Author: btaylor
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Martha Ndakalako
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“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…
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Tom LoFaro
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“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…
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Paschal Kyoore
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“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…
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Louis Yu
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“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),…
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Briana Miller
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“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…
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Dr. Paul Finkelman
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“A Covenant with Death – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” While Greg is absorbed in teaching and grading the last two weeks of fall semester 2022, we are offering some memorable past episodes of the podcast. In this one, Dr. Paul Finkelman, distinguished historian of slavery and the law and the spring 2023…
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Dr. Peg O’Connor
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“Wittgenstein, Addiction, and Recovery – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Dr. Peg O’Connor, Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus, talks about teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her background and fascination with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and his thought, what it means to be a philosopher, her alcoholism and sobriety, bringing…
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Dr. Hagar Attia
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“Purity, Protection, and Preservation – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Dr. Hagar Attia of the Gustavus Communication Studies Department on growing up as an Egyptian American, her path from sociology to graduate work in communication, the focus and findings of her recently completed doctoral dissertation on “fundamentalist argumentation,” public deliberation (including her department’s co-curricular program…
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Dr. Colleen Stockmann
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“Potted Plants, Tenements, and Colors – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Dr. Colleen Stockmann of the Gustavus Art and Art History Department on her background and path to art historian, including her undergraduate years at a liberal arts college, the unplanned origins of her PhD research on the plant drawings of William Trost Richards, her…
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Professor Philip Voight
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“Communication Studies, Reality TV, and Studying Away in Vietnam- Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Professor Philip Voight of the Communication Studies Department at Gustavus on his background in South St. Paul, MN, his path to forensics and communication studies, researching political advertising, teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant innovations in his methods,…