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)
Professor Emeritus, Department of History; Former Director of Center for Austrian Studies
Evelyn Davidheiser
Ex officio
Director, Institute for Global Studies; Assistant Dean for International Programs
Anne Good
(2024-2027)
Assistant Curator, James Ford Bell Library
Jeanne Grant
(2024-2026)
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)
Community Liaison; Voices of Vienna
Howard Louthan
Ex officio
Director, Center for Austrian Studies; Professor, Department of History
Alice Lovejoy
(2024-2025)
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Leslie Morris
Ex officio
Professor and Chair, Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch
Daniel Necas
(2024-2025)
Archivist, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Robert Nemes
Ex officio
Editor of Austrian History Yearbook; Professor of History, Colgate University
Jim Oberly
(2024-2026)
Professor Emeritus, Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Karen Painter
(2024-2025)
Professor, School of Music
Tom Rassieur
(2024-2027)
Prints and Drawings Department Head, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Jole Schackelford
(2024-2026)
Associate Professor, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Igor Tchoukarine
(2024-2025)
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Brian Vetruba
Ex officio
European Studies Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries
Meyer Weinshel
Ex officio
Associate Director, Center for Austrian Studies