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  • Native American and Indigenous Studies faculty and staff.

    Jennifer James Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies Full Profile 253-535-7217 jamesja@plu.edu

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since 1992. At PLU, Nance conducts the Choir of the…

    PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 21, 2013 Image: Richard Nance, the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named the recipient of The American Prize in conducting for 2013. (Photo by John Froschauer) September 21, 2013 Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at

  • Richard Nance, the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named the recipient of The American Prize in conducting for 2013. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor…

    September 16, 2013 Richard Nance, the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University, has been named the recipient of The American Prize in conducting for 2013. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU choral conductor winner of The American Prize for 2013 Pacific Lutheran University’s professor and choral conductor, Richard Nance, was named the winner of The American Prize for 2013. Richard Nance is the Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University where he has worked since

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 21, 2016)- With a Catholic mother and Buddhist father, first-year April Nguyen never had to worry about understanding religious diversity in her household — it was just how she was raised. Religion studies and religious diversity weren’t on her radar until she…

    . “Throughout this whole process, I realized how amazing students can be,” Rosenberg said. “(Nguyen) did an amazing job, learning as she went along.” One of the highlights of the lecture series was welcoming Col. William “Bill” Green, who lectured about the Baptist faith and his life on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Green is the pastor at JBLM and talked about how his job had to change over time to mesh with American culture. He has to try and accommodate soldiers’ different religious needs while on duty

  • Jazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is known for its energy, creativity and ingenuity. Its iconic founding fathers and mothers are revered as some of the greatest improvisational artists in…

    PLU Jazz Day in Seattle May 3 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsJazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is known for its energy, creativity and ingenuity. Its iconic founding fathers and mothers are revered as some of the greatest improvisational artists in modern history. No performance stage is too grand or too modest

  • On a January morning, sixteen PLU students stepped waist deep into the flooded, muddy field of the loʻi, a traditional taro patch, to take part in a practice that once sustained the Hawaiʻian people. Elle Sina Sørensen, a senior majoring in anthropology and global studies…

    . Wakea and Hoʻohokulani then have another son, a human named Haloa, after his brother. From Haloa descends the Hawaiʻian people, making kalo the elder brother of Native Hawaiʻians.Dr. Hammerstrom, who originally launched this course in 2014 “to give students real-life experience with the various religious traditions of East Asia,” continues to add more activities like the loʻi to integrate the indigenous cultures of Hawaiʻi into the course with the Diversity Center’s Nicole Juliano, who has helped

  • The value of a college education increases when graduates have a better understanding of religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life.

    religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life. The study of religion will help you speak to why religion gives meaning and purpose to billions of people on the planet. At PLU, students can take classes in environmental ethics, the religions of Asia, feminist theology, Luther, Native American traditions of the Pacific Northwest – to name just a few.  PLU students study religion in Tacoma and Seattle as well as far off destinations such as Hawaii, Rome, or Trinidad-Tobago. Our

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  • Showcase at Tula’s Will Feature the Jazz Sound Trio, the University Jazz Ensemble, Student Combos and Little Big Bands SEATTLE, Wash. (April 23, 2015)—Jazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is…

    23, 2015)—Jazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is known for its energy, creativity and ingenuity. Its iconic founding fathers and mothers are revered as some of the greatest improvisational artists in modern history.No performance stage is too grand or too modest for the lively genre, but jazz music may be most at home in culturally vibrant metropolitan nightclubs. New Orleans, Chicago and

  • Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | jamesja@plu.edu | 253-535-7217 | Jenny James was born and raised in Michigan, the home of the Great Lakes and the Michigan Wolverines.

    Jennifer James Director, Native American & Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-7217 Email: jamesja@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 201-C Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of English Chair, Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies Education Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, 2012 M.A., Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, 2004 B.A., Comparative Literature, Smith College, 2001 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Post

  • Visiting Lecturer of Southern Lushootseed | Native American and Indigenous Studies | nancy.bob@plu.edu

    Nancy Jo Bob Visiting Lecturer of Southern Lushootseed Email: nancy.bob@plu.edu

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