"What they learn could help steer the future of public health", this Knowable Magazine article quotes and highlights the work of sociology Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field and Professor Steven Ruggles.
Patricia Marroquin Norby, PhD graduate of the American Studies Department, is building trust and inclusive relationships with indigenous communities as the first indigenous curator of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Spring 2021 graduate Marin Kelly reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of Geography, Environment & Society and looks forward to what the future holds.
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 communities.
Elizabeth Foy Larsen (MFA '02, Creative Writing) discusses her struggles with severe depression during her graduate school years after the death of her sister.
Anthropology doctoral student Caroline Doenmez focuses on the role of indigenous birth workers in keeping families together. She is CLA’s inaugural RIGS (Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow.
Spring 2021 graduate Kim Kemppainen reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of Economics and looks forward to what the future holds.
Spring 2021 graduate Bridget Brown reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch and looks forward to what the future holds.
Spring 2021 graduate Lauren Foley reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of English and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
University of Minnesota CLA Assistant Professor of Sociology Elizabeth Wrigley-Field reckons with and remaps the realities of race and mortality throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assistant Professor Chotsani Elaine Dean explores the power art holds in storytelling. Her work with quilts delves into the stories of slavery in American past. Discover how her ceramic quilts correspond to the cotton quilts of the past.
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Assistant Professor of Chicano & Latino Studies Jessica Lopez Lyman discusses the connection of social justice with a “radical imagination” as a profound, responsive pathway toward equity, diversity, and inclusiveness in our communities.
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Psychology Professor Rich Lee examines how Korean adoptees have more than one world to navigate while trying to find what “home” means to them.
College of Liberal Arts faculty are driven to shine a light on inequality and injustice with the goal of creating a more representative, equitable and diverse society for everyone.
Rose Brewer, Professor of African American & African Studies, reflects on the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and speaks about her own ties to America's violent racial past and present.
