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  • Graduation Year: 2013 Location: Santiago, Chile Project Title: Confronting Neoliberalism and Creating Spaces of Transformation through the Chilean Students Movement: FAU “en toma” 2011

    Kenny StancilGraduation Year: 2013 Location: Santiago, Chile Project Title: Confronting Neoliberalism and Creating Spaces of Transformation through the Chilean Students Movement: FAU “en toma” 2011Brief Summary of Research Project:I returned to Santiago for five weeks during the summer of 2012 to learn about how Chilean students have made use of space throughout their movement for free, quality public education. I focused in particular on the five-month long occupation of the University of

  • Chair of Global and Cultural Studies | Global & Cultural Studies | shah@plu.edu | 253-535-7687 | Dr.

    International Development International Relations IPE Neoliberalism Urban Studies Identity Ethnic Conflict Citizenship West Africa South Asia Biography Dr. Shah joined the Department of Political Science at PLU in 2012, and Global Studies and Anthropology in 2014.  She teaches classes focused on Global Development, International Relations, Africa, South Asia, and Urban Studies.  Dr. Shah conducts research in Nigeria and India, where she examines the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on

  • Chair of Global and Cultural Studies | Global Studies Program | shah@plu.edu | 253-535-7687 | Dr.

    International Development International Relations IPE Neoliberalism Urban Studies Identity Ethnic Conflict Citizenship West Africa South Asia Biography Dr. Shah joined the Department of Political Science at PLU in 2012, and Global Studies and Anthropology in 2014.  She teaches classes focused on Global Development, International Relations, Africa, South Asia, and Urban Studies.  Dr. Shah conducts research in Nigeria and India, where she examines the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on

  • Associate Professor of Global Studies | International Honors | shah@plu.edu | 253-535-7687 | Dr.

    International Development International Relations IPE Neoliberalism Urban Studies Identity Ethnic Conflict Citizenship West Africa South Asia Biography Dr. Shah joined the Department of Political Science at PLU in 2012, and Global Studies and Anthropology in 2014. She teaches classes focused on Global Development, International Relations, Africa, South Asia, and Urban Studies. Dr. Shah conducts research in Nigeria and India, where she examines the effects of neoliberal urban development policies on

  • Chair, Global and Cultural Studies | Interdisciplinary Programs | shah@plu.edu | 253-535-7687 | Dr.

    International Development International Relations IPE Neoliberalism Urban Studies Identity Ethnic Conflict Citizenship West Africa South Asia Books Resurrecting the Death of God: The Past, Present, and Future of Radical Theology co-edited with Daniel J. Peterson (SUNY Press 2014) : View Book Biography Dr. Shah joined the Department of Political Science at PLU in 2012, and Global Studies and Anthropology in 2014.  She teaches classes focused on Global Development, International Relations, Africa, South Asia

  • Welcome to the Fall 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    demonstrated by differing prayers, language, and religious figures such as Lady Guadalupe or Santa Muerte. Today, the effects of colonialism can still be seen in Mexico, now in the form of Neoliberalism, most obvious in the maquiladoras, assembly factories reliant on cheap labor, of Mexico’s northern border. Arguments have been made that Neoliberalism is also partly responsible for violence and drug trafficking in the many Latin American states. Past and present violence, injustices, and stigma have

  • Welcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    deepest gratitude to my advisors; Professor Michael Zbaraschuk, Professor Jordan Levy, and Professor Peter Grosvenor. I also want to say thank you to all of the staff and faculty working in the Global Studies Department at PLU for fostering my love for a globally informed education.Critiquing Neoliberalism: Placing NAFTA and Its Attempt to Reform Under a MicroscopeUsing radical international relations theory, this capstone research project looks at neoliberalism and its hegemonic implementation

  • Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…

    revelations illustrate how the power of teaching one’s fetus is a much more complex and contested issue than originally thought. Ami Shah, Ph.D. and Jared Wright Department of Political Science Negotiating Development in a Neoliberal State:  The Work of Amextra in Oaxaca, Mexico Severtson Fellowship Neoliberalism, understood as a political project promoting the preeminence of the market for allocating goods and handling social issues, has had a profound impact on the practice of development in Mexico

  • Anthropology Capstone Presentations - Spring 2019Conversion, Code-Switching, and Varied CommunitiesTuesday May 7, 2019 / 10:00 - 11:40 a.m.Hauge Administration Building, Room 202Marissa MoultrieVijoleta WallaceShannon BaileyLukas AberleMarissa Moultrie “The Assurance of Prosperity: Neoliberalism, the Prosperity Gospel, and Pentecostal Christianity in Southern Ghana” Vijoleta Wallace “Business Code-Switching: Sociocultural Knowledge for Career Advancement in Cosmopolitan Singapore” Shannon

  • , including poverty and inequality, marginalization, informality, urbanization, violence, and sustainable development. Selected bibliography: Love, J. (2005). The Rise and Decline of Economic Structuralism in Latin America. Latin American Research Review, 40(3) Franko, P. (2007). The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Weyland, K. (2004). Assessing Latin American Neoliberalism: Introduction to a Debate. Latin American Research Review, 39(3) Koonings, K., & D