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  • contributions. Brian was devoted to getting his students out into the field to experience geology first hand. It is fitting to honor him by a fund that supports the field trips that make geology distinctive and supports student-faculty research in field-related projects. Please consider donating to this fund – see this form for more information.Earth Science Alumni on FacebookJoin the Facebook group PLU Earth Science Alumni to get in touch with fellow alums and keep up to date about PLU activities! Click on

  • course could present their civic engagement prototypes as an example of design thinking and innovation. (The UW/T is aware of these presentations and indicated their interest in these and other INOV projects.) In addition to sharing your research and ideas, conference presentations allow you to meet people and build your resume with important content and leadership skills. This is a great opportunity for our INOV program and its students. Check it out! Read Previous May 2020 Innovation Studies

  • writing, reporting, editing, media studies and ethics. He is also the Co-Founder of and Faculty Adviser to MediaLab at PLU, an award-winning, invitation only, student-faculty research and applied internship program for highly motivated students. MediaLab students are engaged in activities that include public relations, advertising, documentary filmmaking, journalism, marketing and research, graphic design, photography and much more. Under Dr. Wells’ direction, MediaLab has earned national and

  • to seek out some of the cool extras on their own.” Tina has started using video projects to allow students to research and present on special topics of interest in her course. What is one instructional strategy or student project that is particularly effective, innovative, or engaging?“I almost always assign a special project that allows the students to take what they have been learning in class and apply it by exploring a current topic that interests them personally. It is easy to think of

  • Ball State University; and BA in Psychology at the University of Utah. She has held faculty and leadership positions in social work at Plymouth State University, University of Portland, and CSUSB. Dr. Rogers’s research primarily focuses on health and mental health issues of older adults, with emphasis on LGBTQ+ populations and cross-cultural comparisons of health practices. Dr. Rogers has published three textbooks: Human Behavior in the Social Environment (6th edition), with Routledge, and Aging in

  • taught at Wichita State and the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas. His portfolio includes project coordination and research for the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities. Kline has taught in elementary and junior high schools. Of note is Kline’s work in the Washington Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, where he has served for six years, two of those as president. He is an expert on professional education in the state and has testified on various

  • , I wanted to understand how systems of power and oppression impact people of color, especially Latinos.  As a political scientist, I believe it is important to conduct research and teach about the political, civic, and professional experiences of Latinos, the largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. WHY DID YOU JOIN APSA AND WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED?Initially, it was a way to connect with other Latino academics.  These connections have sustained me during challenging times.  I remain

  • Cosmopolitanism, Aesthetics, and Celine DionMy name is Dr. Michael Rings and I am very pleased and excited to be joining PLU’s Department of Philosophy as a Visiting Assistant Professor through Spring 2017. My research lies at the intersection of ethics and the philosophy of art and builds on my dissertation, “The Aesthetic Cosmopolitan Project,” which explores ethical and political issues that arise in contexts of cross-cultural art appreciation and consumption. This research interest informed

  • ) that laws instituted over the course of the seventeenth century, for instance, increasingly limited women’s right to own property.  Dupin’s research assistant and secretary for this project, the young Jean-Jacques Rousseau, would go on to borrow her ideas, without attributing them to her, in his Discourse on the Origin and Foundation of Inequality Among Men. For their letterpress projects, students chose 17 words to put into print: “Que les f[emmes] sont inférieures aux h[ommes] ….est plus

  • Re-envisioning the Language Resource CenterThe Language Resource Center (LRC) at PLU has served as a virtual and physical hub for language study since opening in 1996.  Our mission is to provide a multimedia environment with hardware, software, and learning resources that facilitate and promote the research and study of the world’s languages and cultures.  The LRC has kept up with changing technologies over the years and continues to adapt to meet the needs of our students. Over the summer of