Collin Brown

Collin Brown is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literatures at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), where he teaches first-semester Norwegian and Writing 101. A PLU alumnus (Class of 2010) with a major in German and minor in Norwegian, he returned to his alma mater in Fall 2017 after teaching German at the University of Texas at Austin during his doctoral studies in Germanic Studies.

His research centers on Lutheran missionary efforts in Northern Norway during the Reformation, particularly how missionaries depicted the Sámi people as devil worshippers due to anxieties over religious purity and the persistence of indigenous beliefs. He explores how the Lutheran Church redefined Christian identity post-Reformation through its interactions with non-Christian communities.

Collin Brown also engages in interdisciplinary scholarship, co-authoring an academic article analyzing religious archetypes in the film Ghostbusters (1984) through the lens of 19th and 20th-century spiritualist literature. He values the close student-faculty interaction at PLU, a culture that inspired his academic career.

The available article reflects trends in religious studies, cultural history, and the intersection of theology with popular media. His work bridges historical theology, indigenous studies, and contemporary cultural analysis.

• Co-authored academic article on religious narratives in Ghostbusters (2017)

Collin Brown has not advised any students mentioned in the text and no grants are referenced. His teaching philosophy emphasizes mentorship and personal engagement, shaped by his undergraduate experience at PLU.

There is no mention of labs, research teams, or institutional research groups associated with him in the provided text.