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);Ph.D.) research specializes in examining the birth experiences of women in difficult religious, social, political and economic situations. These settings reveal challenging circumstances ranging from political and economic repression in Apartheid South Africa, and in the former Soviet Union, religiously inspired cruelty of female genital mutilation, and over-medicalization of birth in the technologically developed world. None of these, however, comes anywhere close to matching the horrors
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& Indigenous Studies Non-Profit Leadership Peace Corps Prep Political Science Religion Sociology @PLUglobalstudies Global Studies is where my heart, passions, vision of justice and mind always gravitated to. I knew since watching the news as a kid up until even now, I feel my vocation in this life of mine is to equip myself with the education and knowledge in order to see and make the world an equitable, peaceful, and better place for all. I believe in the power global studies has, especially with global
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these compounds comprise a budu, with the oldest male of that collection known as the budukasma. Although these compounds are grouped in a neighborhood, they are not clustered together, but are instead separated by fields of crops. The families of the village political chief are more closely spaced around his location. Mossi marry outside their budu, with the exception being the blacksmiths (saaba) who are an occupational class. Masks are known as wango (wan-go), which share that name with the mask
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example, with helping him learn “how to think not only at the sort of philosophical or political righteous level, but also how to roll up your sleeves and do the hard work of making institutions actually the best versions of themselves.” Colleen Hacker and Nikki Plaid both conveyed their awe over Beth’s decision to live as an openly queer faculty member. For Colleen, Beth’s choice was “so brave.” For Nikki, her decision took on an even deeper significance as Nikki grew up and understood the
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it works and how we can use it to fold a heptagon. 3:30pm – Mathematical Assessments of Gerrymandering: Making Your Vote Matter Clayton Wise The manipulation of voting district borders is a fact of the American political system that can and has been used, intentionally or not, to repress and bolster certain voting demographics. Despite this known and studied fact, methods for identifying unequal district maps have only recently been developed and used in practice. In this paper, we seek to
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it works and how we can use it to fold a heptagon. 3:30pm – Mathematical Assessments of Gerrymandering: Making Your Vote Matter Clayton Wise The manipulation of voting district borders is a fact of the American political system that can and has been used, intentionally or not, to repress and bolster certain voting demographics. Despite this known and studied fact, methods for identifying unequal district maps have only recently been developed and used in practice. In this paper, we seek to
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City Councilmember is a Double-Major at PLU Read Next Highly Decorated U.S. Army Veteran Shares His Journey From Service to Political Science at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public
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the Schnackenberg Lecture Dr. Walter C. Schnackenberg (1917-73) graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1937 and taught at PLU from 1942 until 1944. He returned to Pacific Lutheran University in 1952 as Associate Professor of History and Political Science and became Professor of History in 1958. He was chairman of the Department of History from 1963 until 1973 and served as faculty representative to the Board of Regents during the 1972-73 academic year. He was author of The Lamp and the Cross
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. “PLU makes space for the non-traditional student, so even a non-traditional student can still get the full college experience,” Lucas says. A Captivating Capstone Lucas has received high praise from PLU faculty for her capstone, “Resistance to the Roots of Colonization: Protected Crowns,” which focuses on the personal and political aspects of Black hair. “There’s still not a lot of research on Black hair,” Lucas says, referencing the historical lack of Black representation within ideal beauty
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of World War II through the Chinese Revolution (1949), the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and well into the Reform Era of Deng Xiaoping, Professor Rittenberg was witness to extraordinary historical events. He was, however, far from passive. During his three decades in China, Sidney Rittenberg was a direct participant in China’s chaotic and often dangerous political culture, becoming personally acquainted with China’s top leadership—including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others—and often directly
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