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  • How To Apply https://www.plu.edu/social-work/program/how-to-apply/

    B.A. in Social Work at PLU: Admission ProceduresSocial work is an academic discipline and a practice profession. Social workers envision an economically, socially, and racially just world in which resources and opportunities are more equitably distributed. Social workers engage in critical analyses of power relations, aim to dismantle inequitable social structures, and work in solidarity with groups that experience poverty, oppression, and exploitation. Social workers assist individuals

  • Spring 2022 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/social-work/spring-2022-capstones/

    Spring 2022 Social Work CapstonesFriday May 20th, 2022 9:00 AM - 1:00 PMAnderson University Center - Room 203Block One 9:00 - 9:55 AMSarah KirschenbaumMcKenzie Hart LindgrenAshlee GormleySarah Kirschenbaum “Childhood Trauma: The Effects of ACEs on Mental Health in Adulthood” McKenzie Hart Lindgren “Mental Health: Effects of Bullying on Middle School Aged Students” Ashlee Gormley “Social Justice for Children of Incarcerated Parents” Block Two 10:00 - 10:55 AMArianna Tunstall-McKinneyKaren

  • History https://www.plu.edu/gender-sexuality-race/home/history/

    scholarship on identity, power, and structural inequality. Thanks to a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation, PLU developed a cutting-edge curriculum in gender, sexuality, and race studies that was formally approved by the faculty and Board of Regents in 2020.

  • Past Oxford Tutorials https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/past-tutorials/

    of development, refugees, and gender. I covered a broad range of anthropological history and analyzed its ties to colonialism. I also read some of the most influential ethnographies along with very recent studies that opened up theoretical debates. It was a great continuation of GLST 385 Global Development, and also a huge supplement to my anthropology major. It counted for an upper-level GLST development and social justice concentration course. Selected bibliography: Cheater, A. (ed.) The

  • Departments https://www.plu.edu/liberal-studies/departments/

    foundation in Chinese language, culture, and history, and an opportunity to focus on the religious-philosophical world view and the economic structure of China. Economics The Pacific Lutheran University Economics department offers a multitude of ways to study the field of economics. Are you interested in understanding how choices made individually and collectively affect issues such as immigration, health care, environmental issues, or income inequality? English The study of English offers excellent

  • Wang Symposium reaches across disciplines to find the power of healing https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/02/23/wang-symposium-2022-2/

    , will reflect on the intersection of art, Earth and spirit that informed their successful advocacy for environmental remediation by a mining company in the Cascade Mountains. The Wang Symposium concludes with Justin Spelhaug, who will deliver the 16th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Spelhaug leads the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies. He’ll explore the role that technology companies are taking in global efforts to fight inequality, eliminate poverty

  • No Labor Lost https://www.plu.edu/scancenter/exhibitions/no-labor-lost/

    on a very regular basis. When I was asked to teach this class, I decided that I’d work with the students to create a real exhibit in the Scandinavian Cultural Center! Jen Jenkins, Chair of the Scandinavian Studies Program, approved a topic for the course that would also allow the course to fulfill a Scandinavian Studies elective credit. With the course taking place during the Spring, and with all the conversations around campus about social justice, I thought people might be interested to learn

  • Course Descriptions https://www.plu.edu/hispanic-latino-studies/course-descriptions/

    different yet coherent strategies of resistance and adaptation which in turn respond to experiences of social injustice, inequality, geographical displacement and human rights violations in their respective communities. Prerequisite: HISP 202, 252, or the equivalent, or permission of instructor. (4) HISP 321 : Iberian Cultural Studies - VW, GE Interdisciplinary exploration of the construction of “Spanish” national identity through literary and cultural productions as it relates to religion, culture

  • Kelmer Roe Research Grants and Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/liberal-studies/kelmer-roe-research-grants-and-opportunities/

    Roe Projects2004: Samuel Torvend & Matthew Tabor, “Religious Responses to Hunger and Poverty in Western Washington” 2005-6: Patricia Killen, Roberta Brown, & Asha Ajmani, “Early Washington in the Letters of A.M.A. Blanchet, Bishop of Walla Walla and Nesqually, 1846-1879” Eric Nelson & Steve Erbey, “A Troubled Look: An Investigation of the Eye and Face in Ancient Medicine and Literature Doug Oakman & Ronan Rooney, “Q, Literacy, and the Galilean Jesus Movement in Social Perspective” 2006-7: Bridget

  • Student Research https://www.plu.edu/admission-first-year/academic-distinction/student-research/

    renowned Choir of the West. Social SciencesPresenting research at a national conferenceFour economics students – all women – presented their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, including a golf student-athlete, who used her own experience to conduct research about PGA players.Studying the emotional labor of first respondersSociology major Landon Packard ’17 interviewed over a dozen first responders to analyze the emotional labor of their jobs — the process of managing