Search

the challenges and ironies of teaching humanities in the current climate of higher education, I persist in my profligate hope. Teaching humanities matters. I continue to profess a discipline that many of my students presume to be useless, establish and hold them to standards of excellence, and persistently encourage critical and original thinking. In so doing I point students toward the gap between their Flatland and a possible journey of intensification into particularity that is the heart and

from numerous disciplines such as geology, biology, art, and psychology.PLU Support At some institutions, publishing in journals is the only critical component of faculty work. But PLU also recognizes expert witness testimony as another form of applied scholarship, or using anthropological research to solve practical, real-world problems. As another example, some of Levy’s colleagues in archaeology have been consulted by the National Park Service. “As an engaged anthropologist who takes a position

How Museums Make Meaning: Study Away J-term 2020 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Museums collect and interpret objects, and the stories they tell with their collections articulate cultural identity and values. Based in the historic university city of Oxford, this J-term 2020 class will explore how museums make meaning. Students will study numerous examples of contemporary museum theory and practice, engage with local professionals, and participate in museum-based

Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) Posted by: abryant / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections 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, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It

out with like-minded math and stat enthusiasts. Presenters must be students, but everyone is welcome as an attendee. Abstract submission and registration deadlines are both March 24. To learn more, please visit our website. Read Previous Research Experience for Undergraduates in Graph Theory and Computational Mathematics Read Next Math Enthusiast Series: “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” LATEST POSTS Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship October 30, 2024 Allen

Studio Theater production plays with theatricality and scholarship Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2016 March 3, 2016 Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies get a second look in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) at Pacific Lutheran University. The Shakespearean-inspired production runs in Studio Theater on March 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and March 20 at 2pm. Constance, a quirky professor, attempts to go against the grain and prove her controversial theory about the heroines of

Studio Theater production plays with theatricality and scholarship Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2016 March 3, 2016 Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies get a second look in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) at Pacific Lutheran University. The Shakespearean-inspired production runs in Studio Theater on March 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and March 20 at 2pm. Constance, a quirky professor, attempts to go against the grain and prove her controversial theory about the heroines of

National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Each year, the committee recognizes authors of a qualitative journal article or book chapter published during the previous year which, in the estimation of the members of the committee, makes the most significant contribution to the area of family theory, methods, and/or research that comes from qualitative tradition. The award is named for Anslem Strauss, whose life work was to develop and practice qualitative methodologies. The NCFR is the nation’s premier

since the Industrial Revolution. Of course, I loved this class because I was able to look at history from an economic and technical perspective. We studied textile looms, clocks, weapons, automobiles, computers, iPhones, and the Internet. I have found that studying how people have used new technology is both compelling and relevant to our times. More abstractly, Innovation Studies encourages general critical thinking skills and the ability to spot new patterns and trends. We look at subjects from

. I’ve never shown students my cat before, so there’s this kind of moment where you can bond.”Simpson-Younger had an eventful time away from in-person learning. A book that she co-edited, Forming Sleep: Representing Consciousness in the English Renaissance, was published by Penn State University Press in June, 2020. It touches upon literary representations of sleep from 1580 to 1670, and discusses how sleep defines the human condition. Simpson-Younger and her co-editor, Margaret Simon, came up with