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In light of the shootings in the greater metro Atlanta area earlier this month, we yet again mourn in the wake of an act of senseless violence. The impact on Asian and Asian American women nationwide — in conjunction with the rise in hate crimes…
utilize and connect fellow Lutes to our campus support communities and resources, including but not limited to the Student Care Network; Counseling, Health, & Wellness Services; Campus Ministry, Center for Gender Equity; and the Diversity Center. Finally, as we mourn the victims of the Atlanta shootings — Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, and the others yet to be named in the news — let us also reflect on the history of anti-Asian violence in
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The Conversation has expanded my understanding of third rail inquiry. First, this group values the story as a way of knowing. Each week we begin with a ten-minute personal anecdote.
for expression. Differences in class, income levels, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religious faith, and wisdom traditions intersect with racialized experiences, shaping our questions, topics, projects, and ways of knowing. Third, we are not just acquiring information or substituting one viewpoint for another; we are learning how and what to unlearn. Most of us have no roadmap for that sort of inquiry. Any discourse about race will be fraught, enveloped in assumptions we have not
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PLU Campus Ministry is a community that welcomes, celebrates and engages the diverse spiritual and faith traditions of PLU students, staff and faculty members.
, traditions, and practices. Inspiring an ethic of justice and sustainability within human and ecological communities. Campus Ministry Welcome StatementPLU Campus Ministry seeks to welcome and affirm every member of the PLU community as we collectively respond to the spiritual call to justice and transformation. We recognize that expressions of religion, including Lutheran Christianity in which our university is rooted, have often been responsible for harm to people and our planet. In grappling with this
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GSRS 287: Reproductive Justice (Prof. Jenny James) This interdisciplinary course provides an intensive introduction to reproductive justice in the U.S.
Summer 2022 GSRS ElectivesGSRS 287: Reproductive Justice (Prof. Jenny James) This interdisciplinary course provides an intensive introduction to reproductive justice in the U.S., focusing in particular on the ways gender, race, class, and sexuality impact reproduction, kinship and parenthood. Students will read and learn from scholars and activists working to re-conceive the politics of reproduction within an intersectional, embodied and holistic set of contexts and relationships. Some
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My decision to be a WMGS major was the culmination of my intro class and a personal belief that gender equality should be a priority. The program has been great!
GSRS Students Speak Audrey Lewis, Class of 2013My decision to be a WMGS major was the culmination of my intro class and a personal belief that gender equality should be a priority. The program has been great! I have come to a deeper understanding of feminism and where I stand on important issues. I feel more empowered to speak out when I disagree and am able to articulate my feelings to people of many backgrounds, to have a discussion and not an argument. After graduation in 2013, I will be
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Pacific Lutheran University Recreational programs provide students positive social opportunities and are an outlet for good clean FUN (well sometimes it gets a little muddy), exercise, and
opportunity and inclusion for all people regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Please join us in living these values. Get in the game! Register Today Sign up for Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Group Exercise Classes, and Outdoor Rec. Trips Pacific Lutheran Universities Rec Department uses imleagues as a way for participants to register for outdoor recreation trips, signup for group exercise
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Created in 2014, the Wild Hope Fellows program aims to nurture a yearly cohort of students who will study various perspectives on vocation and then undertake projects in the university that welcome
: Communication (Concentration in Strategic Communication)Margaret Dobbins Major: Environmental StudiesPaola Garcia Major: BiologyAustyn Blair Major: English Literature Minor(s): Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS); Religion; Holocaust and Genocide StudiesEmily Morse Major: Music Minor(s): French and Francophone StudiesAhmira Elyard-Jaeger Major: Elementary EducationSohani Kaur Choudhary Major: Nursing Minor: Psychology
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Do you ever worry about history-tracking web browsers, “smart” kitchen appliances, and the even smarter phones we sleep next to? PLU Assistant Professor of Communication Marnie Ritchie thinks about these things. She thinks about them A LOT. Ritchie is an award-winning researcher and writer in…
is an award-winning researcher and writer in the field of surveillance rhetoric and national security. She’s a faculty member in PLU’s Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts and teaches in the Innovation Studies and Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies programs. We visited Ritchie at her Ingram Hall office to discuss surveillance, media consumption and how to ask tough questions about who’s watching us — and why.How would you summarize your academic field: rhetoric of surveillance and
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Dr. Elizabeth Brusco speaks at the Women's Center's 20th Anniversary Gala on March 22, 2010.
Katherine Kandel and Elizabeth Oleksak ScholarshipThe Katherine Kandel and Elizabeth Oleksak Scholarship for the Center for Gender Equity was established in March 2010 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the PLU Women’s Center and Women’s & Gender Studies Program. The scholarship shines light on the immense importance and influence of women in community, especially those women who have been invisible in the history of our society. The scholarship represents a belief that power and influence
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Washington D.C. (March. 9, 2017)- The small group of Pacific Lutheran University students, standing huddled together in a jam-packed section toward the front of the National Mall, remained silent. Some shook their heads in disbelief. Others wore expressions of shock. Two couldn’t stop tears from…
silent. Some shook their heads in disbelief. Others wore expressions of shock. Two couldn’t stop tears from streaming down their rain-soaked cheeks.“We Americans have always been a forward-looking, problem-solving, optimistic, patriotic and decent people,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), delivering remarks at the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The crowd of more than a quarter million people listened quietly. “Whatever our race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, whether we are
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