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  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Global & Cultural Studies | williatr@plu.edu | 253-535-7678 | Tamara R.

    Tamara R. Williams Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7678 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Executive Director of the Wang Center Mexico Program Director Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Spanish, Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of

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  • Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique and life-changing experience that offers an extraordinary blend of academic enrichment and natural wonder. Imagine being immersed in a land of fire and ice, where the midnight sun never sets,…

    Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: nicolacs / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a

  • Studies, our students gain a new understanding of the causes and consequences of environmental problems, ask questions about the ethics and cultural meanings of our relationship with the environment, and graduate with the tools they need to respond to many of the greatest challenges facing humanity. We live in an increasingly endangered and altered world: plants and animals are driven to extinction; ecosystems are threatened; the climate is changing; and human communities live with the realities of

  • Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of…

    Discipline Dash: Professor Ami Shah on Global Studies Posted by: vcraker / June 9, 2021 June 9, 2021 Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs.Take a moment to hear

  • Cover art by Ta-coumba T. Aiken Intersections, Number 50, Fall 2019 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,…

    Classroom Martha E. Stortz Seeing in a New Way: A Meditation Rev. Kara Baylor Conciliatory and Queer: the Radical Love of Lutheran Higher Education Kiki Kosnick and Sharon Varallo Book Review – The American Myth of White Supremacy: A Review of Myths America Lives By Susan VanZanten Other – Twenty-Sixth Annual Vocation of Lutheran Higher Education Conference From the Publisher Mark Wilhelm From the Editor Jason Mahn View the Full Issue Online Interested in contributing to Intersections with your own

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9LZl3j4SQ&feature=youtu.be Choreography and Costumes Avelon Ragoonanan ’15 creates all aspects of a diverse dance for Dance 2014 Story and Photo By Shunying Wang ’15 “There is a witch doctor who raises spirits to dance.” Avelon Ragoonanan ’15, one of this year’s dance choreographers for Dance…

    want to learn to make it and I can’t find the resource for it, I just look it up on YouTube.” Since Ragoonanan has been studying at PLU, he has self-designed and hand-made costumes for each year of his dance ensemble production. Not only has his work added diversity to the show; it also has enriched the audience’s cultural experience. Dance 2014 When: 7:30 p.m. April 11 and 12 Where: Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Tickets: $8 general admission/$5 senior citizens and alumni/$3

  • Visiting Instructor of Chinese Studies | Global & Cultural Studies | xi.zhu@plu.edu | 253-535-7220

    Xi Zhu Visiting Instructor of Chinese Studies Phone: 253-535-7220 Email: xi.zhu@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 207-E

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  • Chair’s report on scholarships and activities By Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Bob Ericksen received several notable invitations this year, including an opportunity to give the annual Raul Hilberg Memorial Lecture at the University of Vermont. Hilberg spent his entire career…

    January 1, 2013 Chair’s report on scholarships and activities By Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Bob Ericksen received several notable invitations this year, including an opportunity to give the annual Raul Hilberg Memorial Lecture at the University of Vermont. Hilberg spent his entire career at this university, becoming the father of Holocaust Studies with his groundbreaking book, The Destruction of the European Jews (1961). Erickson arrived in Vermont the weekend

  • Minor in Hispanic Studies 20 semester hours beyond HISP 103, including: Foundational Courses 4-20 semester hours, depending on entry level HISP 201: Intermediate Spanish (4) HISP 202: Intermediate Spanish (4) HISP 252: Spanish for Heritage Speakers (4) HISP 300: Spanish Conversation (4) HISP 301 or 351: Hispanic Voices for Social Change/Hispanic Voices for Heritage Speakers (4) HISP 331: Intensive Language and Culture (Study Away) (4) Exploring Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies 0-16

  • Care is a central component of the PLU mission “to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care–for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.

    the Women’s and Gender Studies research guide. Research assistance is also available. PLU also offers a major and minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies. In the Women’s and Gender Studies minor students explore the role of gender and sexuality in society and culture. Students understand the complexities of gender, sexual identity, and feminism, and they apply these ideas in a variety of academic disciplines. In the major students also examine gender and sexuality alongside such factors as