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, 1985 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

Robert P. Ericksen Kurt Mayer Chair, Emeritus Email: ericksrp@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of History Education Ph.D., University of London, 1980 M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1969 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1967 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Holocaust Modern Germany Modern Europe Western Civilization Books Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge University Press 2012) : View Book

in Germany: Variation in Ethnicity, Gender, and Marital Status." Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe Vol. 9(1), 2009: 13-28. Nosaka, Akiko and Radheshyam Bairagi. "Traditional Roles, Modern Behavior: Intergenerational Intervention and Contraception in Rural Bangladesh." Human Organization Vol. 67(4), 2008: 407-416. Biography Dr. Nosaka’s core study interests are family and inter-generational relationships, which she approaches by looking at issues such as aging, gender

Biography Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval, and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals. He has taught in PLU’s International Honors Program and has led student and regent study tours in Rome and central Italy. Since 2005, he has led faculty, staff, and student workshops on the liberal arts and higher education, published

perspective across the globe, including Africa, Asia, including China, Japan, and India, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the United States. In addition to her book, Alcohol In World History, Routledge, 2012, she has recently published “The Commerce of Alcohol, 1850-1950” in the collection Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War, Bloomsbury Press, 2016, and “Rum” in Encyclopedia of the Atlantic World, 1400-1900: Europe, Africa, and the Americas in An Age

Dark Journey: the Rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany”” for The Modern Scholar Great Professors series of lectures. She has published numerous chapters in books, served as guest editor of The Journal of Jesuit Studies, and has spoken at various Holocaust Centers and other venues. She serves on many organization’s committees, including the Executive Committee of the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies; the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity’s

Rebecca Wilkin Professor of French Email: wilkinrm@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 222-G Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000 M.A., University of Michigan, 1996 B.A., Brown University, 1994 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Early modern women philosophers: Elisabeth of Bohemia, Gabrielle Suchon, Louise Dupin Enlightenment political philosophy: equality, freedom, contract theory, rights Early modern French philosophy: skepticism

. Elizabeth’s first solo recording, La Folia de España: Dances for Guitar, features works for baroque, 19th century, and modern guitars, and has been praised for its “…apparently effortless ease.” (Lute News, UK) She is also featured in the recording Dolce Desio as a member of the early music trio Le Nuove Musiche, and in the recording Navidad: Christmas in the New World with Seattle Pro Musica. Her second solo recording, In Her Honor, includes music from the Princess [Queen] Anne Guitarbook and the

Courtney Olsen Manager of Short-Term Programs she/her Phone: 253-535-7628 Email: olsencd@plu.edu Office Location:Wang Center for Global Education Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Economics and History, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.St., Modern British History, University of Oxford, 2020 Responsibilities Supports faculty in the development, implementation, and budget management of Short-Term Study Away Programs including travel logistics Supports faculty in

University), Methuen Memorial Music Hall, and Epsilon Spires (Brattleboro, VT). Jay performs frequently as a collaborative musician, both as a basso continuo player and professional chorister, appearing with ensembles including the San Diego Pro Arte Voices, Carduus, and Willan West. Jay is equally at home with music of the distant past as from the modern day, bringing context and enthusiasm for under-heard repertories to a broad audience. He specializes in the music of the Renaissance in Germany and