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  • By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…

    mistake, however small, lead to cataclysmic consequences in this master narrative, and the mistakes weigh heavily on other characters’ decisions. This iterative process is not only present in the storytelling, but in the actions of the characters as well, such as Tywin Lannister’s repudiation of his authority through infrequent (but very terrible) acts every now and again. Whether it was the Reynes of Castamere or the Starks and their bannermen under Walder Frey’s hospitality, Tywin clearly

  • Stephanie Johnson Dean, College of Liberal Studies Phone: 253-535-8397 Email: stephanie.johnson@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 155 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 2005 M.A., English, University of Minnesota, 1991 B.A., English and Religion, St. Olaf College, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Nineteenth-century British literature Poetry Narrative Ethics Selected Publications "Christina Rossetti’s

  • Stephanie Johnson Dean, College of Liberal Studies Phone: 253-535-8397 Email: stephanie.johnson@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 155 Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of English Education Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 2005 M.A., English, University of Minnesota, 1991 B.A., English and Religion, St. Olaf College, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Nineteenth-century British literature Poetry Narrative Ethics Selected Publications "Christina Rossetti’s

  • More than a century after PLU was founded by Norwegian immigrants, the university maintains its connection to the founders’ homeland through study away programs.

    -Åkerlund said. But Syse’s esteemed status doesn’t mean he is super serious. “He’s really goofy,” Barkman said of Syse, who taught “Ethics of War and Peace” in the fall. “He’ll quote Monty Python in class. It’s a cool experience to be learning about these heavy issues and developing who you are while also being under the guidance of these really established people.” Dale-Åkerlund says the approach prepares students for a higher level of learning. “We really challenge our students intellectually and

  • Conference ScheduleConference Registration The conference is free and open to the public. “Anatomy in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany - Politics, Science, Ethics and Legacies”7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) In this talk, the history of the interaction between anatomists and politics in Nazi Germany will be presented, as well as the changes in the traditional anatomical body procurement during that time, which included rising numbers of victims of the Nazi regime. The use of these

  • Save the Date: 12th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education October 23-25, 2019 “First, Do No Harm: Medical Science, Ethics and the Holocaust”October 24- 26, 2018 The 2018 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, in its 11th year at Pacific Lutheran University, will be dedicated to exploring the role of medical science and the Holocaust. In the last decades, historical research on Nazi Germany has focused on sites of terror- especially concentration camps and

    Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference
    12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • differently. Looking back, this did help prepare me to realize that teaching in another country context would not look the same as classrooms and teaching in the US. The other (Oslo) focused on international peace and conflict studies, with programming regarding immigration, ethics, and international systems. It was interesting learning about migration from a European context instead of a US one. However, part of the YAGM Mexico program is a week long retreat on the US/Mexico border in Sonora/Arizona. We

  • July 7, 2008 Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is quickly shrinking, but more urgent, their numbers are fast approaching an unsustainable low. Currently, the main threat is the bush-meat trade (which also involves the logging of African forests). It is now thought that the

  • Attaway Lutes Editor’s Note On Campus Discovery Research Accolades Lute Library Blogs Alumni News Alumni Profiles Homecoming 2015 Twin Cities ‘Waste Not’ Seattle Connections Easter Egg Hunt Night at the Rainiers Alumni Events Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Presentation Inspired by PBS Faculty / January 15, 2015 A Personal Presentation Inspired by PBS—and a Family’s Narrative By Sandy Deneau Dunham ResoLUTE Editor E mily Davidson, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies •    Hal DeLaRosby, Director of Academic Advising •    Taylor Griffin, student •    Loana Kaja, student •    Jenny James, Assistant Professor of English •    Teru Toyokawa, Associate Professor of Psychology The PLU presenters’ topics—and the personal motivation behind them—are as varied as their fields. Davidson, for example, will discuss “We are Here to Participate: The Latino Civil Rights Narrative-in-the-Making in Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a