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Dean of Assessment and Core Curriculum | Office of the Provost | rogers@plu.edu | 253-535-7985 | Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home.
Community-Based and Public Writing Museum and Memorial Rhetorics Biography Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home. As a kid, his family moved from Arizona to Missouri and then to Southern California where he attended high school. After languishing in a local community college for several years, he got his act together and, in 2001, earned a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. While earning this degree, Scott worked full
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The Department of Global and Cultural Studies is a dynamic curricular hub for global education made up of the following programs: Chinese and Chinese Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Global
Conversation (4) CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation (4) French & Francophone Studies The French & Francophone Studies program offers courses in the French language and in the literature, film, history, and cultures of French-speaking societies in Europe, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean. All French & Francophone Studies courses meet the Global Engagement (GE) Gen Ed requirement. French & Francophone Studies literature and film courses meet the Interpreting Text (IT) Gen Ed requirement. 200
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Dr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019. Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and…
“Opening Crazy Worlds”: Learning about Language with Professor René Carrasco Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 By Hannah Stringer '22English MajorDr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019.Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and studied history and literature. From there, he went to the University of California and
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Bachelor's Degrees Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor of Arts in Communication (B.A.C.) Bachelor of Arts in Education (B.A.E.) Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology (B.A.K.
Biochemistry Emphasis Chemistry-Physics Emphasis Chinese Studies (Interdisciplinary B.A.) Communication (B.A.C.) Concentrations Film & Media Studies Strategic Communication Computer Science (B.A., B.S.) Criminal Justice (B.A.) Earth Science (B.A.) Economics (B.A.) Elementary Education (B.A.E.) Endorsements English Language Learners (ELL) Reading Special Education Engineering Dual-Degree: (Physics B.A.; Chemistry B.A.) English (B.A.) Concentrations Literature Creative Writing Professional, Public, & Digital
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Theatre major Zivia Rich ’24 loves a good story. She is especially fond of them in the form of a radio show or podcast. Growing up, the Seattle-area native spent much of her time listening to KUOW, their local National Public Radio station. “We have…
are a lot more evocative of British imperialism than they are of an outside force.” Orson Welles’ production of “The War of the Worlds” is a mock radio broadcast reporting an alien invasion in New Jersey. When it debuted in 1938 during the Halloween episode of The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast, it was met with panic as some listeners thought it was real. The story’s themes and Rich’s love for audio storytelling prompted her to put on a slightly updated production. Despite not having podcast
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Undergraduate General Admission Only English Proficiency Assessment (one of the following): TOEFL:79 IELTS: 6.5 PTE: 56 Completion of one College level English class w/
). A secondary school diploma from an institution in the United States, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji , Gibraltar, Grenada , Guyana, Malta
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Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center
Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st CenturyThursday, March 5Friday, March 6Thursday, March 58:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center 9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia
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How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the…
Desire.” “Today I would probably be called a 20th-century U.S. cultural historian with a focus on consumption, childhood and leisure issues,” writes Cross, co-author of Packaged Pleasures and author of several other influential books. “But, as a historian trained in modern French and German history and with experience in British and Australian libraries and universities, I have also done comparative history on work, political economy and time. … My abiding theme is the origins, uses, meanings and
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 25, 2020) — Noted academics, activists and practitioners whose life’s work engages polarization — within and across disciplines, traditions, communities and peoples — will gather at Pacific Lutheran University on March 5-6 for the 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium, “Disarming Polarization: Navigating…
Professor of Philosophy and Law Anthony Kwame Appiah, who will share his reflections on how widely held identity categories are used and abused. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a co-director of UBC’s Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture, will address the evolutionary origins of religion and the psychology of religious diversity in today’s globalized world. Dean Spade, Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law, will challenge
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Theatre major Zivia Rich ’24 loves a good story. She is especially fond of them in the form of a radio show or podcast. Growing up, the Seattle-area native spent much of her time listening to KUOW, their local National Public Radio station. “We have…
themes include colonialism, superstitions and prejudices — topics Rich believes are still prevalent today. “I can’t speak to what H.G. Wells was thinking when he was writing it, but a lot of it is more inwardly reflective,” Rich said. “The Martians coming down are a lot more evocative of British imperialism than they are of an outside force.”Orson Welles’ production of “The War of the Worlds” is a mock radio broadcast reporting an alien invasion in New Jersey. When it debuted in 1938 during the
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