Craig Hassel
Department of Food Science & Nutrition, CFANS
Center for Spirituality & Healing
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Short-Term Fellow, The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University

Tyler Seidel
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Short-Term Fellow; Water, Equity, and Justice

Maddy Nyblade
Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Engineering
American Indian and Indigenous Studies, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Short-Term Fellow, The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University

Amanda Lyons
Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, Law School
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Short-Term Fellow; Water, Equity, and Justice

Minnesota Transform is hiring an Administrative Assistant 

Seeking an organized UMN Graduate Student interested in gaining grant-based project administration experience. Position will work directly with Minnesota Transform and our community partners.

Sophie B. Hunt works at IAS as Internship Coordinator for Minnesota Transform. Previously, she was Public Programs Manager for Hennepin History Museum, where she collaborated with community partners, museum staff, and student interns to develop and implement public history projects. Sophie received a PhD in History from University of Michigan, specializing in U.S., Mexican, and Indigenous histories.

Christian Bell
Theater Arts and Dance, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Short-Term Fellow, The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University

We are delighted to announce the 2021 Humanities Without Walls Grand Research Challenge seed grant awardees!

I am excited to be joining the IAS as a Media Specialist for the Minnesota Transform initiative. As a public historian I am passionate about practices of relationship building and collective history writing as a means of transformative justice. 

Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place, and Community
From the introduction to Issue Eighteen: Spring 2021

By Laurie Moberg, Managing Editor of Open Rivers