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Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Roger McKnight

    Faculty Spotlight: Roger McKnight

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    Roger McKnight (Scandinavian Studies, retired) had his third novel published. Title: If I Didn’t Care (Toronto; Guernica World Editions, 2025). The historical fiction novel is about race relations in the U.S. from 1942-1956.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

    Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

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    Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) just published her 125th essay in her series, “Philosophy Stirred, Not Shaken,” on psychologytoday.com. The subject of her most recent piece is the lovable raccoon who passed out in the liquor store in Virginia.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Tommy Valentini

    Faculty Spotlight: Tommy Valentini

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    Steve Wilkinson Endowed Professor of Sports Ethics and Tennis Tommy Valentini (Philosophy/Athletics) gave the Keynote Address at the United States Tennis Association’s Northern Section Annual Conference/Tennis Weekend, where the theme was “Elevating Your Tennis Journey.” In the address delivered on November 15, Valentini discussed ways in which we make the most of our tennis journey…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez

    Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez

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    Carlos Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published the English translation of his novella “Antonieta of Many Names”, on December 2, 2025. The novella follows the life of early Twentieth Century Mexican intellectual, art promoter, writer, and political activist, Antonieta Rivas Mercado. The novella is available in Kindle, Apple Books, and Amazon.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

    Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

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    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave a talk (online) for the Department of Philosophy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, on November 20, World Philosophy Day. The talk, entitled “Stuck on You: Thinking Parasitically,” explored themes in her new book, Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson 

    Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson 

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    Erik Gulbranson (Environment, Geography, and Earth Science) is giving an invited presentation at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The lecture,“Physical and biogeochemical processes of iron mineralization in surface and subsurface environments,” is part of the formal collaboration between Gulbranson, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; and Vale, which is the largest iron mining…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

    Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

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    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economic) has published “‘I’m Not That Kind of Doctor:’ Experiential Learning as the Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Superpower” in the Journal of Management Inquiry. She argues that faculty should resist expectations and assumptions that they can serve as mental health providers for students. Instead, she links World Health Organization wellbeing and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Elizabeth Danka

    Faculty Spotlight: Elizabeth Danka

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    Elizabeth Danka (Biology) accompanied eleven Gustavus students as they presented their research at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium at Washington University in St. Louis. The student presenters were: Geneva Fackler (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Japanese Studies), Samara Goltz (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Elsa Johnson (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Abby…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Amanda Nienow

    Faculty Spotlight: Amanda Nienow

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    Amanda Nienow (Chemistry) accompanied seven Gustavus students to the Midstates Consortium of Math and Science-sponsored Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Chicago, where she also gave the invited Janet Andersen Award Lecture, “Chasing Light, Cultivating Purpose: Undergraduate Research in Environmental Chemistry.” The students presented their research alongside their…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt

    Faculty Spotlight: Chad Winterfeldt

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    Chad Winterfeldt (Music/Chaplains’ Office) will present a guest organ recital at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on Sunday, November 16 at 3:30 p.m. This longstanding guest artist concert series features monthly performances on the 94-rank Noack pipe organ in the Cathedral; Chad’s performance will include works by J.S. Bach, Eugène…