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Category: Faculty Activities

  • Faculty Spotlight: Maddalena Marinari

    Faculty Spotlight: Maddalena Marinari

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    Maddalena Marinari (History) was featured in The New York Times, sharing her expertise on the complex history of immigration in the United States. Dr. Marinari’s research and teaching cover an impressive range of topics, from immigration history and U.S. identity to America’s place in the world. A leading scholar with a focus on twentieth-century U.S.…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

    Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

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    Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) published an article, “Whippet Good? William James, Nitrous Oxide, and Igniting the Yes Function,” in The Palgrave Handbook of Psychoactive Drug Use. Yes, the title was inspired by the classic Devo song, “Whip It.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel

    Faculty Spotlight: Justin Knoepfel

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    Justin Knoepfel (Music) was awarded the 2024 Dr. Carlo A. Sperati Award at Luther College on October 27. Carlo Sperati, a pillar of Luther College and the Lutheran music tradition, was the conductor of the Luther College Concert Band for 38 years until his retirement in 1943. His work ethic and demand for perfection and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jon Ivan Gill

    Faculty Spotlight: Jon Ivan Gill

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    Jon Ivan Gill (Philosophy) delivered the Powell Lecture in Religious Studies at Elon University on October 28 in Elon, NC. His address focused on exploring hip-hop’s influence and intersections with philosophy, religion, and social justice.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan

    Faculty Spotlight: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan

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    Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (Music) will present a lecture-recital at the 67th National Conference of The College Music Society in Washington, D.C., titled, “Introducing Improvising Skills with Musica Nara for Piano 2005 (by Minako Tokuyama) – A New Teaching Approach for Classically Trained Pianists”, and will include this piece for piano.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell

    Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell

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    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science), Ellen Becken ’25, Lucie Henrich ’25, and Charlie Potts (Student Life) were featured in a Minnesota Star Tribune story focused on their interdisciplinary research on the fitness tracking app Strava and its positive and negative impacts on users’ motivation and mental health.

  • Faculty Spotlight: JC Sanford

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    JC Sanford (Music) was awarded a MAP Fund microgrant and was acknowledged as a “Rising Star” trombonist in DownBeat Magazine’s Annual Critic’s Poll.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

    Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

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    Blake Couey (Religion) wrote the introduction, annotations, and excursuses for the book of Isaiah in the new Westminster Study Bible (Westminster John Knox Press, 2024). This study Bible is intended for use in liberal arts classes, and the invited contributors are biblical scholars who teach undergraduate institutions.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) co-wrote an op-ed with seven leading scholars… from the USA and Germany, which was published in German’s leading newspaper, DIE ZEIT, on October 17. The statement warns against the misuse of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (a Lutheran theologian who challenged the Nazi regime and was executed in 1945) to promote political violence and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

    Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

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    Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies) published an op-ed “A Path Toward Reconciliation and Healing at Gustavus Adolphus College,” in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The article discusses her research into Dakota Native People’s and white settler history in the Saint Peter/Mankato area.