He is described by Professor Ellen McGrattan as the kind of student who only comes along once every 20 years. What inspired Jackson Mejia, BS ‘20, to change his major from…
While he is now president of Austin Peay State University, Alumnus Michael Licari (BA '93) still practices lessons learned as a UMN political science undergrad. “It’s the…
Alumna Catherine Dang (BA '17) recently published a crime novel set in a Minneapolis suburb, Nice Girls. “I always thought that Minnesota had the potential to be a spooky…
Patricia Marroquin Norby (PhD '13, American studies), inaugural Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the first full-time Native…
Patricia Marroquin Norby, PhD graduate of the American Studies Department, is building trust and inclusive relationships with indigenous communities as the first indigenous…
Pakou Hang (MA ‘09, political science) embraces ‘the arena of possibility' and plans to support the next generation of women leaders, particularly those from immigrant…
Elizabeth Foy Larsen (MFA '02, Creative Writing) discusses her struggles with severe depression during her graduate school years after the death of her sister.