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Sami’s Story – Oxford 2017; NYC, São Paulo, Barcelona, and Cape Town 2019 Global Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies – Class of 2020 What she would like other students to know: For me, studying with my feet on the ground — listening to people’s stories and using my own sense of perception — while also being supported with history and context has been the most fulfilling way to learn and grow. A piece of advice to future study away students: Check in with yourself and reflect on what you’ve seen

Political Aims of Jesus: Peasant Politics in Herodian Galilee, Jesus and the Peasants, and, with K.C. Hanson, Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts. As a member of the PLU Honors faculty, he has created and taught The Quest for Global Justice. Douglas E. Oakman David Deacon-JoynerDavid Deacon-Joyner is Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at PLU. A native of Memphis, Dr. Deacon-Joyner was mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. In addition to his expertise in

Kirsty Palmer Kirsty at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide PLU Class of 2013 Global Studies and Hispanic Studies Double-Major Studied away in Valparaiso, Chile Current: Steward at McMurdo Station, Antarctica When Kirsty Palmer was busy studying towards her degrees in Global Studies and Hispanic Studies at PLU, she had no idea that she would one day live and work on Antarctica. What you or I see as the largest gathering of ice in the world, Kirsty sees as home, and has for the past year and a