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PLU alumnus Scott Foss ’91 serves as a top paleontologist for the Department of the Interior.
Scott Foss ’91 Scott Foss ’91 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/05/scott-foss-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/09/zach-powers-100x100.jpg May 19, 2016 June 7, 2019 Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2017)- When Scott Foss ’91 enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University, he dreamed of becoming a paleontologist and pursuing a career outdoors conducting research. Now
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Throw a dart at a world map, and it’s likely to hit a location where Pacific Lutheran University students or faculty members have conducted research.
documentary about Islamophobia. “These students grapple with professional production standards, as well as human interactions with people who live their vocations every minute.” During the 2016-17 academic year, grant recipients are conducting research in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Rwanda, representing research in the disciplines of education, communication, religion, history, biology, economics, music, global studies and anthropology. Subjects of the 10 projects
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 26, 2016)- Roche Harbor, Washington, sits on the northwest side of San Juan Island at the edge of the Canadian border. For one week over the summer, Roche Harbor served as a site of discovery for a handful of Lutes interested in…
nailed together, made out of leather, and had moss growing on them,” Taylor said. Other artifacts found included an old coin, a costume jewelry pendant and an array of broken glass. By conducting interviews with local Roche Harbor residents, students learned of a solitary man who lived on the site in the 1950s. They attributed the glass to him because of its close proximity to the surface ground. “We were able to see his signature on the archaeological record a lot,” said Emma Holm ’17, who served as
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
different,” Hames said. “You would have different assumptions about them based on what they drink.” Hames, associate professor of history, is conducting research on alcohol and the creation of identity in a cultural context. She initially completed a dissertation on women in Bolivia who own neighborhood taverns. That was followed by a textbook on the world history of alcohol. A popular press in London reached out to her and urged her to write a popular version. So, she is spending her sabbatical this
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Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.
semester studying away in Oaxaca, Mexico, where he discovered his knack for conducting research in Spanish-speaking countries. Taylor-Mosquera earned degrees in Spanish and global studies, building lasting friendships with PLU faculty members along the way. They represented what he aspired to become, he says. “There were a handful of professors — Carmiña, Michael Zbaraschuk, Tamara Williams, Teresa Ciabattari, Jim Predmore and a few others — who I looked to as people that I wanted to be like,” he said
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Four PLU women from the Department of Economics present their research at a national undergraduate conference in Memphis, Tennessee.
undergraduate students who are considering conducting similar research: “Don’t be intimidated. When you break it down, you’re taking skills you already have and applying them to something tangible.” // Desirae Haselwood '17 3 Desirae Haselwood ’17 drew from her experience as a student athlete. “I looked at what skills are important to do well in professional golf,” said Haselwood, who competed on the women’s golf team. More specifically, Haselwood created a data set for the top 125 players on the PGA tour
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Landon Packard ’17 says it’s time to rescue the rescuers. The sociology major researched first responders’ emotional labor — the process of managing emotions to satisfy the requirements of a
.” Following much vocational reflection, Packard decided a career in first response or law enforcement would be an ideal post-graduate plan. He enrolled in a course about deviance in fall 2016, taught by Professor of Sociology Joanna Gregson. That student-faculty relationship developed into valuable mentorship for the budding sociologist. Gregson said Packard’s capstone research elevated his aptitude for conducting interviews. “Landon blossomed as a qualitative interviewer,” Gregson said. “As much as he
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More than a century after PLU was founded by Norwegian immigrants, the university maintains its connection to the founders’ homeland through study away programs.
up of three courses: “Alpine ecology,” “Alpine Biodiversity” and “Sustainable Tourism.” In addition to the fieldwork, the students worked in labs, sometimes alongside graduate students conducting research on various alpine species. The hands-on work is ideal for active students, Floyd noted. “It’s not like you’re bundled up in a classroom all the time,” she said. “I don’t like sitting at a desk for long periods of time. It’s nice to get out and apply things right away.” Although the classes are
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