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  • Dr. Michael Zbaraschuk, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, returns to PLU from the University of Washington Tacoma, where he was a lecturer in the Politics, Philosophy and Economics program of the

    University) in Spanish and Humanities.  After spending a year in Prague in the Czech Republic teaching English, he moved to southern California, where he attended the Claremont Graduate University, studying the philosophy of religion and theology.  In 1998, he completed his M.A. in 1998, and in 2002, he completed his Ph.D. in 2002. After his sojourn in the California wilderness, Dr. Zbaraschuk returned to the Pacific Northwest, where he was on the founding faculty of Eastside Preparatory School in

  • Professor of English | Department of English | kaufman@plu.edu | 253-535-7295

    Rona Kaufman Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7295 Email: kaufman@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-D Status:On Sabbatical Professional 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 Mentoring, 2016-2017 Pacific Lutheran University Graves Award in the Humanities

  • Professor of English | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | kaufman@plu.edu | 253-535-7295

    Rona Kaufman Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7295 Email: kaufman@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-D Status:On Sabbatical Professional 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 Mentoring, 2016-2017 Pacific Lutheran University Graves Award in the Humanities

  • PLU joins Nobel Peace Prize Forum as a full sponsor The Nobel Peace Prize Forum Pacific Lutheran University is joining the Nobel Peace Prize Forum as a full sponsor. The Forum is the Norwegian Nobel Institute’s only such program or academic affiliation outside of Norway.…

    peacemaking efforts around the world. The Forum features keynote speeches by leading international peacemakers as well as faculty-student led sessions on diverse aspects of peace and peacemaking. The multidisciplinary focus of the Forum is emphasized through designating specific days to address peace in relation to science and health, business and global studies. The keynote speaker for the March 2013 forum is the Yemeni journalist and peace activist Tawakkol Karman. She is one of three women awarded the

  • PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied…

    is an international, multidisciplinary, professional organization consisting of more than 2,000 members from 54 countries, and its Distinguished Professional Practice Award recognizes outstanding service delivery in sport and exercise psychology. The award requires both nomination and selection by academic and professional peers. Recipients of the award must demonstrate 1) a sustained involvement in a sport psychology service delivery program, 2) quality and innovation that distinguish this

  • Close to 50,000 Jewish refugees fled to Argentina during the rise of Nazism and World War II. In fact, between 1933 and 1945, Argentina received more Jewish refugees per capita than any other nation in the world, except Palestine. But to most – outside of…

    understanding of events like the Holocaust shallower. We don’t realize what we’re missing out on or what voices we are silencing.” Dieringer graduated in May, but the interviews she conducted will be used for ongoing research on the Jewish Diaspora in Uruguay. PLU's Global Studies ProgramStudents majoring in Global Studies achieve global literacy by employing a multidisciplinary approach to addressing contemporary global problems. Read Previous Military To Medicine: Air Force, Navy veterans become nurses

  • Within a program that is firmly based in the liberal arts, the social work major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional social work practice as well as graduate study in social

    Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)Within a program that is firmly based in the liberal arts, the social work major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional social work practice as well as graduate study in social work. Social work has both a heavily multidisciplinary-based body of knowledge and its own continuously developing knowledge base. The complexity of social issues and social problems that confront the modern-day social worker require this broad theoretical perspective

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Joel Earlywine ’17 Wins Best Research Abstract Award Joel Earlywine Wins Best Research Abstract Award Joel Earlywine (PLU Economics, 2017) School of Public Health Boston University, has won the best Research Abstract award for the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Abuse and Addiction (AMERSA) for 2019. More December 2, 2019

  • Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context | Global & Cultural Studies | zbarasgm@plu.edu | 253-535-8499

    Michael Zbaraschuk Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context Phone: 253-535-8499 Email: zbarasgm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-D Professional Education Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 2002 M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1998 B.A., Spanish and Humanities, Walla Walla University, 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Process Theology Radical Theology Religious Pluralism Books Resurrecting the Death of God: The Past, Present, and Future of

  • Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context | Global Studies Program | zbarasgm@plu.edu | 253-535-8499

    Michael Zbaraschuk Associate Professor of Constructive Theology Global Context Phone: 253-535-8499 Email: zbarasgm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220-D Professional Education Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 2002 M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1998 B.A., Spanish and Humanities, Walla Walla University, 1993 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Process Theology Radical Theology Religious Pluralism Books Resurrecting the Death of God: The Past, Present, and Future of