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. Her poetic writing focuses on themes of Black empowerment, resilience, history, and joy. Charles’ accolades include being spotlighted in the New York Times Book Review, a Buzzfeed Top 40 pick, an Amazon Editor’s Choice, and a feature on CBS Mornings.“I want to express who we are as people – our complexities and our greatness by telling stories and writing poetry that reflect not just our pain but our joy and everything in between,” Charles said in a 2021 Interview with Essence Magazine. “We are
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) Distribution ElectivesCOMA 303: Gender and Communication (Prof. Marnie Ritchie) Description: This class provides an overview of how gender and communication relate in social and cultural contexts. Focusing on contemporary American culture, we will explore how communication enables and constrains performances of gender and sexuality in everyday life. The course explores vocabulary, media, institutions, and the body. Prerequisites: COMA 101 or consent of instructor. ENG 232: Women’s Literature (Prof. Adela
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University of South Florida. He earned his PhD at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, his MA at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and his BA in Classics and History at University of Ghana, Legon. He has also held an Andew W. Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship at Yale University. He is the author ofAfricans and the Holocaust: Perceptions and Responses of Colonized and Sovereign Peoples [Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa]. London: Routledge. (2006). Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia
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travelled to Lhasa, Tibet, where he watched devout Buddhists make a pilgrimage to a city and prostrate themselves in a circuit around the temples with prayer wheels, especially at the Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites in Tibet to Buddhists. Prayer flags would snap against the wind, along with the Chinese national flag. Centuries old streets, would intersect with more modern boulevards. Smells of spices, dust and exhaust fumes would compete for dominance. “I was just transfixed by the place,” he
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: Conference ScheduleNatalie MayerModerator: Natalie Mayer Conference ScheduleKirsten ChristensenModerator: Kirsten M. Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Bio: Kirsten M. Christensen earned her Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, with an emphasis on medieval and early modern literature and culture, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. Her research has focused on writings by medieval women mystics. In particular, she explores the often fraught relationships between women mystics and their male
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: Conference ScheduleNatalie MayerModerator: Natalie Mayer Conference ScheduleKirsten ChristensenModerator: Kirsten M. Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Bio: Kirsten M. Christensen earned her Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, with an emphasis on medieval and early modern literature and culture, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. Her research has focused on writings by medieval women mystics. In particular, she explores the often fraught relationships between women mystics and their male
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contribution relies on decades of experience in intersections of religion, disability, health, and healing. An associate professor of early and medieval Christian history at PLU, Llewellyn Ihssen is the program director of IHON-Oxford. Llewellyn Ihssen uses critical disability theory in her work on ancient, late antique, and medieval religious texts. After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature and secondary education, Llewellyn Ihssen worked in special-education classrooms. Yearning to
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understanding of music. Not open to majors. (4) MUSI 103 : History of Jazz - CX Survey of America's unique art form−Jazz: Emphasis on history, listening, structure, and style from early developments through recent trends. (4) MUSI 105 : The Arts of China Exploration of a number of Chinese art forms, primarily music but also including calligraphy, painting, tai chi, poetry, Beijing opera, film and cuisine. (4) MUSI 106 : Music of Scandinavia and the Nordic Region - CX, GE A survey of Nordic and Scandinavian
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literature. Michael remains grateful for his time as a history major. He writes: “I began seriously considering graduate study in history while working as a teaching assistant for Gina Hames’ Modern World History seminar.” He also served as President of Phi Alpha Theta at PLU and completed Wang and Benson fellowships. After graduating in 2018, Michael moved to Burlington, VT to pursue his M.A. in History at the University of Vermont. Passionate about teaching, Michael was able to gain valuable
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students are awarded music scholarships, which are renewable for four years and are granted to students regardless of their choice of major.PLU Choral Ensembles Choir of the West (Brian Galante, Conductor): The university’s “flagship” ensemble, this choir is comprised of approximately fifty singers. Members are primarily upper classmen, and come from a variety of academic disciplines. The choir meets four days each week for a ninety-minute rehearsal, and sings many times each year, in concerts, tours
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