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Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

    Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

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    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) recently co-authored an article in the Journal of Management Inquiry examining the sustained and increasingly intense managerial resistance to remote work. Because remote employee productivity and quality of life gains have been measured across industries, Lund Dean and her co-author were curious about the growing return-to-office mandates even among…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

    Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

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    Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies) presented a paper, “Whose Story? Authorship, Authenticity, and Agency in Vilhelm Moberg’s Settler Narratives,” at the Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS) annual meeting in Turku, Finland, and at the Eighth European Congress on World and Global History in Växjö, Sweden. She presented early analysis of the archival research she conducted…

  • New Faculty Spotlight – Ying Diao

    New Faculty Spotlight – Ying Diao

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    The Provost’s Office is excited to extend a warm welcome to Ying Diao, joining the Music department in Fall 2025! What excites you most about joining Gustavus Adolphus College?What excites me most about joining Gustavus is the opportunity to teach small undergraduate classes, where I can connect closely with students, and to immerse myself fully…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jeff Jenson

    Faculty Spotlight: Jeff Jenson

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    Jeff Jenson (Library and Archives) authored a new research article featured on the front cover of the peer-reviewed journal, Minnesota History. His article, “Minnesota’s Untold Tail: Rattlesnakes in the North Star State,” explores the historical relationship between Minnesotans and the state’s most venomous reptile, while offering insights into what the future may hold for these…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

    Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia Bunge (Religion) traveled to Tanzania to attend the retirement of Rev. Sarah Mwanga Mkanza and to bring greetings from the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the ELCA’s Presiding Bishop. Bunge met seven Tanzanians who had graduated from ELCA colleges and universities, including Walter Maeda ’78. She also visited with…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

    Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

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    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) published a book entitled Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating with Routledge.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marta Podemska-Mikluch

    Faculty Spotlight: Marta Podemska-Mikluch

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    How independent is “the science” we hear about in times of crisis? Marta Podemska-Mikluch(Business and Economics) has co-authored a new peer-reviewed article in Public Choice titled “Bespokescience: the use of ad hoc scientific advisory committees in the Covid-19 pandemic.” The paperexamines how six countries—Italy, the UK, the US, Poland, Uganda, and Sweden—organizedscientific advice during COVID-19.…

  • Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics)

    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics)

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    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) presented in seven sessions at the annual Academy of Management conference in Copenhagen. Highlights included providing a keynote address, “I’m Not That Kind of Doctor: Experiential Pedagogy as the Bridge Between Educators and Student Mental Health Support,” followed by the Management Education and Development division’s recognition ceremony where Kathy…

  • Jillian Downey (Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics)

    Jillian Downey (Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics)

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    Jillian Downey (Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics) and her colleagues have started a podcast called Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together (T5). The goal is to share a “teaching tension” experienced by post-secondary educators and discuss how they have approached it. The podcast does not try to provide the one right answer to the teaching tensions…

  • Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics)

    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics)

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    Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) joined Todd Prafke (Saint Peter City Administrator) and Aimee Gourlay (League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust Collaboration Services Manager) to facilitate a conflict resolution and active listening session at the League of Minnesota Cities annual conference in Duluth. The experiential session helped participants practice early collaborative conflict management skills,…