Category: Faculty Activities
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Faculty Spotlight: Kristen Lowe
Kristen Lowe (Art and Art History) invites the Gustavus community and public to a reception for her exhibition, Waterways and Prairies, on January 24 from 3-5 p.m. at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s Confluence Gallery. Drawing inspiration from local rivers, owls, herons, and coyotes, Lowe uses intricate layers of charcoal, Japanese wood, and natural…
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Faculty Spotlight: Kathy Lund Dean
Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) and the E. Terry Skone Investment Club executive leadership team of Nhyira Gamhrah ’26, Evan Ressler ’26, Josie Woldemar ’26, Cooper Ptacek ’27, Melora Lee ’27, Kieran Anders ’28, and Will Lawhead ’28, continued the Club’s philanthropic activities with its $13,148 FY 2026 scholarship donation. Scholarship money supports two…
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Faculty Spotlight: Betsy Byers
Betsy Byers (Art and Art History) and Emily Dzieweczynski ’19 will present Accumulative Reductions, a collaborative exhibition at Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis, from January 10 – February 1. The opening reception is Saturday, January 10 from 6-8 p.m. Review the artist statement, learn more about the exhibition, and make plans to visit at the Rosulux…
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Faculty Spotlight: Denis Crnkovic
Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Retired) had an article, “Orality and Meaning in the Clozianus Methodian Sermon,” appear in Slovo (No. 75, 2025), the journal of the Croatian Church Slavic Institute in Zagreb.
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Faculty Spotlight: Roger McKnight
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.
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Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor
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.
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Faculty Spotlight: Tommy Valentini
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…
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Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez
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.
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Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke
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.
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Faculty Spotlight: Carlos Mejia Suarez
Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) presented an artist talk and reading in Berlin, sharing excerpts from his fiction project “Scars of a Natural Bond.” His reading brought to life three narrative sequences that move between Colombian and broader Latin American landscapes, engaging themes of biography, horror, and history. The work traces imagined…