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Faculty Excellence

New ���������� STEM & Humanities Faculty Start in Fall 2026 

���������� welcomes two tenure-track faculty in biology and political studies in fall 2026; the College also highlights the promotion of several current faculty. 

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• Faculty

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

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Back to the Classroom One More Time

Alumni Weekend 2026 offers a chance to reconnect with ���������� faculty and rediscover the conversations, mentorship and ideas that define the college.

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• Faculty

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Classroom Liberation

How can higher education disrupt injustice and lead to collective healing?

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• Faculty
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Organization

• Critical Action + Social Advocacy (CASA)

Faculty Excellence

Faculty Leadership

As of January 1, Professor Harmony O’Rourke is ����������’s new associate dean for student and faculty development for an initial three-year term.

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• Faculty
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

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• Dean of Faculty

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Office Hours for the Soul

The important life lessons one student has learned from Professor Edward Fanthome

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• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Faculty
• Students

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The Fabric of Life

Like her critically-acclaimed quilts, VP for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Chawne Kimber has threaded together many elements to create a richly dimensioned career

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• Faculty
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Featured

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• Dean of Faculty

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Welcome to the Editorial Board!

Kevin Grell joined the editorial board of the Energy Nexus Journal.

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• Faculty
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

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K-Pop Fandom, Activism, and ����������

From BTS to K-dramas: ���������� Assistant Professor Andrea Acosta introduces students to K-media’s potential for grassroots organizing in the digital space.

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• Faculty
• Media Studies
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Organization

• Intercollegiate Department of Media Studies

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Professor Shares Insights on Changing Views of U.S. at the Olympics

NPR talked to David Goldblatt, an award-winning journalist whose ���������� courses look at the intersection of sport with politics and economics

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Visiting Professor Offers a Personal Perspective on Events in Iran and Minneapolis in the Pages of Foreign Policy in Focus

Visiting Professor of Political Studies Shervin Malekzadeh publishes op-ed "What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis: This is what the possibility of war is like for an Iranian-American."

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• Faculty
• Political Studies