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Author: snowell

  • Michele Koomen (Education)

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    Michele Koomen published an article with Gustavus graduates Lauren Pauley’15 and Kendra (Weege) Carlson ’15 in Science and Children: Native Plants and Seeds, Oh My!

  • History, Biology, and Whales

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    What can you do with a History degree from Gustavus? The answers are varied and interesting! For example, Nadine Lysiak ’03, majored in Biology and History (with Honors) and went on to earn an MA and PhD in Marine Biology from Boston University (’07, ’09). Her studies led to an ongoing research and teaching career…

  • Taking the Quest for Social Justice and Equity to another Level

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    A Fervent Need and Desire for Affirmation of Diversity There is a fervent need and desire for affirming diversity and insisting on equity and social justice in our communities, schools and other public places. In a paper I published, I addressed the various ways in which society, our schools, leaders and teachers attempt to bring…

  • Kathy Lund Dean (Economics and Management)

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    Kathy Lund Dean has published two articles examining the increasing impact of the scholarship of teaching and learning on scholarly production as a whole. One was published in the Journal of Education for Business, the other in the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. In addition, three of Lund Dean’s articles published in the Journal…

  • Mark Braun (Communication Studies)

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    Mark Braun completed the Executive Leadership Academy, a year-long program hosted by The American Academic Leadership Institute, and sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

  • Angelique Dwyer (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

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    Angelique Dwyer published her creative non-fiction story written in Spanglish entitled “My Brother the Mexican” in the peer reviewed online journal PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, Vol. 14. Number 1 (2017) edited by renowned academic Paul Allatson. This piece is part of a collection of short stories under the same title, all of which…

  • Thia Cooper (Religion)

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    Thia Cooper published an opinion piece entitled “What Does Liberty Look Like Now?” in the University of Edinburgh’s Edit magazine, Summer 2017.

  • Kathy Lund Dean (Economics and Management)

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    Kathy Lund Dean and her colleagues presented a paper at the OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educators entitled, “Just because we can doesn’t mean we should: Ethics in experiential learning.” In the paper they make the argument that moving from passive to active learning techniques requires specific skills that are rarely taught and supported, and…

  • Tom Huber (Physics)

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    Tom Huber, Ian McKeag ’17, and William Riihiluoma ’17 presented a paper on ultrasound distributions at the June 2017 Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Boston, MA. Huber, with colleagues from Rhodes College, presented a paper on optical imaging of ultrasonic waves passing through a human heel bone at the June 2017 Acoustical Society of…

  • Margaret Bloch Qazi (Biology)

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    Margaret Bloch Qazi and Gustavus student collaborators Paige B. Miller ’15, Penny M. Poeschel ’15, Mai H. Phan ’14, Joseph L. Thayer ’15, and Christian L. Medrano ’14 published an article “Transgenerational effects of maternal and grandmaternal age on offspring viability and performance in Drosophila melanogaster” in the Journal of Insect Physiology.