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Sami’s Story – Oxford 2017; NYC, São Paulo, Barcelona, and Cape Town 2019 Global Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies – Class of 2020 What she would like other students to know: For me, studying with my feet on the ground — listening to people’s stories and using my own sense of perception — while also being supported with history and context has been the most fulfilling way to learn and grow. A piece of advice to future study away students: Check in with yourself and reflect on what you’ve seen

Beth Griech-Polelle Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7591 griechba@plu.edu

Political Aims of Jesus: Peasant Politics in Herodian Galilee, Jesus and the Peasants, and, with K.C. Hanson, Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts. As a member of the PLU Honors faculty, he has created and taught The Quest for Global Justice. Douglas E. Oakman David Deacon-JoynerDavid Deacon-Joyner is Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at PLU. A native of Memphis, Dr. Deacon-Joyner was mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. In addition to his expertise in

face in society and on the university’s campus. They also recognize the need for change. Confronting microaggressions remains a primary challenge. Microaggressions are subtle, often unintentional, comments or actions directed at a minority or marginalized group that may cause offense or reinforce harmful stereotypes. Some examples from the mouths of PLU students, faculty and staff include: “You’re pretty for a black woman.” “You don’t look or sound Hispanic.” “You look like a girl.” “What are you

has led student and regent study tours in Rome and central Italy. Since 2005, he has led faculty, staff, and student workshops on the liberal arts and higher education, published extensively on the origins, development, and gifts of Lutheran higher education, and represented PLU at international conferences in ritual studies and reformation studies. Dr. Torvend served as the first University Chair in Lutheran Studies from 2011-2017 and established the annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU. He

Kirsty Palmer Kirsty at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide PLU Class of 2013 Global Studies and Hispanic Studies Double-Major Studied away in Valparaiso, Chile Current: Steward at McMurdo Station, Antarctica When Kirsty Palmer was busy studying towards her degrees in Global Studies and Hispanic Studies at PLU, she had no idea that she would one day live and work on Antarctica. What you or I see as the largest gathering of ice in the world, Kirsty sees as home, and has for the past year and a