CLA Today Spring 2001
From the Dean
Our stake in the legislature
New faculty take the CLA reins
New scholars and teachers in disciplines across the college are revitalizing CLA.
- Bernard Levinson: Road to Scholarship Paved with Joy
- Robin Stryker: Getting It Right
- Pradeep Jeganathan: The Politics of Power
- Karen Till: What's In That Bag?
- Joseph Allen: Accidental Tourist Puts Down Academic Roots at U
- Gwendolyn Pough: One Hip (-hop) Professor
- Patricia Albers: Leading the Dream
- Timothy Brennan: Rebel, Poet, Cultural Critic
In this issue
CLA in words and images
Awards and accolades
CLA faculty, students, and alumni/ae make their marks on CLA, Minnesota, and the world.
Notable alumni/ae
Daniel McFadden wins Nobel; Jolene Koester takes top job at California State U.
Philanthropy with vision
Larsons, Ohanessian give to CLA to make the world a better place
CLA Today, College of Liberal Arts
Spring 2001—Volume 4, Number 2
CLA Today is published by the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts for alumni/ae, faculty, staff and friends of the college.
Dean—Steven J. Rosenstone
Director of external relations—Mary Hicks
Director of communications & executive editor—Eugenia Smith
Managing editor—Jessica Brent
Writers—Jessica Brent Breed, Mary Shafer, Eugenia Smith, Sharon Suzuki-Martinez, Judy Woodward
Send correspondence to the editor at e-smit@umn.edu.
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