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used the language of profit to understand the peoples and places they encountered, while his Mayer research explored the ideas of race and nation for the Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg. Gostisha credits these research experiences, and the mentorship of professors Beth Kraig, Rebekah Mergenthal, and Beth Griech-Polelle, with inspiring him to be a lifelong historian. He continues on this path in graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studies the British Atlantic world. Greyson Hoye
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examinations of anti-gay ballot measures in the 1970s, racism in the military in World War II, and feminist voices in popular literature in the post-WWII decades. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary programs and fields of study, including Women’s Studies and Peace Studies, and has participated in research and projects that center on the importance of historical thinking in interdisciplinary contexts. Recent publications by Beth Kraig include articles on Grace Jones and Cynthia McKinney in the
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and just communities built in the future? Dr. Alison Mandaville Dr. Alison Mandavile Dr. Mandaville is an Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fresno. She has been teaching and writing about comics and graphic novels for nearly 20 years. After earning her B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC Berkeley and her MFA in Creative Writing and PhD in Literature from the University of Washington. Before her work at Fresno State, she taught writing, literature and pedagogy
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Lise Mba Ekani Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies and Global Studies Phone: 253-535-8340 Email: lekani@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-B Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., French Literature, Louisiana State University, 2018 M.A., French Literature, University of Oregon, 2011 Biography Dr. Lise Ekani holds a joint appointment in the French & Francophone Studies program and Global Studies. She is known for her
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History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things… May 10, 2022 AcademicsCurrent StudentsEnglishHistoryLiterature
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History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things… May 10, 2022 AcademicsCurrent StudentsEnglishHistoryLiterature
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Writing program challenges its students to consider difficult questions relating to artistry, self-awareness and commission. “What are your goals as a student and maker of literature, as an artist contributing to the conversation about the urgent matters of our time? What is the work you want to do, the work that is specific to your experience, talent and imagination?” In the latest PLU podcast, we pose these questions and others to a pair of RWW faculty members and acclaimed creative writers, Rick
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. The subjects of their tutorials were as varied as their majors and interests, ranging from botany and virology, to international relations and the sociology of law, to Shakespeare and 20th century British science fiction and fantasy. The tutorials are the signature element of the program, and the students this year performed wonderfully in them. In their free time, the students joined with their Regent’s Park peers in communal dinners and social gatherings called “bops”; participated in
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15th century. 18th century French planters brought enslaved Africans to work sugar plantations, 19th century British governments brought indentured workers from India, and Venezuelans came across the narrow waters to develop some of the world’s most sought-after Trinitario “fine flavor” cocoa. This heady mix of peoples produced one of the world’s great Carnivals which is the model for those currently held in Miami, New York, Toronto and London. T&T is the birthplace of Calypso songs, Soca dance
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Symposium 2010 Suggested Reading ListJohn Carlin, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and a Game that Made a Nation (Penguin, 2008) A great introduction to or reminder of what apartheid was and how Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite South Africans. The new film: Invictus with Morgan Freeman (as Nelson Mandela) and Matt Damon, directed by Clint Eastwood is based on this book. Charles Cumming, Typhoon, (St. Martin’s 2009) In this novel, British and American spies clash in the
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