Advisory Board

The Center for Austrian Studies and its Executive Committee depends on a small group of dedicated faculty, staff, and community members to serve on its Advisory Board. Listed below are the Center's current Advisory Board members.

Name Position
Sarah Chambers
Ex officio
Department Chair, Department of History
Gary Cohen
(2024-2027 academic years)
Professor Emeritus, Department of History; Former Director of Center for Austrian Studies
Evelyn Davidheiser
Ex officio
Associate Dean for International Programs
Michael Goldman
Ex officio
Director, Institute for Global Studies
Anne Good
(2024-2027 academic years)
Assistant Curator, James Ford Bell Library
Jeanne Grant
(2024-2026 academic years)
Professor, Department of History, Metropolitan State University
Maureen Healy
Ex officio
Editor of Austrian History Yearbook; Professor of History, Lewis and Clark College
Kathryn Keefer
(2024-2027 academic years)
Community Liaison; Voices of Vienna
Alice Lovejoy
Ex officio
CAS Director; Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Leslie Morris
Ex officio
Professor and Chair, Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch
Robert Nemes
Ex officio
Editor of Austrian History Yearbook; Professor of History, Colgate University
Jim Oberly
(2024-2026 academic years)
Professor Emeritus, Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Tom Rassieur
(2024-2027 academic years)
John E. Andrus III Curator of Prints and Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
Jole Schackelford
(2024-2026 academic years)
Associate Professor, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Brian Vetruba
Ex officio
European Studies Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries
Meyer Weinshel
Ex officio
Associate Director, Center for Austrian Studies