, music

Katrina Hay, assistant professor, physics

Jennifer Jenkins, assistant professor, German

Richard Knuth, associate professor, education

Neva Laurie-Berry, assistant professor, biology

Katie Luther, assistant professor, sociology

Justin Lytle, assistant professor, chemistry

Rebekah Mergenthal, assistant professor, history

Janet Mobus, assistant professor, business

Ksenija Simic-Muller, assistant professor, math

Catherine Tingstrom, assistant professor, movement studies and wellness education

Giovanna Urdangarain, assistant professor, Spanish

Rebecca Wilkin, assistant professor, French

Regina Yeh, assistant professor and chair, music

New Full-Time Visiting/Clinical Faculty

Alexander Alderman, visiting assistant professor, humanities

Kevin Boeh, Zulauf visiting assistant professor, business

Jeanette Davis, family nurse practitioner/clinical coordinator and instruction, nursing

Wendy Call, visiting assistant professor, English

Gina Gillie, visiting assistant professor, music

Kimberly Hedrick, visiting assistant professor, anthropology

Maria Teresa Kilpatrick, visiting assistant professor, Spanish

Candace Kristensson, visiting assistant professor, chemistry

Allison Mandaville, visiting assistant professor, English

Melissa Merry, visiting assistant professor, political science

David Muller, visiting assistant professor, math

Jane Ryan, visiting assistant professor, marriage and family therapy

Mark Van Hollebeke, visiting assistant professor, philosophy

Chih-Wei Wang, visiting assistant professor, economics

New Administrators

James Brock, dean, business