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  • Faculty Spotlight: Tiffany Grobelski and Anna Versluis

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    Tiffany Grobelski and Anna Versluis (both Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences), along with former Gustavus visiting faculty member Jesse McClelland, have published an article in the Journal of Geography, “Discovering Geography through Doing Geography: Project-Based Learning in an Introductory Undergraduate World Geography Course.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller

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    Kathleen Keller (History) was Awarded the American Philosophical Society Franklin Grant to conduct research in France in summer 2023 on her new book, “A Magnificent Fraud: An African Life in Twentieth Century France.” The grant provides $6,000 to support research travel.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) and Ellie Hartmann ’23 participated in the National Humanities Alliance’s annual meeting and Advocacy Day in Washington DC. They attended the humanities conference and joined the five-person Minnesota delegation to advocate for increased Congressional support for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Title VI and the Fulbright-Hayes program,…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Sara Conrad

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    Sara Conrad (Sociology/Anthropology) presented her paper “What Does It Mean to be a Caregiver? Tibetan Women’s Views from the Exile Community of Minnesota,” at the annual conference for the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Boston on March 18, 2023.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody

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    Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) had her scholarly article “Situating Lukas Moodysson’s Vad gör jag här” included in a book of interviews and essays, part of the box set of six of Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson’s films. The article was originally published in 2014 as part of a special edition on Moodysson’s work as a filmmaker…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jill Patterson

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    Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance) and Abbie Doran ’23, Have Been Invited… to present “Veneer”—choreographed by Jill and performed by Abbie—at the National American College Dance Association (NCDA) Festival Gala Performance at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, California State University, Long Beach on May 26-28. This was one of three dances from the Gala (out…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia Bunge (Religion) co-edited a new book… “So That All May Flourish: The Aims of Lutheran Higher Education (Fortress, 2023),” with Jason A. Mahn (Augustana College) and Martha E. Stortz (Augsburg University). The volume explores the core values, distinctive strengths, and contemporary challenges of the 27 institutions in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) delivered an invited lecture on March 16 at the University of Victoria, “Between Appreciation and Complicity: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Octavia Butler’s Kindred, and a Korean-American Take on Rape and Family History.” She also gave a brief presentation, “When the Personal is Professional: Scholarship and Marginalized Identities,”…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Dave Stamps

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    Dave Stamps (Music) was elected President of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC). He will begin as President-Elect in July 2023.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Ortmann

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    Lisa Ortmann (Education) Worked with a team of teachers to publish a new 9th grade STEM curriculum to the National Science Teachers Association. The unit applies Next Generation Science Standards to engineering contexts for learning.