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  • ePass Save Add Edit Remove Back New Delete Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies Academic Programs all programs program website Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies Undergraduate Major College of Liberal Studies Bachelor of Arts Meet the Professors More Stories Visit About As a Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS) student at PLU, you’ll study how gender, sexuality and race are embedded in complex dynamics of power and resistance, and learn ways to understand identities and imagine new configurations

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from running for office. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She’s concerned with bringing people together to…

    ."- Rosa Franklin '74 “Because I had volunteered and I had worked and I knew the district, I said ‘well if I am going to do this I am going to bring in people who were never involved so they can learn,’” Franklin said. “And because of that I won overwhelmingly.” That win launched Franklin into a 20-year stint in state politics. Her extensive background in health care, both public and private, and her time in the political sphere gave Franklin experience that was hard to beat. “If you have the

  • Knutson Lecture

    17th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture“From Religion to Politics: Antisemitism and Jew HatredFrom Ancient Times Until Today”Dr. Marc Dollinger Thursday, September 29, 2022 7:00pm (Pacific time) Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Each session will also be live-streamed on PLU’s YouTube channel   Contact: Dr. Agnes Choi, Chair of the Religion Department choiaa@plu.edu Kendall Jeske, Director of Congregational Engagement jeskekj@plu.edu Dr. Samuel Torvend

  • Overview of the Critical Race Studies MinorIn 2016, The Collective, a PLU student organization created by students of color and their allies, distributed a list of institutional priorities for curricular transformation, including the call for a path of undergraduate study dedicated to race. Over the next five years, faculty, staff and students affiliated with GSRS worked to respond to this demand. In 2020, GSRS introduced our Minor in Critical Race Studies. The CRS Minor offers an

  • Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community Ash Bechtel has always wanted to be in healthcare, but she wasn’t sure which direction to take — nursing or medical school. So, Ash counseled with family and academic advisors before deciding to pursue a biology major that would lead her to becoming a doctor.… June 13, 2024 AcademicsBiologyGender Sexuality and Race StudiesGlobal EducationPre-HealthSciencesStudent LifeStudy Away

  • PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies students learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural

    Estrada, Kerlin Escobedo Learn More Research and Service Opportunities Riley Dolan ('19) researches memory sites that commemorate the genocide of indigenous communities in Guatemala Learn more Relevant Events and Lectures Jenny Predmore ('14), Catholic Community Services, speaks at a discussion on the development, politics and practices of sanctuary movements, February 27, 2017 Study Away Danielle Twichel ('18), double major in Hispanic Studies and Studio Arts, in Granada, Spain Much More than a

    Hispanic and Latino Studies
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  • People’s Gathering fosters timely conversations about race, perspective and inclusion Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Silong ChhunResoLute WriterPLU Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement Melannie Denise Cunningham has an uncanny ability to get folks talking.In 2016, she noticed the community was yearning to discuss one pressing topic in particular. That summer, the news of Philando Castile, a Black man fatally shot during a traffic stop by a police

  • Social work major and working mom Teranejah Lucas ’23 explores the politics and power of Black hair in her senior capstone Posted by: shortea / April 21, 2023 Image: Image: Teranejah Lucas ’23 is a case worker at a behavioral health clinic, a full-time student, and will be beginning graduate school this fall. Her 6-year-old daughter, Alanna, is a talented dancer and wrestler. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 21, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Teranejah Lucas, 28, is

  • Social work major and working mom Teranejah Lucas ’23 explores the politics and power of Black hair in her capstone Posted by: Zach Powers / March 30, 2023 Image: Teranejah Lucas ’23 is a case worker at a behavioral health clinic, a full-time student, and will be beginning graduate school this fall. Her 6-year-old daughter, Alanna, is a talented dancer and wrestler. (Photos by Sy Bean/PLU) March 30, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTeranejah Lucas, 28, is now in her

  • We kicked off the 2015-16 academic year at Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 2 with our traditional University Conference. In a speech to faculty, staff and administration, I outlined what we call “the state of the university”—but this year, my voice did not officially open…

    from our Diversity Center’s My Language/My Choice campaign: “That’s so gay.” “Retarded.” “What are you?” These phrases all lead to one overarching question: Do I belong here? It’s a question we have to address for everyone, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, physical disability—everyone.And, while PLU has addressed issues of diversity in our campus community through robust discussions and events, reminders of the need