Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave a talk for the philosophy department at Occidental College on November 8. “A Chooser Full of Choosers: Ethics in the Age of the Microbe.” Her essay “A Private Snack of Crackers and Butter” was published in the essay collection Food in Memory and Imagination, edited by Beth Forrest and Greg de…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson

    Erik Gulbranson (Geology) recently published a review of soil-forming environments on the former supercontinent of Gondwana in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. This review attempts to understand the nature of the land surface just prior to and inclusive of the most severe mass extinction in the history of life.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean

    Kathy Lund Dean (Economics and Management) and Cat LaCasse ’22 (Accounting) had their paper, “Not even trying to be innovative? Network ties and homophily in management research leadership” accepted for presentation at the Western Academy of Management meeting in March 2022. The paper uses social network analysis to examine ties among Academy of Management leaders…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Anna Hulseberg, Michelle Twait, and Leah Zacate

    Anna Hulseberg, Michelle Twait, and Leah Zacate (all of the Library) co-presented a session, “The Plot Thickens: Writing the Next Chapter for Access Services,” at the 21st Annual Brick & Click Academic Library Conference on November 5, 2021. In this virtual session, they discussed how working through the pandemic lessened barriers around library staff roles,…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

    Marcia Bunge (Religion) has published a collection of essays entitled Child Theology: Diverse Methods and Global Perspectives (Orbis Books). Contributors include Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox theologians from six continents. Like feminist, Black, and other liberating forms of theology, child theologies re-evaluate and reinterpret current understandings of Christian faith and life in the light of…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

    Kate Aguilar (History) is presenting her research on November 4, 2021, as a part of a panel on Sports and Southern Identities in the Sunbelt Era at the Southern Historical Association’s Annual Meeting. Her paper is entitled, “The Rage to Win: The Black Athlete and the U in the Sunbelt South.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) and her collaborator Cynthia Belliveau were the plenary speakers at the annual John Dewey society conference, held in Burlington Vermont. Their presentation was entitled “Cooking to Learn: the John Dewey Kitchen Institute.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson

    Erik Gulbranson (Geology) and Morgan Mellum ’23 presented their research results at the annual GSA meeting in Portland, OR as a poster titled: “Paleoclimate-induced stress on polar forested ecosystems prior to the Permian–Triassic mass extinction.” Gulbranson also presented a talk titled: “Late Permian soil-forming paleoenvironments on Gondwana.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Ortmann

    Lisa Ortmann (Education) published an article titled “Three challenges new coaches face– and how to overcome them,” describing her research on mentoring for school level leaders.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Laura Triplett

    Laura Triplett (Geology) was quoted in a recent Star Tribune article about Line 3 and the ongoing concerns surrounding the project’s potential impact on the environment.