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Associate Director for Print Production | Marketing & Communications | biddindj@plu.edu | 253-535-7434 | Denise Biddinger joined the staff in February 2010 as the customer service representative.

Visiting Lecturer of Social Work | Department of Social Work | bieberae@plu.edu | 253-535-7836

Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | David Biespiel is a contributing writer at The Rumpus, Partisan, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Charming Gardeners and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.  His books of essays include A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry and a book on creativity, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces.  He is a member of the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle.  Recipient of Lannan, National Endowment for the Arts, and Stegner fellowships, he has taught at Stanford University, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Portland State University, and Wake Forest University, in addition to other colleges and universities.  He is a longtime faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor.

Associate Professor of Nursing and FNP Program Lead | School of Nursing | biggerm@plu.edu | 253-535-8478

Professor of Computer Science | Department of Computer Science | blahakd@plu.edu | 253-535-8702

Lecturer | Music | boazhm@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Soprano Holly Boaz enjoys a varied career in opera, oratorio, chamber music, and small ensembles.

Visiting Lecturer of Southern Lushootseed | Native American and Indigenous Studies | nancy.bob@plu.edu

Staff Pianist | Music | aboers@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Amy Boers is well known as a collaborative pianist, music director, singer, and church musician. As pianist and collaborator, she currently holds positions at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø (staff pianist), Symphony Tacoma (principal keyboard), and Symphony Tacoma Voices (pianist and assistant rehearsal conductor).

Graduate Student Clinical Placement Coordinator | School of Nursing | bolinj@plu.edu

Visiting Instructor of Political Science | Department of Political Science | boltonjp@plu.edu | 253-535-7396 | Joe Bolton is a PhD Candidate at Washington State University (defending this Fall 2025).