Associate professor of American Indian Studies Vicente Diaz, among others, led a team to bring Dakota, Micronesian and Ojibwe communities together while advancing science and…
Professor Enid Logan of the sociology department switched her focus from African and African American studies to American Indian racialization this fall.
In a properly functioning democracy, what is supposed to come first, a voter’s beliefs about what kinds of government policies would be best for oneself, or for the nation, or…
History professor J.B. Shank believes there is not just one correct way to understand the world. Shank emphasizes this in his historical research, studying artistic ways of…
Vincente Diaz, professor of American Indian studies, is originally from Guam, and was drawn to the University of Minnesota partly because of the region’s canoe culture. “The…
Jan Estep, professor of art, explains how her introduction to mindfulness meditation completely changed the way she taught, the way she made art, and the way she made sense of…
Statistics professor Snigdhansu Chatterjee conducts statistical research of “big data,” which he has applied to a myriad of projects ranging from climate change to…
Professor Rose Brewer from the Department of African-American & African Studies examines issues of race, class, and gender. According to Brewer, America is still engaged in…