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between the organic and the mechanical, combining an eclectic range of both classical and vernacular influences with a polyamorous harmonic language. A recipient of the 2018 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Peter has received fellowships from Composers Now, Yaddo, MacDowell Colony, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He has been commissioned by American Chamber Winds (Radix Tyrannis, a concerto for Joseph Alessi

“retarded” in casual conversation. The scene depicted how the “R” word is used commonly in everyday life and the impact the usage of the word has on people with intellectual disabilities. This aimed to send the message that it’s always necessary to be mindful of language used. SAAC’s most recent inclusion effort is the “You Matter” poster campaign that was rolled out in mid-April. The campaign features phrases such as “Equality Matters” and “Respect Matters” to communicate that every individual in PLU’s

-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or classroom leadership.“In middle school, I disassociated with being Asian. In high school, I had to work harder to be confident in my cultural identity,” Chan says. “I reflected on what I’d been through, the microaggressions that piled up.” Students asked if she ate dogs; a teacher asked her to contribute thoughts on China. The language arts curriculum presented

present and asked how they could preserve their portion of the earth. We could use more of their wisdom and practice.” Scholarship, Sleep & SelfPrism 2021 Read Previous A Passion for the Classics with Professor Luke Parker Read Next Teaching during a Global Pandemic LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Previous Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Read Next Philosophical Discourse and Tweeting: On Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s Public Philosophy LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022

as such is that it is mounted not in the name of science —the older kind of rejection which historians have become quite adept at evading— but in the name of the very life and vitality which historians have prided themselves on recreating. The books and journals to which I have just referred bristle with references to the latest in literary theory, and often depend upon recent structuralist and poststructuralist philosophies which posit a radical split between language and the world, to find the

people to take on this research and share information and collaborate. The faster we can gather evidence, the sooner we can exchange ideas.” She understands that collaboration is not so popular in academia—though it is a very PLU concept, in the classroom and out. “That’s another huge benefit I got from PLU,” Hunt said. “Learning how to learn is so important.” Global Recognition—and Exposure—from TED2014 Hunt is not done learning yet. This spring, while she awaited word on her Ph.D. applications (one