Benjamin Bigelow is an assistant professor of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He joins the IAS as a residential faculty fellow for Fall 2021.

IAS Staff and Fellows share books and articles we think you might like, too.

Before we get into our usual recommendations, though, there are two books on our minds that, as a staff, we collectively recommend. These two books are tied to the next two IAS Thursdays we’ll be hosting with Minnesota Transform: A Just University for Just Futures. Paired together, these books have us thinking about coalition building both here at the University and beyond as we work together towards institutional change, justice, and liberation.

Nina Medvedeva is a graduate student in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She joins the IAS as an interdisciplinary doctoral fellow (IDF) for 2021–2022.

Zozan Pehlivan
Assistant Professor of History
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

IAS Residential Faculty Fellow, Fall 2021

Shannon Drysdale Walsh is an associate professor of political science in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She joins the IAS as a faculty fellow for Fall 2021.

Sean Drysdale Walsh is an associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and joins the IAS as a scholar in residence for Fall 2021.

Please help us welcome Angela Carter, who recently joined the Mellon-funded initiative Minnesota Transform as Access and Inclusion Pedagogy Specialist. 

Please help us welcome Skyler Dorr, who is joining us as a project specialist and front desk receptionist. Skyler will also be supporting the Heritage Studies and Public History master’s program.

You’re bringing some great new experience to the team! Tell us about your background and what you were up to before starting this position.

Christian Bell
Theatre Arts and Dance, College of Liberal Arts
MnDRIVE Area: Global Food

MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellow, Summer 2021

Adam Negri
Department of the History of Medicine, Medical School
MnDRIVE Area: Brain Conditions

MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellow, Summer 2021