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From our early history to our prospects for the future, China is part of Washington. Chinese people helped build and shape Washington–even before it was a state.
rights laws helped shape society over time. Even despite riots and unjust exclusionary laws, Chinese language and culture persisted to contribute to an important part of our identity today. Learn about Chinese American history in Washington State through Western Washington University’s Asian American Curriculum and Research Project. The website features old documents and photographs, and promises a curriculum soon. Today, China is Washington State’s third-largest and fastest-growing trading partner
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Associate Professor of History | Environmental Studies | mergenrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7395 | Rebekah M.K.
the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History
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Department Chair of History | Department of History | mergenrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7395 | Rebekah M.K.
the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History
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Associate Professor of History | Native American and Indigenous Studies | mergenrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7395 | Rebekah M.K.
the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History
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PLU’s music faculty welcomes their newest hire, Cassio Vianna. The native of Brazil brings with him an extensive resume of teaching, composing, and performing jazz music. This year, he’ll begin a new journey channeling his passion into educating and inspiring PLU students as director of…
musical styles: from classical to popular music, from traditional Christian hymns to Brazilian jazz, from folk to jazz fusion. I received a Bachelor of Music degree from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, where I studied Brazilian Popular Music and arranging. After years performing, recording, and composing in Rio, I moved to the U.S. in 2009 to attend Western Oregon University, where I received a Master of Music degree. In 2014, I moved to Greeley, Colorado, to pursue a Doctor of Arts
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Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created…
product of a very specific European cultural foundation. The problem, though, is that we are trained to pretend that these culturally specific ways of knowing have somehow moved beyond the limits of the culture that produced them. What this really means is that Western tradition ends up being seen as universal, and all other systems of knowledge are seen as lesser, as culturally-specific exceptions to the norm. Professor Troy Storfjell during a panel discussion on Sámi culture in 2013 Seen from my
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Program Manager for Partnerships and Professional Development | School of Education | apc@plu.edu | Angenette originally came to PLU in 2018 as the Parkland Education Initiative Coordinator while serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA at the Center for Community Engagement and Service.
Angenette P. Call Program Manager for Partnerships and Professional Development she/her/ella Email: apc@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 121 Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education M.S., Management and Leadership, Western Governors University, 2018 B.A., Liberal Arts, Utah State University, 2000 Professional Memberships/Organizations NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Association of Washington International Student Affairs Biography
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Associate Professor | Master of Business Administration | chanla@plu.edu | 253-535-7330 | Dr.
Leong Chan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Phone: 253-535-7330 Email: chanla@plu.edu Office Location: Morken Center for Learning & Technology - 325 Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Technology Management, Portland State University M.S., Engineering Management, Portland State University B.S., Information Systems, Western Oregon University Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Technology Management Business Analytics Innovation Strategy Project Management Selected Publications Selected Publications and
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Dept. Chair and Program Director of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | ofarrefe@plu.edu | 253-535-8802 | Dr.
Fiona O’Farrell Dept. Chair and Program Director of Marriage and Family Therapy they/she Phone: 253-535-8802 Email: ofarrefe@plu.edu Office Location:Garfield Station - Room 108 Status:Not Teaching Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Clinical Sexology, Modern Sex Therapy Institutes , 2023 M.A., Marriage and Family Therapy, Pacific Lutheran University, 2012 B.A., Psychology, Western University , 2008 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Use of consent-based frameworks to support training standards
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13th Annual Jazz Under the Stars By Chris Albert Jazz Under the Stars at Pacific Lutheran University combines two ideas – provide outdoor, evening jazz performances and the chance to gaze at the stars from the university’s observatory. International trumpeter Thomas Marriott will open the…
Western Michigan University in 2005. During her time at Western Michigan, she received a Down Beat Student Music Award as an Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, and was featured on an honors recital with pianist Fred Hersch. In the summer of 2005, she was a featured soloist in a piece composed and directed by legendary bassist Rufus Reid for the International Society of Bassists Conference. In the fall of 2007, Ms. Kendrick was accepted to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, a Graduate program
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