News & Stories
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: An Garagiola-Bernier
Meet An Garagiola-Bernier, who is pursuing a Masters of Public Policy and is a Research Assistant in the Office of American Indian and Tribal Nations Relations. As a mixed-race Anishinaabekwe (Bois Forte) and disabled person, she perceives problems and crafts strategies at the confluence of multiple worldviews. She is a member of the short-term fellows cohort examining The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Fayola Jacobs
Fayola Jacobs is a member of the short-term fellows cohort examining Water, Equity, & Justice and an Assistant Professor of urban planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Craig Hassel
Meet Craig Hassel, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Food and Nutrition and Graduate Faculty, Center for Spirituality & Healing at the University of Minnesota. He is a short-term fellow with The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University cohort.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Tyler Seidel
Tyler Seidel is a graduate student in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior participating in the short-term fellowship on Water, Equity, and Justice.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Maddy Nyblade
Meet Maddy Nyblade, a PhD student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences studying the hydrology of Manoomin (wild rice) ecosystems as part of a tribal-university partnership, Kawe Gidaa-naanaagadawendaamin Manoomin. She is a member of the short-term fellows cohort examining The Mission of the Land Grant/Land Grab University.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Amanda Lyons
Meet Amanda Lyons, an IAS short-term fellow in the Water, Equity and Justice cohort. She is the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Christian Bell
Meet Christian Bell, a short-term fellow in the Mission of the Land-Grant/Land-Grab University cohort.
Meet a Short-Term Fellow: Kathryn Nuernberger
Meet Kathryn Nuernberger, an IAS Short-Term Fellow in the Water, Equity, and Justice cohort.
Announcing the First Short-Term Fellow Cohorts at the IAS
From May-June, the two new cohorts of our pilot short-term fellows program will gather virtually to share research and make productive connections. Open to all University of Minnesota system faculty, graduate students, staff, and to community members across the state of Minnesota, we are pleased to say we received an overwhelming number of applications.
Meet an IAS Residential Fellow: Emily Mitamura
Meet Emily Mitamura, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at the IAS, working to develop her dissertation research which centers the afterlife of the Cambodian Genocide, in particular the compounding of physical and bodily legacies with global performative and narrative demands placed on those interred in its wake.