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America. Before PLU, he was most recently working at Harvard University, where he was a College Fellow teaching courses in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Faculty Director of the Latinx Studies Working Group in the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights. He is currently revising his book manuscript, Grammar of Redemption: The Logics and Paradoxes of Indigenista Discourse in Mexico. René Carrasco, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies HS: Why are you interested in

dedication to the craft. Are you ready to work, HARD? Twelve hour days, for weeks on end including weekends, most of your career, hard? Are you ready to smile when then someone well-intentioned says, “Oh Theatre, that’s FUN!” but you haven’t had a single day off in three weeks? At 18 you are so full of energy, I remember. However, a  life in theatre is a marathon, not a sprint; a marriage not a tryst. A bohemian lifestyle seems romantic at 18, but the romance fades. If you can really look at that reality

dedication to the craft. Are you ready to work, HARD? Twelve hour days, for weeks on end including weekends, most of your career, hard? Are you ready to smile when then someone well-intentioned says, “Oh Theatre, that’s FUN!” but you haven’t had a single day off in three weeks? At 18 you are so full of energy, I remember. However, a  life in theatre is a marathon, not a sprint; a marriage not a tryst. A bohemian lifestyle seems romantic at 18, but the romance fades. If you can really look at that reality

“two-dimensional circle” from Edwin Abbott’s Victorian philosophical “romance” Flatland and David Tracy’s “journey of intensification into particularity” lies the passion and purpose of the humanities. Teaching humanities is about walking with students into the gap between their particular Flatland and a possible journey of intensification into particularity, standing there with them, and providing the support and challenge that makes it possible for them —if they become fascinated— to see, feel

example, Religion professor Doug Oakman demonstrates that humanistic contemplation is advanced not only by his own field of Biblical studies, but also the study of sociology, philosophy, poetry, and linguistics. Keith Cooper, Professor of Philosophy, served as Dean from 1995-2001. Photo from University Archives, 1993. Along similar lines, Philosophy professor Paul Menzel demonstrates the power of a collaboration between patients, doctors, and philosophers to reflect on the complexities of

un art. Elle es une science pure.”  Professor Emeritus of French Mark Jensen Such a formulation may strike us as naïve, but modern historiography has been marked by attempts to import into history the prestige of this or that field of scientific or pseudo-scientific endeavor. Sociology, economics, psychoanalysis, anthropology and linguistics are only some of the disciplines that have been exploited in this way. (The philosophical justification for Pacific Lutheran University’s assignment of the

our teaching assistants and students seeking certification. In a university context, teaching language must be recognized and rewarded as a professional option on the same level as teaching literature. Textbooks must eliminate sexist bias, and new textbooks incorporating the results of non-sexist linguistic and methodological research must be made available.  Our research needs to move in the direction of non-infantilizing teaching methods. Research on linguistics in the target language should

enjoyed my time here, I trust that I am prepared to take my next steps; steps that will reflect PLU and the life experience and knowledge that I have collected here. What’s next? After graduation I will be flying to Baden-Württemberg, Germany to assistant-teach English through the Fulbright program for a year. I am unbelievably excited to begin this adventure and I look forward to seeing where it leads. It may lead to graduate school at the University of Oregon to pursue a degree in either Linguistics