Category: Faculty Activities
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New Faculty Spotlight: Laura Nelson
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Laura Nelson, joining the Health and Exercise Science department in Fall 2026! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?The opportunity to give back to the place I love so much. I was lucky enough to grow up on campus, as my mother…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Elja Roy
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Elja Roy, joining the Communication Studies department in Fall 2026! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?The students, the community, and the college itself! I taught at Gustavus online during COVID-19, so I never got the opportunity to fully appreciate the campus…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Jackson Churchill
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Jackson Churchill, joining the Music department in Fall 2026! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?I am excited to join a liberal arts college that focuses on shaping well-rounded individuals. I find Gustavus to be a perfect intersection between high standards of…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Mike Humphreys
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Mike Humphreys, joining the Health and Exercise Science department in Fall 2026! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?I’m not sure I’ve ever met a Gustavus graduate who didn’t love their time in St. Peter. I’m excited to join a faculty that…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Dylan Wilmeth
The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Dylan Wilmeth, joining the Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences department in Fall 2026! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?I’m excited to teach smaller, more personal lectures than before. I’m also looking forward to mentoring undergrad research, and Minnesota has abundant rocks…
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Faculty Spotlight: Priscilla Briggs
Priscilla Briggs (Art and Art History) has work from her “Free Parking” series in the Sioux City Art Center’s 2026 Biennial “Interstates” in Sioux City Iowa, April 16-August 19. She also has work from her “Terrain” series in the exhibitions “Natural World ” at Silverwood Park, March 12-April 30, and “Infinite Weight | Present Histories” at…
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Faculty Spotlight: Phillip Voight
Phillip Voight (Communication Studies) presented a paper at the University of Stirling on April 8 entitled “Shopping in the Age of Trump: Polarization, Negative Partisanship and Commodity Activism,” and another paper in Glasgow at the British Association of American Studies on April 10 entitled “Confronting the Fascist Turn in American Politics: Teaching Students to Over-Code Missing…
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Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey
Blake Couey (Religion) presented a paper titled “Can a City Menstruate? The Personification of Jerusalem in Lamentations 1” at the Upper Midwest American Academy of Religion Meeting on April 11 in St. Paul.
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Faculty Spotlight: Maria Isabel Kalbermatten
María Isabel Kalbermatten (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) edited the book En busca de una caracterización de la ironía verbal en español. This volume brings together leading scholars from Spain, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina to explore verbal irony in a range of linguistic and social contexts. The book highlights the diversity of research on…
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Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge
Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) published a chapter titled “Lutheran Commitments to Children and Child Well-being: Theological Foundations and Contemporary Challenges” in the recently published volume Here We Stand: A Lutheran Response to Child Abuse, co-edited by Craig L. Nessan and Victor I. Vieth (Pickwick Publications), pp. 3–27. She was also invited to present her work at a…