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Category: Faculty Activities

  • Amanda Nienow (Chemistry)

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    Amanda Nienow received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Environmental Chemical Science program for her three-year project: Determination of the Kinetic Expressions and Mechanisms of the Photochemical Degradation and Oxidation of Dicamba. Amanda will research the processes influencing interactions of this herbicide in environmental and agricultural settings.

  • Scott Bur (Chemistry)

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    Scott Bur was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Chemistry of Life program to support his three year research project: Applications of 19F NMR to evaluate non-human bromodomain molecular recognition. Scott’s research aims to better understand genetic mechanisms in parasites that cause disease, specifically the malaria-causing P. Falciparum.

  • Lisa Heldke Delivers Keynote at Italian Food Conference

    Lisa Heldke Delivers Keynote at Italian Food Conference

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    PERUGIA, Italy—Professor Lisa Heldke of Gustavus Adolphus College presented a keynote speech at the bi-annual Food Conference: Perugia, an international scholarly meeting hosted by the Umbra Institute’s Center for Food & Sustainability Studies. This year’s conference was on “Exploring Ethics through Food Choices.” Heldke was therefore able to present her keynote “Stuck on You: Ethics…

  • Florence Amamoto (English)

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    Florence Amamoto was one of 12 scholars invited to participate in a year-long project for NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education). Her chapter for that project “Response-ability in Practice: Discerning Vocation through Campus Relationships” will appear in Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-faith Academy, forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

  • Maddalena Marinari (History)

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    Maddalena Marinari recently published an article co-authored with Erika Lee (University of Minnesota) and Evan Taparata (University of Minnesota), titled “#ImmigrationSyllabus: The Necessity of Teaching Immigration History Today,” in the Journal of American Ethnic History. The piece reflects on the genesis and development of the #ImmigrationSyllabus, an online resource for anyone interested in learning more…

  • Glenn Kranking (Scandinavian Studies)

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    Glenn Kranking was a discussant for a panel on Population Transfers Before and After World War II at the annual Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention in New York City.

  • Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies)

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    Ursula Lindqvist participated in annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS), the umbrella organization for the Scandinavian Studies field, at UCLA from May 2-6, 2018. She currently serves on the Executive Council for the organization and chairs the Bridget Baldwin Endowed Fellowship selection committee.

  • Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies)

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    Kjerstin Moody published a book review of Agneta Rahikainen’s Kampen om Edith: Biografi och myt om Edith Södergran in Edda: The Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research. Her article “By Land, by Sea, by Air, by Mind: Traversing Externally Internally via the Trope of the Bird in Finnish and Swedish Poetry” was recently published in the…

  • Maddalena Marinari (History)

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    Maddalena Marinari received a research fellowship from the American Philosophical Society to conduct research for her second monograph. She will use the fellowship to visit archives in New York City and Washington, DC.

  • Paschal Kyoore, 2018 Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department

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    Paschal Kyoore was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Gustavus Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award. Presented each year at Honors Day, this award is the highest accolade a Gustavus faculty member can receive for distinguished scholarly achievements.