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  • Migration, colonial occupation, refugee flows, global travel—the movement of people and ideas across national borders both historically and in the present has political, economic, social and

    Transnationalism and its ConsequencesMigration, colonial occupation, refugee flows, global travel—the movement of people and ideas across national borders both historically and in the present has political, economic, social and cultural impacts for the destination and also for the place of origin. Using multiple disciplinary perspectives, this concentration investigates the issues arising from the transnational movement of people and ideas such as those related to religious and cultural

  • Cacioppo, John T., & Patrick, William. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection (1st. ed). Norton. (PLU Library link) Hargittai, Eszter. (2022).

    -first century. Russell Sage Foundation. (PLU Library link) Stauffer, Jill. (2015). Ethical loneliness: The injustice of not being heard. Columbia University Press. (PLU Library link) Political/partisan divide Abramowitz, Alan. (2018). The great alignment: Race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump. Yale University Press. (PLU Library link) Whippman, Ruth. (2016). America the anxious: How our pursuit of happiness is creating a nation of nervous wrecks (First U.S. edition). St. Martin’s

  • Lutheran Studies at PLU welcomes students, faculty, staff, and alumni into this global network, into the significant dialogue between cultures as we engage the pressing economic, political, and

    service shapes a common life and mission. Lutheran Studies at PLU welcomes students, faculty, staff, and alumni into this global network, into the significant dialogue between cultures as we engage the pressing economic, political, and social issues of the new millennium. In January 2011, the PLU Board of Regents established a professorship in Lutheran Studies and confirmed the nomination of Dr. Samuel Torvend as the first University Professor of Lutheran Studies. Dr. Marit Trelstad is the second

    Lutheran Studies at PLU
    Hauge Administration Building Room 220C Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Welcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones.  A. R. AlcantarA Study of National Identity & European IntegrationThis paper uses realist, poststructuralist, and constructivist lenses to study the interaction between national identity and European political socioeconomic integration. I argue that a state’s sense of national identity affects that state’s level of involvement in the European Union. This study examines the following states: France, Italy, the

  • How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the…

    Desire.” “Today I would probably be called a 20th-century U.S. cultural historian with a focus on consumption, childhood and leisure issues,” writes Cross, co-author of Packaged Pleasures and author of several other influential books. “But, as a historian trained in modern French and German history and with experience in British and Australian libraries and universities, I have also done comparative history on work, political economy and time. … My abiding theme is the origins, uses, meanings and

  • In collaboration with the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education , the Mortvedt Library has organized an exhibit in honor of the 11th Biennial Wang Center symposium : “ The Matter of Loneliness: Building Connections for Collective Well-Being. ” This two-day conference will…

    , Kristin S. (2017). Abandoned families: Social isolation in the twenty-first century. Russell Sage Foundation. (PLU Library link) Stauffer, Jill. (2015). Ethical loneliness: The injustice of not being heard. Columbia University Press. (PLU Library link) Political/partisan divide Abramowitz, Alan. (2018). The great alignment: Race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump. Yale University Press. (PLU Library link) Whippman, Ruth. (2016). America the anxious: How our pursuit of happiness is

  • Innovation Studies minors must complete a minimum of 20 credit hours in the following key areas: Introduction to Innovation Studies (4 credits) Innovation Principles (8 credits) Elective (4 credits)

    Games – CX (4), offered Spring 2026 Surveys the social and cultural impact of video games in society, including how historical figures and events have been represented in popular games. Combines the study of visual media theories and the creative process with social and political issues in gaming, including ethical behavior, violence, gender, ethnicity, religion, and environmental concerns. COMA 248 — Innovation, Ethics, and Society (4), offered Fall 2024 HIST 248 – Innovation, Ethics, and Society

  • Major in Economics Minimum of 32 semester hours Required Courses for all Economic Majors 20 semester hours ECON 101, 102, and 499 ECON 301 or 302 STAT 231 or MATH/

    . Prerequisites: ECON 101 or consent of instructor. (4) ECON 331 : International Trade and Commercial Policy Theories of trade based on labor productivity, factor endowments, and scale economies. Welfare analysis of commercial policy instruments. Political economy of interest groups and trade policy. Critical analysis of multilateral efforts to promote trade. Theoretical and empirical linkages among trade policy, renewable resource depletion, and environmental degradation. Prerequisites: ECON 101 or consent

  • Major in Philosophy Minimum of 32 semester hours, including: PHIL 499 Two courses from: PHIL 311, 312, 313, 314 Five additional PHIL lower- or upper-division courses (20 semester hours) GLST 325 may

    Introduces philosophy by considering perennial topics and issues, such as what makes an action right or wrong and whether belief in God is reasonable. Includes a focus on developing skills in critical and systematic thinking. (4) PHIL 125 : Ethics and the Good Life - VW Major moral theories of Western civilization, including contemporary moral theories. Critical application to selected moral issues. (4) PHIL 128 : Politics and the Good Society - VW An examination of major political theories in the

  • PLU Economics Professor Dr. Martin Wurm addresses the Pierce County Economic Index forum on Jan. 9, 2014, as fellow Professor Neal Johnson looks on. PLU Professors Deliver Pierce County Economic Forecast Pacific Lutheran University economists Drs. Neal Johnson and Martin Wurm delivered the 2014 Pierce…

    predicted that jobs will continue to expand in the county at an increased pace, retail sales will rise modestly following a strong year, real-estate activity and trade will perform at levels comparable to last year, and families should have more disposable income. “The economy still faces headwinds from a shaky jobs recovery and persistent long-term unemployment, but stock prices are at lofty levels, the recovering housing market continues to grow, and an anticipated pickup in economic growth nationwide