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Mark Orbe

School of Communication

… including: Interracial Communication: Theory Into Practice (with T. Harris, Wadsworth Publishing, 2001; 2nd edition, … Intercultural Communication in a Transnational World (with L. Flores and B. Allen, NCA Press, 2009). Communicating … and L. Flores, NCA Press, 2007). The Same and Different: Acknowledging the Diversity Within and Between Cultural Groups …

https://wmich.edu/communication/directory/orbe

Lori Sims

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… Lori Sims Lori Sims Pronouns She/Her/Hers Professor of Piano Office (269) 387-4705 … Europe, and China, including guest artist performances with the NordDeutscheRadio Orchester (Hannover, Germany) the … the El Paso Chamber Music Festival (Texas), and performed with Kalamazoo’s Fontana Chamber Music Players and Opus21, a …

https://wmich.edu/music/directory/sims

Bruce Uchimura

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… from The Juilliard School of Music where he studied cello with Leonard Rose and Channing Robbins and chamber music with Felix Galimir and the Juilliard String Quartet. He … string competitions throughout the USA including the Illinois Young Artist Competition, the American String Teachers …

https://wmich.edu/music/directory/uchimura

Zachary Page-Wood

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… Page-Wood has shared his passion for the visual arts with students for over a decade. A graduate of Western Michigan University, he decided to take his knowledge and skills in visual art into teaching and at Grand …

https://wmich.edu/art/directory/page-wood

Kristal Ehrhardt

College of Education and Human Development

… Special Education.  She holds a Ph.D. in School Psychology with a specialization in Early Childhood Special Education. Dr. Ehrhardt has ample experience with funded projects, including serving as a principal … on Taquile Island in Lake Titicaca for several days, and another to Tanzania in 2018 with her son in which he …

https://wmich.edu/education/directory/ehrhardt

Sarah Beuker

Legal Affairs, Risk and Compliance

… Kalamazoo MI 49008-5423 USA Sarah Swallow Beuker graduated with honors from both the University of Michigan (BA, English Lit, … legal practice, Sarah spent two decades in private practice with firms in southwest Michigan (Miller Canfield, McCarthy …

https://wmich.edu/legal/directory/beuker

Adrienne Redding

English

… University. Dr. Redding currently holds a fellowship with the Office of Faculty Development as a faculty liaison … chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (The International English Honor Society).  Her research interests include issues surrounding student persistence and retention, minoritized and marginalized student voices in the classroom, …

https://wmich.edu/english/directory/redding

Mac Rincon

Marketing

… University, Gerardo “Mac” Rincon enjoyed a 30-year career with The Kellogg Company. Starting in 1988 as an industrial engineer, … time. In 1996, he transitioned to Kellogg's Corporate Technology, where he spearheaded continuous improvement …

https://wmich.edu/marketing/directory/rincon

John Jellies

Biological Sciences

… at Western Michigan University. Jellies is a neurobiologist with interests in the function, development and evolution of … to understand the neuronal bases of behaviors. He works with sensory encoding and processing, motor output and … How do neural circuits change their function over time and with changing conditions (i.e., learning, adaptation and …

https://wmich.edu/biology/directory/jellies

Bilinda Straight

School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability

… Bilinda Straight Bilinda Straight Pronouns She/Her/Hers Professor Office (269) 387-2713 Send an … writer and a cultural and biological anthropologist working with pastoralist research partners in northern Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL). Her most …

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