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  • Maria Chavez Professor of Political Science Full Profile 253-535-7836 chavezml@plu.edu

  • Professor Maria Chavez selected for 2021-23 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce that Professor Maria Chavez has been selected as a Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Presenter for the 2021-23 season. https://www.humanities.org/program/speakers-bureau/ In communities throughout Washington State, Speakers Bureau presenters give free public presentations on a wide variety of… July 2, 2021

  • lot of the same principles, administrative law, and constitutional law that apply in both fields. My education did prepare me for this job, but it is not what I thought I was going to be doing. If you look back, are there elements of your PLU education that stand out as being especially helpful in law school and as an attorney?Political Science at PLUPolitical science majors and minors explore seek to understand how governments are organized and structured, how political processes are employed

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  • corruption, and using recent examples such as age fraud, match fixing, point shaving, illegal immigration, and even espionage to explain how such conduct affects sports and society. Second, this presentation will focus narrowly on NBA referees as a case study and discuss how the NBA provides an ideal environment to empirically test for possible bias by referees against league teams and affiliated individuals. Ryan M. Rodenberg, JD/PhD, Indiana University Location: University Center, Room 133 C-4

  • corruption, and using recent examples such as age fraud, match fixing, point shaving, illegal immigration, and even espionage to explain how such conduct affects sports and society. Second, this presentation will focus narrowly on NBA referees as a case study and discuss how the NBA provides an ideal environment to empirically test for possible bias by referees against league teams and affiliated individuals. Ryan M. Rodenberg, JD/PhD, Indiana University Location: University Center, Room 133 C-4

  • Introduces philosophy by considering perennial topics and issues, such as what makes an action right or wrong and whether belief in God is reasonable. Includes a focus on developing skills in critical and systematic thinking. (4) PHIL 125 : Ethics and the Good Life - VW Major moral theories of Western civilization, including contemporary moral theories. Critical application to selected moral issues. (4) PHIL 128 : Politics and the Good Society - VW An examination of major political theories in the

  • economic growth and, in the long run, to increased government revenue. He is best known for the “Laffer Curve,” which illustrates the economic relationship of tax revenue dropping when rates get too high and tax collections increasing as tax rates are cut. A controversial figure, Laffer is the embodiment of John Maynard Keynes’ observation that, “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.” Laffer

  • influential music in the Lutheran tradition. Conference participants will have an opportunity to observe a joint rehearsal of PLU’s Choir of the West and the National Lutheran Choir from Minneapolis, Minn. Past Conferences 2016 – Free at Last? Lutheran Perspectives on Racial Justice 2015 – Tikkun Olam: The Legacy and Future of Jewish – Christian Relations 2014 – Justice in Society: Lutheran Sources of Social Change 2013 – Lutheran Perspectives on Jesus of Nazareth 2012 – Political LifeThe annual Lutheran

  • in International Economics (Johns Hopkins SAIS); a Master of Science in Foreign Service (Georgetown University) and a Bachelor Degree on International Relations (Universidad Iberoamericana). He has authored diverse articles on political risk, multilateral negotiations, security and democratic governance and is editor of “Mexico in the Security Council of the UN 2009-2010 The Story Behind the Scenes” (Random House 2012). He has taught at Universidad Iberoamericana, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo