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justice concerns, the concentration incorporates the approaches of multiple disciplines such as anthropology, economics, literature, history, and religion.“Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.” -Amartya Sen “Development as Freedom” Approved CoursesRequired of all students in this concentration: GLST 357: Global Development (4) Other course options: ECON 333: Economic Development FREN 204/404: Postcolonial Francophone Fictions HIST 333
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teaching Caribbean literature and history. Altogether, we have 34 students, plus staff assistance from PLU Head Baker Erica Fickeisen for the first week; Dr. Miller’s Assistant, Julie Paulsen, for the second week; and PLU Director of Dining and Culinary Services Erin McGinnis for the third week. Most of our class time is spent in separate classrooms in the conference center of the ship, but we gather both classes the night before each new port of call for “Port Reports”: the literature students
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Music of Carnival: J-Term 2020 Study Away in Trinidad Posted by: Reesa Nelson / January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020 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 vibrant arts scene. “Trinidad is a wonderful place for students to experience a culture where the arts are not just entertainment but are in
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- VW, GE CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese - VW, GE CHIN 301 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 302 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 371 Chinese Literature in Translation - IT, GE COMA 304 Intercultural Communication - IT, GE DANC 301 Dance and Culture - ES, GE ECON 215 Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE ECON 333 Economic Development - GE EDUC 385 Comparative Education - GE ENGL 216 Topics in Literature - IT, GE ENGL 217 Topics in Literature - IT, GE
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Gai-Hoai Nguyen Hoai at a UWCHR event held in support of the 6th annual International Restorative Justice Tribunal in El Salvador PLU Class of 2009 Hispanic Studies and Global Studies Double Major Studied away in Oaxaca, Mexico and Oviedo, Spain Current: Assistant Director for the Henry M. Jackson School’s Latin American & Caribbean Studies program and Assistant Director at the UW Center for Human Rights My name is Gai-Hoai T. Nguyen and I graduated from PLU in 2009 with a double major in
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inquiry, service, leadership, and care, she has also expanded the university’s horizons—literally—by establishing a Gateway program in the Caribbean and leading and supporting multiple programs in Africa. Students at PLU have benefited enormously from her many courses in Postcolonial literature and from her active involvement in the Global Studies and Environmental Studies programs. And the PLU community as a whole has benefited from her service as Chair of the English Department, Dean of Humanities
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the front rank of Caribbean writers”. The Dragon Can’t Dance has been translated into five languages and is one of the most widely recognized Caribbean novels. This was followed by a collection of plays, Jestina’s Calypso, published in 1984, and a short story collection, A Brief Conversation & Other Stories, published in 1988. Mr. Lovelace was awarded the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for his novel Salt.His 2011 novel Is Just a Moviewas the winner of the Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature in
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easy to assess student work. Example Assignments English Literature – Frankenstein’s Library Instructor: Dr. Adela Ramos View the assignment prompt (PDF) Nordic Studies – Ibsen Collaboration Instructor: Dr. Jen Jenkins View the assignment prompt (PDF) Liberal Arts and the Professional Schools Hypothesis can also be used in all fields. You can find examples at Liquid Margins. For example, in 008 Part 1 and Part 2 mathematician, Dr. Matthew Salomone (Bridgewater State University), explains his
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September 29, 2008 The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke of how the issues in women’s lives, from significant others to sexual abuse, are explored in graphic novels, or narratives written on comic book form. Now teaching at Harvard University, Chute
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appointment at Pacific, Krise was chair of the Department of English at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Before moving to UCF, he served 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, as a senior military fellow of the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C., and as vice director of the National Defense University Press. Krise’s academic interests focus on early Caribbean
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