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Associate Professor of Anthropology | Global Studies Program | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.
Chasiotis. "Parental Influence on Fertility Behavior of First Generation Turkish Immigrants in Germany." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health Vol. 12(1), 2010: 60-67. "The M - Shaped Dilemma: Life Strategies and Fertility Trends among Working Women in Contemporary Japan." Ethnology Vol. 48(1), 2009: 21-38. "Coresidence and Geographic Dispersion of Adult Children and Their Mothers in Germany: Variation in Ethnicity, Gender, and Marital Status." Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe
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Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.
in Environmental Studies, Global Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. Before coming to PLU in 2005, Troy taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder, at Augustana College (Sioux Falls), at the University of Washington and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also earned his masters and doctoral degrees.
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Professor of Religion and Culture | Religion | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.
Biography Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests address questions of healing, place, and ecology, and how religious belief and practice can work to promote ecological and social justice in Ireland and in North America. Most
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The Gray Truths Behind the Flowers: Uncovering the Assumed, Invisible, and Exploited Labor of Hmong Flower Farmers at Pike Place Market
The Gender, Sexuality, & Race Program is pleased to present the Spring 2024 Capstones. May 22, 2024 – Xavier Hall, Room 201 – 1:00-4:00 pm 1:00-1:05 pm - Welcome 1:05 pm - Cece Chan The Gray Truths Behind the Flowers: Uncovering the Assumed, Invisible, and Exploited Labor of Hmong Flower Farmers at Pike Place Market 1:20 pm - Isaiah Lenard Complexities of Black Men’s Mental Help Seeking and Wellness 1:35 pm - Lindsey Clark A Culturally Sustaining Reimagining of K-12 Mathematics in the Era of
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(served in Togo from 2014 – 2015) At PLU, Sarah majored in Global Studies (responses to violence concentration) and French and minored in Anthropology and Political Science.
, community, and among her co-teachers and administrators which promoted gender equality. Her best experience in Peace Corps was a secondary project where she and a fellow volunteer helped a handful of women in her community learn how to build improved cooking stoves (which used less wood). Currently, Sarah is getting her Master’s in Migration, Mobility, and Development in the Development Studies Department at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) at the University of London. She should complete
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PLU President Allan Belton is a morning person. He’s frequently among the first employees to arrive at the Hauge Administration Building, but not before his morning cup of joe. His favorite coffee stand is on South Tacoma Way, the seven-mile arterial that is the economic…
stationed nearby at Joint Base Lewis-McChord — don’t have a city council or city liaisons to contact for support. Studies of the economy, health and wellness of unincorporated communities have shown clear results. The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that “lack of municipal status is a structural determinant of health responsible for social conditions which generate cumulative health risks for residents.” As an unincorporated community, Parkland receives basic services from Pierce County
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
know half of this stuff.” That stuff, Hughes and others say, transforms those who experience it. Students meet the “living legends” who have mastered steelpan and calypso music. They experience the revival of the cocoa industry and get an intimate look at the planning behind exuberant events such as Carnival and Panorama. And, most importantly, they dive into deep questions about identity, race, gender, colonialism and other complexities. “It’s a growing and learning experience,” said Maya Bamba
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The curriculum for the Business and Economic History program at PLU is administered by the History department, and taught by the Benson Family Chair.
Studies minor History Department Economics Department School of Business Click here: Sign up on our business & economic history information listThe Eighteenth Dale E. Benson LectureThe Eighteenth Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History will be a celebration of the Benson Student/Faculty Research Fellowship program, which has produced 16 research projects since its inaugural year in 2016. A lecture and celebration is scheduled for Monday, October 13, 2025 in the Scandinavian Cultural
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Lute and her pals from Montana win Folgers jingle contest By Barbara Clements Oh why not? That was the general idea when Jenny Snipstead and her friends from Montana decided to enter a Folger’s Jingle Contest. The grand prize was $25,000 and the winner would…
national television next year. (Photo by John Froschauer) Snipstead, ’11, said neither she nor her friends really thought they had a chance. But now, six months later, Snipstead, 20, is still pinching herself. The Hispanic Studies major was collecting her bags at Sea-Tac Airport Friday afternoon, and a bit breathless. She and her bandmates had just spent a whirlwind week in Los Angles recording the jingle and the “behind the scenes” video of the event. Look for Snipstead, who will be singing the jingle
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Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents: “The Invisible War” The Department of Languages and Literatures Film Festival 2012-13 presents a screening of The Invisible War at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8 in Ingram 100. Kristina Setchfield, Marine Corps Veteran and survivor, will…
and the Women and Gender Studies programs. “From Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick comes The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem — today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The Department of Defense estimates there were a
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