Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jessica Stadick

    Jessica Stadick (Nursing) had an article published in the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice. The article, titled “The relationship between health care professional’s attitudes towards teamwork and their interprofessional collaborative competencies,” describes the quantitative results of a mixed methods study.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Amanda Nienow

    Amanda Nienow (Chemistry), along with Gustavus students, hosted the second annual Chemistry Night on Thursday, February 20, 2020. There were 27 high school students from the region who were joined by 20 Gustie science majors who helped them explore the stability of natural food dyes extracted from spinach, beets, red cabbage, and turmeric. Food science…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yuta Kawarasaki

    Yuta Kawarasaki (Biology) contributed to an invited review article titled “Rapid cold hardening: ecological relevance, physiological mechanisms and new perspectives” with co-authors. The article was published in Journal of Experimental Biology.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Julie Gilbert

    Julie Gilbert (Library) published Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story. The middle-grade novel is part of the Girls Survive series from Stone Arch Books. The novel focuses on the influenza pandemic’s real-life impact on southern Minnesota, especially the community of New Ulm.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jill Locke

    Jill Locke (Political Science) guest lectured in a Contemporary Political Theory class and presented a seminar paper, “Why Don’t Political Scientists Like Children?,” to faculty and students at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City on February 5, 2020.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell

    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) recently gave an invited presentation, “Psychosocial Aspects of Athletic Training,” at the Minnesota Athletic Training Association Student Symposium at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell

    Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) has a solo exhibition, “Graftworks,” which showcases her fiber art at the Arts Center of Saint Peter March 6-28. A reception will be held March 7 from 3-5 p.m.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Julie Bartley

    Julie Bartley (Geology) published a paper in Astrobiology with Madison Adams ’19 and 13 additional colleagues titled “Is a Linear or a Walkabout Protocol More Efficient When Using a Rover to Choose Biologically Relevant Samples in a Small Region of Interest?” The article reports that rover-driven science on other planets produces a better sample set…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Barbara Fister

    Barbara Fister (Library, Emerita) was on an hourlong Minnesota Public Radio segment covering information literacy, disinformation/misinformation, and “fake news” as it pertains to high school and college students.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell and Lucie Holmgreen

    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) and Lucie Holmgreen (Psychological Science) presented a webinar on student-athlete and coach mental health to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coaches.