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  • Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History | Innovation Studies | halvormj@plu.edu | 253-535-8258 | Michael Halvorson teaches business and economic history courses in the Department of History at PLU, as well as classes on innovation and the history of technology.

    Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Business and Economic History Innovation / Public interest technology History of Computing (Personal Computers) Software Development / Windows Programming Early Modern Europe / Reformation Germany / Lutheranism Tudor England (study abroad) Books Abstractions and Embodiments: New Histories of Computing and Society, edited by Janet Abbate and Stephanie Dick. (Chapter 9- "The Help Desk: Changing Images of Product Support in Personal Computing, 1975–1990," Johns Hopkins

  • Core Courses GSRS 201 – Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (required of majors & minors, offered every semester) GSRS 301 – Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Race (required

    – French Feminisms PSYC 375 – Psychology of Women RELI 330 – when taught as “Sex and the Bible” RELI 368 – Feminist and Womanist Theologies RELI 390 – when taught as “Women in the Ancient World” SOCI 210 – Gender and Society Critical Race Studies Electives (CRSE) ANTH 104 – Introduction to Language in Society ENGL 216 – when taught as “Literature of the Raj” ENGL 217 – when taught as “Asian-American Literature” IHON 112 – Liberty, Power, and Imagination NORD 441 – Colonization, Slavery, Genocide & the

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of English | Department of English | miranda.morgan@plu.edu | 253-535-7229

    Miranda Morgan Visiting Assistant Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7229 Email: miranda.morgan@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Professional Additional Titles/Roles Director, The Writing Center Education M.F.A., Creative Writing, Nonfiction, University of Montana, 2019 B.A., Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014

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  • Interim Director of the Writing Center | Writing Center | miranda.morgan@plu.edu | 253-535-7229

    Miranda Morgan Interim Director of the Writing Center Phone: 253-535-7229 Email: miranda.morgan@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Professional Additional Titles/Roles Visiting Assistant Professor of English Education M.F.A., Creative Writing, Nonfiction, University of Montana, 2019 B.A., Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014

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  • The graduate programs at Pacific Lutheran University are designed to combine practice and theory to prepare students to take the next step in their careers.

    Fine Arts in Creative Writing The Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University is a three-year, four-residency program in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. How to Apply Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy Graduates become systemically-oriented, contextually sensitive MFT professionals who address diverse needs and concerns of individuals, couples, families and communities. Information Sessions How to Apply Master of Science in Nursing Ranked as one of the top nursing

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    Graduate Admission Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Gender & Sexuality Week is an opportunity for the PLU community to individually and collectively explore concepts of gender and sexuality as they relate to each of us, across our campus, and in

    the annual International Education Week, The Diversity Center hosts Global Getdown, an opportunity for our campus community to highlight our cultural backgrounds through performance.  This can be represented in ANY performance, OR cultural activity, such as dancing, singing, poetry i.e. whatever one wants to do in representation of their culture! Transgender Day of RememberanceNationally celebrated on November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the memory of transgender community members

  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Apocalypse, Darling (2018), which was short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award.

    Barrie Jean Borich Nonfiction Biography Biography Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Apocalypse, Darling (2018), which was short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award.  PopMatters said “Apocalypse, Darling soars and seems to live as a new form altogether. It’s poetry, a meditation on life as ‘the other,’ creative nonfiction, and abstract art.”  Her memoir Body Geographic (2013) won a Lambda Literary Award in Memoir, and in a starred review Kirkus called the book “…an elegant literary map that

  • The Department of History is proud to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student name below to see their presentation title and synopsis.

    displayed their temperance views to others in order to grow the movement. Jayson Stager“Confucian and Zhou Attitudes Towards Alcohol: a Comparative Analysis” Jayson Stager Through a comparison of literature, this project looks at the ways in which Confucian historical practices have shaped and colored modern understandings of Western Zhou China. Ritual was a central part of Confucian ideology and many of these rituals stemmed from the Western Zhou Dynasty of China. Dating from 1045 BCE-771 BCE the

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2018) — After living in the U.S. for seven years, Sunny Huang ’18 took the oath of allegiance Jan. 29 against a backdrop of American flags. She completed the yearlong naturalization process to become a U.S. citizen. The ceremony came months…

    hand, and walked off. I just wanted out of there.” Huang spent most of her life in Nanning, a Chinese city in Guangxi Province, where she lived with her family and friends. China always signified childhood, self and home. But in 2011, she relocated to Everett with her mother, to live with her stepfather, Don Rollevson — someone she refers to, lovingly and simply, as “dad.” She finished her final years of high school and two years of community college before enrolling at PLU to major in biochemistry

  • PLU provides diverse opportunities to develop the skills to navigate the challenges of an increasingly complex and interconnected world.

    only way to be immersed in global education at PLU – you can study in academic programs like Global Studies, Chinese Studies, French & Francophone Studies, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Environmental Studies, Peace Corps Prep, International Honors Program, Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Native American & Indigenous Studies, live in the internationally focused residence hall, and get involved in activities and events like PLU’s popular Global Getdown. Quick Links Wang Center for Global and Community