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Benson Chair, Emeritus | Department of History | carpw@plu.edu | E.
History Families and Children in American History American Society and the Vietnam War American Slavery Colonial America American Revolutionary Era Books Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption (University of Michigan Press 2014) : View Book Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 (University Press of Kansas 2004) : View Book Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives edited by E. Wayne Carp (University of Michigan Press 2002) : View Book Family Matters: Secrecy
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Department Chair of History | Department of History | mergenrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7395 | Rebekah M.K.
the University of Chicago in 2008. Her teaching interests include 19th U.S. history, Westward Expansion, Frontiers and Borderlands, and Environmental History. Her research explores the accommodations and exclusions among the variety of racial and ethnic groups in the lower Missouri River valley during the first half of the 19th century. She has presented her research at a number of conferences including the Organization of American Historians, the Filson Institute, and the Western History
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Associate Professor of Education | School of Education | tuckerve@plu.edu | 253 535-7112 | Vanessa Tucker received her dual certification to teach from Western Washington University in 1995. She began her career working with children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders and moved into classrooms serving students with high support needs. She got her M.Ed.
Communication Strategies Families' Experiences with School Districts Autism Spectrum Disorders Inclusion Assessment Exclusionary Tactics in EBD Biography Vanessa Tucker received her dual certification to teach from Western Washington University in 1995. She began her career working with children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders and moved into classrooms serving students with high support needs. She got her M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Seattle in Low Incidence Disabilities in 2003 followed
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Assistant Professor of Nursing | School of Nursing | kayla.harvey@plu.edu | 253.535.7672 | After many years of experience as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the critical and acute care setting, I have expanded my practice into research in order to better understand and support families during a pediatric hospitalization. I enjoy sharing my clinical experience and researcher insight as faculty working with nursing students at PLU. Education PhD : University of Washington, Doctor of Nursing Science Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) : University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Primary Care/Critical Care Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) : University of Florida, Gainesville, BSN Teaching Areas Lead faculty for NURS 360, Nursing Research course, Baccalaureate program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Lead faculty for NURS 702, Nursing Informatics course, Doctoral program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Pediatric clinical instructor NURS 380, Baccalaureate program, School of Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Scholarly Interests My current research interests include exploring the psychological sequelae of the pediatric medical traumatic stress of a hospitalization on parents and young children and examining the function of the attachment system in the presence of a life-threatening event. Current Practice Part-time faculty for the BSN and DNP programs at PLU.
for the BSN and DNP programs at PLU. Researcher working on my PhD dissertation study. Grants Multicare Health Systems, Research project: Parent and Nurse Expectations and Perceptions of Pain Control in Children after Heart Surgery, One-year contract (private grant) as a consultant, speaker, program development, and researcher. (2017) Publications Post-Operative Pain and Comfort in Children After Heart Surgery: A Comparison of Nurses and Families Pre-operative Expectations. Harvey, KA and
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Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History | Department of History | halvormj@plu.edu | 253-535-8258 | Michael Halvorson teaches business and economic history courses in the Department of History at PLU, as well as classes on innovation and the history of technology.
Michael J. Halvorson Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History Phone: 253-535-8258 Email: halvormj@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 116 Website: https://www.plu.edu/business-economic-history-program/ Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of History Innovation Studies Director Education Ph.D., History, University of Washington, 2001 M.A., History, University of Washington, 1996 B.A., Computer Science, Pacific Lutheran University
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Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.
Troy Storfjell Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-8514 Email: storfjta@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 2001 M.A., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 1995 Grunnfag, Nordic Studies, University of Tromsø (Norway), 1994 B.A., History & German, Andrews University, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sámi studies
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Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies | Department of History | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7642 | Beth A.
Lutheran University. Prior to coming to PLU, Professor Griech-Polelle taught at Bowling Green State University in the History Department, 2000-2015. Professor Griech-Polelle earned her BA from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She then attended Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey for both her MA and her Ph.D. She studied Modern German history and minored in Modern American history in graduate school. After graduating with her Ph.D., Professor
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Director of IHON | Interdisciplinary Programs | dowland@plu.edu | 253-535-8125 | Seth Dowland teaches courses in PLU’s International Honors, First-Year Experience, Religion, and Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies programs.
Pennsylvania Press 2015) : View Book Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Authority of Scripture Chapters 4, pgs. 71-90 (Pickwick Publications 2011) : View Book Diversity and Dominion: Dialogues in Ecology, Ethics, and Theology Chapters 14, pgs. 157-165 (Wipf & Stock 2010) : View Book Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the New South Chapters 13, pgs. 246-268 (University of Georgia Press 2009) : View Book Selected Presentations American Society of Church History Annual Meeting, Religion of
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Associate Professor of History | Department of History | hamesgl@plu.edu | 253-535-7132 | Gina Hames’ research interests focus on the historic role of how alcohol shapes identity from a comparative 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.
World History”. She also teaches in the First Year Experience Program, including Writing 101, focusing on Global Human Rights, and two History 190 courses, World History, and Modern Latin American History. She participates in the Residence Hall Learning Communities program, linking Writing 101 to Hong International Hall, and she piloted a program linking Writing 101 courses to 190 courses. She has taught study abroad courses for many years in Bolivia and Peru, and Cuba. She also teaches courses on
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Professor of History, Emeritus | Department of History | sobania@plu.edu | Dr.
that resulted in PLU being a recipient of the Sen. Paul Simon Award for Internationalizing the Campus from NAFSA: Association of International Educators 2006 Recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Biography Dr. Sobania, Professor of History Emeritus, retired from PLU in 2016. Neal Sobania has extensive experience in living, working, and conducting research in Africa that began as a freshly minted college graduate with his
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