Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professorship

The Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer (GOF/DANS) Visiting Professorship was created in 1989 to stimulate interest in Finland; to raise awareness of unique and important Finnish contributions in cultural, political, and social spheres; and to establish new networks between scholars in Finland and the United States.

GOF/DANS professors work at the University of Minnesota for one to three years and have represented many fields of research across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Karina Horsti

GOFDANS Visiting Professor

Black and white portrait of Karina Horsti

From Finland to Minnesota: A Perspective on Migration Studies

Karina Horsti, a visiting professor in the Department of Communication Studies, seeks to explore “how arts and creative multimodal research practices contribute to a critical understanding of forced migration.”

Learn more about Dr. Horsti and her work