College Leadership
As the largest college at the University of Minnesota, “dedicated to education in the liberal tradition that fosters enriched, productive, and satisfying lives,” CLA leadership takes seriously its responsibility to advance the liberal education of students across the university. CLA’s mission is to guarantee that students are exposed to and become proficient with broad, pluralistic, and complex forms of knowledge. It prepares students to think and act creatively, compassionately, and ethically in their private and public lives and to respond to the needs of others in local and global contexts. College leadership believes that a liberal arts education should promote active, experiential learning; foster students’ intellectual passion and curiosity; and prepare students for their lives after graduation and to take their place as global citizens.

Ann Waltner
Specialties
ritual; law; religion; traditional Chinese social history; gender; analysis of historical documentation; rumor; gossip; chinese history; world history; feminism



Jamey Hansen
Specialties
Strategic Planning; Group facilitation; Advanced Zoom hosting; Business analysis & process improvement; Quality improvement; Project management

Ascan Koerner
Specialties
Cognitive processes in interpersonal communication; Marital and family communication; Persuasion

Peggy Nelson
Specialties
audiology; hearing aid signal processing; hearing loss; psychoacoustics; speech perception

Josephine Lee
Specialties
Asian American studies; Theater, drama, and performance studies

Malinda Lindquist
Specialties
African-American history; U.S. history; Gender History; Intellectual History

Ann Meier
Specialties
Family and Life Course; Adolescent and Young Adult Development; Gender


David Ulaszek
Specialties
Strategic financial planning; Budget process and development; Program planning process/tools; Budget models; Non-profit organization & financial management