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Priscilla Briggs

“I encourage students to move beyond their comfort zones toward confidence in their ability to solve problems creatively as they exercise imagination, curiosity, and commitment.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? As a studio artist and educator I primarily work with and teach both digital and analog photography and video. I also […]

Kate Aguilar

“I see myself as a facilitator helping students to think about history as a practice, whether they pursue it as a major or not.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? I am a professor of African American History, trained in the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field of African American Studies, as well as […]

Jennifer Ackil

“Inspiration, interesting ideas, and opportunities for growth are everywhere and diving into an area of study that piques your interest can be life changing.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? I am a cognitive psychologist and thus, interested in the mind and how it works.  I conduct research examining various aspects of […]

Lucie Holmgreen

“I want students to understand and have faith in the idea that they are capable of learning, improving, and figuring it out!” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? I am a clinical psychologist by training, which means that I am particularly qualified to teach students about psychopathology – a fancy word for […]

Martha Ndakalako

“I research and write about unconventional feminist literatures, and the way in which these kinds of literatures on innovative aesthetic and literary practices in order to circulate and comment on Namibian culture, history, and politics.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? I specialize in Anglophone African literatures, African and Black feminisms, and […]

Tom LoFaro

“So when my students struggle with a problem I tell them to “embrace the stuck.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Biology What is your teaching style? I want to reward students for learning the material, not learning the material fast.  My teaching and grading style varies depending […]

Paschal Kyoore

“Challenging students to be critical thinkers, and to open their minds to better understand and appreciate the world outside their own familiar environment.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? Teaching: French language, literature, and culture; Francophone literatures and cultures. Research: Francophone African and Caribbean literatures and Cultures, African Folklore. What is your […]

Louis Yu

“After a week of teaching I was certain that teaching was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.” What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? My main research interests span the areas of social network analysis and web mining. I have also worked on projects in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), […]

Briana Miller

“As a life-long learner, I share that everyone is a learner and everyone is a teacher. I bring that belief into my teaching. Everyone has strengths and experiences that they bring to the classroom from which we can all learn.“ What are your areas of research and teaching expertise? My teaching expertise and research includes […]

Emily Mills ’26

“It makes me feel really reassured to know that I have professors like that who will have my back and want the best for me throughout my time at Gustavus and beyond.” As someone who hopes to go to medical school, Emily feels that she has found a well-rounded education by pursuing a Statistics major […]