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  • Associate Professor of Psychology | Department of Psychology | clcook@plu.edu | 253-535-7471 | My research explores how social motives and beliefs (e.g., religious, existential, or social beliefs) influence perceptions of threats and opportunities regarding others in our social environment.

    illuminate a broad range of individual and cultural variations in thought and behavior. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30, 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721421996690

  • For women-identified and Transgender/Gender Non-Conforming residents (who are comfortable using women-identified restrooms) with a focus on gender equality, community building, and programming that

    : Explore gender as a social identity and how it intersects with other social, biological, and cultural categories such as, but not limited to, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, religion, age, size, and nationality. Be able to articulate what women’s empowerment and gender equity means to them in intersection with their other identities. Empower themselves (and others) to advocate for gender equity and social justice. Identify the ways in which patriarchal oppression affects all genders. Linked

  • Indigenous Scholars, We are Lutes Too A poster exhibition designed and installed by Native American & Indigenous Studies students Fall 2019 Opens February 6, 2020. Closes February 29, 2020.

    might be a minority, but that does not mean we do not exist. Through sharing these posters we hope Native students and faculty will feel more at home, and understand that they are not alone at this university. These posters will be hanging all across campus in order to share our project with as many Lutes as possible. We thank our participants for their courage in sharing their story with us and the rest of our community.” The Scandinavian Cultural Center will host the poster exhibition from Sámi

  • PLU is among the most internationally active schools in the nation, offering programs that will help students: Be aware of their own place and culture in the world, and understand the interrelation

    Globally-Focused UniversityGlobal and intercultural education is one of the primary focal points of the academic program at Pacific Lutheran University.PLU is among the most internationally active schools in the nation, offering programs that will help students: Be aware of their own place and culture in the world, and understand the interrelation of socio-political, economic, scientific, cultural, religious, and linguistic facets of human life Be sensitive to the historical, multinational

  • Dr. Youtz has been part of the Trinidad Gateway Program since its beginning in 1993 and he began taking students to Trinidad and Tobago in 1999. This jewel of a country in the Southern Caribbean has a rich diversity of the world’s peoples and a…

    fact a deep part of cultural identity—both personal and societal,” said Dr. Youtz. This course introduces students to the role of music (and allied art forms) in Trinidadian history and culture, and the ways that education promotes both unity and diversity of cultural expression. Trinidad is a post-colonial society with heritage communities from Africa, India, China, Venezuela, Portugal, Lebanon, France and England. Carnival music and masquerade were expressions of creative resistance by enslaved

  • Dr. Seth Dowland, Seminar in Religion

    was also drawn to the study of religion because I love learning more about the communities and rites that make up religion, and I wholeheartedly believe that religion is an incredible tool for social change. Brooke Nelson “Alive, Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic: Understanding Emotions in Eighteenth-Century New England” Abstract: Situating first-hand accounts of believers’ religious encounters in their respective cultural-historical contexts, my paper explores 18th-century Evangelical Christians

  • Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and

    rescue Jewish children in eastern European nations. Jennifer Marlow, Michigan State University, “Uncovering Life in Hiding: Polish Jewish Children and their Gentile Nannies” Laura Brade, ’08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Retracing the Kinderaktion: How 669 Children Escaped Nazi-occupied Prague” Convener: Christopher Browning, Emeritus Frank Graham Porter Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC The Cat in Terezin’s

  • Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and

    rescue Jewish children in eastern European nations. Jennifer Marlow, Michigan State University, “Uncovering Life in Hiding: Polish Jewish Children and their Gentile Nannies” Laura Brade, ’08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Retracing the Kinderaktion: How 669 Children Escaped Nazi-occupied Prague” Convener: Christopher Browning, Emeritus Frank Graham Porter Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC The Cat in Terezin’s

  • Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and

    rescue Jewish children in eastern European nations. Jennifer Marlow, Michigan State University, “Uncovering Life in Hiding: Polish Jewish Children and their Gentile Nannies” Laura Brade, ’08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Retracing the Kinderaktion: How 669 Children Escaped Nazi-occupied Prague” Convener: Christopher Browning, Emeritus Frank Graham Porter Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC The Cat in Terezin’s

  • Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and

    rescue Jewish children in eastern European nations. Jennifer Marlow, Michigan State University, “Uncovering Life in Hiding: Polish Jewish Children and their Gentile Nannies” Laura Brade, ’08 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Retracing the Kinderaktion: How 669 Children Escaped Nazi-occupied Prague” Convener: Christopher Browning, Emeritus Frank Graham Porter Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC The Cat in Terezin’s