Welcome to Fall 2019! Before you get fully into the swing of things on campus, don't forget to think about J-term 2020!

Start the semester off right by working on a proposal for May/Summer 2020 before the deadline, or be a part of our first SPAN cohort here at Hamline for Summer 2020.

Registration is now open for CTL Fall Faculty Development Day on Wednesday, August 28.

Join President Miller and Provost Matachek in welcoming the new members of our community --students, faculty, and staff

Teachers from all over the United States converged on the local waterways for a three-day education STEM intensive hosted by Hamline's Center for Global Environmental Education.

Hamline University Counseling & Health Services is again working with Walgreens to bring flu shot clinics to campus.

Pack and Give Back: dorm ware, clothes, back-to-school supplies, all free!

The Hamline volleyball team earned its ninth citation as a member of the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) All-Academic team.

Facilities Services is hosting the annual shred truck on Monday, August 26, 10:00-12:00pm.

Hamline's new dance team, HU Prime, will be holding auditions for the fall season on Saturday, September 7th. We'd love to see everyone who's interested, regardless of dance background!

Please mark your calendar for Convocation 2019. The event will be held on Thursday, September 5th from 11:30-12:30 in Walker Fieldhouse. At this time faculty & staff will welcome the new first year and transfer students.

Cambridge University Press released the updated second edition of the definitive textbook on teaching adults the English language in time for the 2019-2020 school year. A book celebration will be held Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. in West Hall 200. All are welcome to attend.

If you are Hamline faculty/ staff/ student, and are interested in volunteering at the booth this year, please contact Morgan Henderson, Assistant Director of CEM, at mhenderson06@hamline.edu. 

The Office of Residential Life is seeking assistance with Piper move-in day on Sunday, September 1 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The Hamline Student Research Symposium will take place during convo hour (11:20 a.m.–12:40 p.m.) on September 19 in Anderson Forum.

John-Mark Schlink was invited to exhibit two prints at the 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Arts 

An invitation from President Miller and Provost Matachek - Celebrate the start of the 2019-20 academic year with your colleagues at the faculty and staff Welcome Back reception.

Beginning September 4, 2019, EAB will get a new look and feel as we upgrade to EAB Navigate.

Professor Suda Ishida gave a talk on Global Migration to the Great Decisions group members of Global Minnesota.

Starred reviews pour in for MFAC faculty Laura Ruby's newest YA novel Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. 

Searching for peace? There are two 60-minute options for yoga on campus! One will be held Thursdays from 11:30-12:30 the other will be held at 4:30 p.m. on a yet-to-be-determined day.

English Professor Kris Deffenbacher published her article, "Mapping Trans-Domesticity in Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto," in M/C: Journal of Media and Culture.

George Chu, Music, presented at the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at the University of Granada, Spain in July: The Intersection of Visual Art and Music at the Crossroads of the Twenty-first Century.

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, gave an oral presentation titled “Template Synthesis of Ternary Hybrid Nanocrystals of CoS/Ag2S-Fe2O3 with Near-infrared Photoluminescence”

Professor of Sociology and affiliate faculty member in Public Health Sciences, Sharon Preves presented her paper "Assessing and Changing Medical Education and Training about Intersex."

Professor Jeannie Fox, director of Nonprofit Management Programs in the Hamline School of Business was included as an author in the 2nd Edition of "Nonprofit Management 101"

Emeritus Professor Ann Mabbott will serve as an English Language Specialist for the US State Department in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Krasnoyarsk Russia this fall.

The laboratory managers of the Biology and Chemistry Departments attended the annual national conference of the National Association of Scientific Materials Managers.

Cambridge University Press released a new text from Professor Betsy Parrish titled, Teaching Adult English Language Learners: A Practical Introduction. The long-awaited second edition addresses the  challenges of teaching adults the English language in a digital world. 

Former and current students Emma Kiley, Najma Omar, Elaina Tueffel, and Gretta Breitweiser comprised the interfaith Hamline team as representatives of student initiatives.

The new anthology Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, edited by Frank Burnes from Belt Publishing features short stories by six Hamline University affiliated writers.

 Professor Keefe presented on the successful Minnesota Department of Health and Hamline Public Health collaboration.

Pack and Give Back: dorm ware, clothes, back-to-school supplies, all free!

Studio art major Helen Dolan and studio arts alumni Greta Lapcinski attend a residency at the prestigious Anderson Ranch in Snowmass, CO.

The Hamline volleyball team earned its ninth citation as a member of the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) All-Academic team.

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great summer so far. My name is Dieu Do (she/her/hers) and I am currently interning with the Minneapolis Park Police Department and I need your help!

Former and current students Emma Kiley, Najma Omar, Elaina Tueffel, and Gretta Breitweiser comprised the interfaith Hamline team as representatives of student initiatives.

The new anthology Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, edited by Frank Burnes from Belt Publishing features short stories by six Hamline University affiliated writers.

Mai Nhia Xiong Chan and the admission team have developed a winning approach to enrollment.

Research by a team of students led by Leif Hembre, Ph.D. a Hamline Biology professor, showed that a moratorium on trout stocking improved water quality in a local lake.

The Hamline men's basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Academic Team Excellence unit announced July 11. To qualify, a team must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for the 2018-19 season.

Quite a number, 58 to be exact, HU student-athletes have been named to the MIAC Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference team.

Women's basketball standout Reilly Geistfeld has been named to the roster of D-3 Team USA, which will play four games in Brazil next month.

Two teams from the School of Business upheld Hamline's track record of success in the Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition.

A record number of Hamline's lacrosse players (14) were named to the 2019 Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference All-Academic Team (MWLC). To qualify, athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher.

Hamline Elementary School has a new tagline -- Collaborative Learning University School -- that reflects a deepening educational partnership with Hamline University.

The members of the Class of 2019 have entered the world to do all the good they can.  A few told us their plans. 

Hamline MFAC Alumna Blair Thornburgh Receives Multiple Starred Reviews for her new YA novel Ordinary Girls. 

Families and friends gathered in locations throughout campus to celebrate the 2019 Hamline University graduates.

Jessica Davis had planned to pursue an MD. Instead, she opted for an MAT at Hamline after deciding to be a high school math teacher.

Honor societies are part of the Hamline experience. Phi Beta Kappa inducts members with a ceremony steeped in history that venerates scholarship and friendship.

 MFA Alum Joe Horton and CWP Faculty Richard Pelster-Wiebe have been selected for the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship Program. The Jerome Foundation seeks to contribute to a dynamic and evolving culture by supporting the creation, development, and production of new works by early career/emerging artists.

Anaid Plascencia has been chosen to represent Hamline’s class of 2019 at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

The end of the spring semester is a time to recognize student accomplishments. On Monday, April 29, twenty-two seniors who completed the Hamline University Honors program received their due.

The new anthology Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, edited by Frank Burnes from Belt Publishing features short stories by six Hamline University affiliated writers.

Raie Gessesse is Hamline’s first woman of color and first first-generation student to be named a Truman Scholar. She was one of 62 outstanding students chosen from an application pool of 840 from across the United States.

A team of Hamline MBA students came in second in the regional Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup competition held at the University of St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus in February.

MFA Faculty Angela Pelster-Weibe will moderate a reading and interview hosted by Coffee House Press The reading will be at the American Swedish Institute in the Folke Bernadotte Conference Room on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Hamline community members headed to the capitol on Thursday, March 14 in their work to end hunger in Minnesota.

MFA alum Rosemary Ann Davis was featured in a recent article by the Pioneer Press.

Jeff Fink, a Lecturer in the School of Education, has published a book titled,"Responding to Student Behavior: Preparing for Teaching."

Hamline student and advocate “takes the lead” in more ways than one.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe's essay “The Trial” has been published in the 2018/19 Winter Edition of Ploughshares.

If My Body Could Speak, the second poetry collection from Blythe Baird (BFA ‘18), is out this month from Button Poetry.

Homecoming, the podcast that inspired the hit Amazon Prime Original TV show, has a companion novella with its second season––written by BFA/MFA faculty member John Brandon.

Three Hamline University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) faculty members won national book awards for their works of fiction at the recent American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference in Seattle.

Twenty-seven Hamline scholar athletes named to MIAC All-Conference team.

Angela Conley’s approach to public service makes her a new voice on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for more reasons than one.

Hamline’s Better Together (Interfaith Action Group) has been working on a project with NCJW (National Council for Jewish Women) and Reimagining (Women’s Christian Group) on a Multifaith Menstrual Justice Project since July 2018.

CWP faculty member John Brandon’s novel Arkansas has been adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Clark Duke and filmed in Alabama.

Gymnast Meghan Webb garnered conference honors after the season-opening meet.

What's that tune? Kelly Krebs' song, played by Kathy Thomsen, won second place in the 2019 Song Slam.

Members of the Mock Trial program affirmed the benefits of strong arguments, preparation and teamwork when they shared their knowledge and experience with deaf and hearing impaired high school students.

Professor of Public Health Sciences Susi Keefe and six graduated Seniors will have their article "Hmong College Student Perceptions and Experiences with Mercury Containing Skin Lightening Products in St. Paul Minnesota" published in the Spring 2019 issue of the Hmong Studies Journal.

Wallace Swan, an adjunct instructor at Hamline, edited and wrote a significant part of the new “Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy.”

Assistant Professor in the School of Education Patty Born will travel to New York City to support teachers in understanding and implementing national science education standards.

Dr. Suda Ishida, professor of Communication Studies, has been awarded a grant of $2,000 from the Mansergh-Stuessey Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation to support a speakers' series focused on immigrant and refugee populations in the Twin Cities.

Lifeng Dong, professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, gave an invited presentation at the 2018 Electrochemistry Symposium in Minnesota. His talk “Design and Synthesis of Carbon-based Functional Materials for Energy Conversation and Storage” focused on how to develop new materials for next generation solar cells, fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors.

On December 13, Rabbi Esther Adler, Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life offered a blessing along with Archbishop Bernard Hebda at the Catholic Charities annual Saint Nicholas fundraising dinner.

Professor Peterson's commentary on preventing school violence was published in the Star Tribune.

On Wednesday, December 12, Women's Hockey Coach Natalie Darwitz took her place in hockey history when she was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Professor Deanna Thompson's new book is reviewed in the current issue of Christian Century.

Betsy Parrish, professor in second language teacher education, presented two sessions focused on implementing the English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education at the California TESOL Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA on Dec. 7-8.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson gave a presentation during a meeting of the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism.

Carrie Schmitz, graduate of the Masters in the Arts of Literacy Education program, was honored at the MN Middle School Association's State Conference on December 7.

Adam King, a junior on the men's soccer team, was named to the United Soccer Coaches' North Region third team for the second consecutive season. He is the first Piper ever to be so honored by the USC twice.

Professor Zhenqin Zhang's book, "Intellectual Property Rights in China" has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Professor Katharine Bjork's most recent book, "Prairie Imperialists: The Indian Country Origins of American Empire" was published this month.

History Professor John Mazis presented the paper, “Greek Bulgarophobia as the Result of Bulgarian Success in Ottoman Macedonia 1903-1910” at the 50th conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies in Boston.

Patty Born Selly, a professor in the School of Education, helped to shape a statement on elementary science education by the National Science Teachers Association.

Associate Professor Stacie Bosley gave an invited presentation at the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Protection Research Symposium on Friday, December 7.

Karen Heggernes, head coach of the Hamline women's lacrosse team, has received a one-year grant of $13,750 from the Kate Risley Foundation to support the team in 2019.

Aspiring teachers who received Hamline's Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT) scholarships get a chance to help close the racial gap between students and teachers in Minnesota.

Molly Garin, a first-year forward for Hamline, was named to D3Hockey.com women's team of the week.

The Minnesota State Arts Board awarded Professor O'Connor a grant in support of her newest book.

Hamline's own Luke Trudell was named to the D3Football.com West Region team. Read more on the Hamline Athletics website.

For a week in November, Andrea Bell, modern languages (Spanish) was a guest of the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) in Santiago, Chile, where she presented her work on transhumanism in Chilean science fiction.

Susi Keefe, professor of public health sciences, presented her research paper “I Don't Work: Defining Work and Entrepreneurship for Women in a Muslim Swahili Community in Coastal Tanzania,” on the panel: Rethinking Informality at the African Studies Association.

On Monday, November 26 eight Hamline students took a bus to the Sanneh Foundation's facilities where they helped to pack and organize nearly 9,000 donated goods.

Hamline students led by Hamline Mock Trial Coach Kelly Rodgers are collaborating with the Metro Deaf School (MDS) in St. Paul and the Minnesota State High School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Faribault to conduct a Mock Trial.

Amy Bohman '95 will bring her teaching expertise and experience to Cambodia.

Rebecca Neal has served on Minnesota's Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) since 2015. She was recently elected to the position of SEAP Chair for the 2018-2019 academic year.

School of Education MAT graduate Katherine Little and Professor Betsy Parrish presented, "Putting our Heads Together: When Elementary and Adult Reading Instruction Meet" at the Minnesota English Learner Education (MELED) conference on November 17.

ATLAS Director Patsy Egan and Professor of Education Betsy Parrish presented their work, "Building Oral Language as a Bridge to Academic Writing" at the Minnesota English Learner Education (MELED) conference on November 17.

Professor Deanna Thompson delivered two presentations at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver Colorado during November.

Kim Hartung, associate professor and director of the administrative licensure program in the School of Education, presented her collaborative research this month at the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) national conference in Houston, TX. conference in Houston, TX.

Professor Jermaine Singleton recently presented, "The Theology of James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain" in contribution to St. John's Adult & Youth Faith Forum.

Hamline grad Keenan Daoudi will use the university’s 57th Fulbright Award in Algeria -- to teach English and increase cultural understanding.

Hamline was the first university to host professional journalists from around the world as part of a new program sponsored by the U.S. State Department and Global Minnesota.

Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Valerie Chepp recently published an essay in "Core Concepts in Sociology,” a comprehensive guide to essential sociological concepts, featuring contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field.

Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong recently co-authored five scientific articles in the field of fuel cells, waveguide, biosensors, supercapacitors, and photodetectors.

School of Business Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel presented at the SHIFT Fall Forum held at Minnesota State University Mankato at Edina on November 5.

Hamline University Mock Trial had seven teams compete in the St. Paul Trials hosted by Hamline on November 1-3.

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, co-chaired and facilitated a Nanotechnology session as part of the 2018 Americas International Meeting on Electrochemistry and Solid State Science (AIMES), September 30 – October 4, in Cancun, Mexico.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson and Hamline student Hannah Klumb spoke to reporters at about the mass shooter database study and what they are learning about prevention.

Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Jillian Peterson gave a half-day invited symposium at the Minnesota School Mental Health Conference in Brainerd, Minnesota titled "Mass violence prevention: Evidence-based school strategies."

Assistant Professor, Advanced Learning Technologies in the School of Education Trish Harvey and Academic Technology Consultant Nicole Nelson recently presented at the Quality Matters Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning in St. Louis, MO.

Hamline Archaeology Records Specialist Kyle Knapp and Independent Historical Researcher and Recruiter Jeremy Jackson at Mitchell Hamline School of Law were featured in the Redwood Falls Gazette.

Dr. David Everett, Associate Vice President of Inclusive Excellence, has been awarded a grant of $25,000 from the St. Paul and Minnesota Community Foundations to work in collaboration with several community partners to tackle the issue of changing racial narratives in media.

Hamline University students took the lead and collaborated with peers at area colleges to create a day-long sold-out social justice conference.

Professor Deanna Thompson gave the Reformation Lecture at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.

Professor of Biology, Leif Hembre, presented a research seminar titled "Neo- and paleo-limnological investigation of the effects of rainbow trout stocking on zooplankton community composition & lake water quality" at Saint Olaf College on Monday, October 29.

Dr. Jillian Peterson, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice and director of the Center for Justice and Law at Hamline, has been awarded a two-year grant of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze the causes of mass shootings and to explore ways of preventing such tragedies in the future.

Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel spoke and moderated a panel on "Nuclear Asia: Prospects for Peace" at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affair held at Metropolitan State University on October 20, 2018.

On October 17, English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Director Amy Stolpestad and School of Education faculty Michelle Benegas gave two international teacher professional development sessions for American English, a program of the US Department of State.

A new podcast, The Dream, explores the world of multilevel marketing and pyramid schemes from multiple perspectives. Episode 6 features discussions with associate professor Stacie Bosley, whose research speaks to cognitive biases and information issues in this industry.

Professor of Communication Studies Suda Ishida and students from her Media in Global Perspective class attended a talk on "South Africa's Fragile Democracy" by former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

John Mazis, History CLA, was a guest of the radio show "AKPOAMA" in Volos, Greece. He was interviewed about his book on Ion Dragoumis, his upcoming participation in a documentary on Dragoumis, and his work in progress.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Education Patty Born published an article titled, "Use of Children’s Literature to Support an Emerging Curriculum Model of Education for Sustainable Development for Young Learners" in the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development.

Professor of Religion Mark Berkson gave a series of talks on Cannabis in the World's Religions at the New West Summit in Oakland, California on October 11-13.

Jermaine Singleton, professor of English, published a review essay, “Mourning, Melancholia, and Race Now,” in the journal Contemporary Political Theory.

Hamline faculty Dave Ryan (DMA), Allison Baker (Studio Arts), and Josh Gumiela (DMA) will exhibit new work in a show called Obscure Origins from October 11-27, at the Carnegie Art Center in Mankato, MN.

Hamline University School of Business students Montgomery (Monty) Stenroos and Paige Natzke have each received $1,000 scholarships from local data science and analytics nonprofit organization MinneAnalytics.  

Rebecca Neal, an associate professor and Director of the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, recently published three articles addressing issues of educational equity.

The Provost's Office would like to announce the formation of the Center for Academic Success and Achievement (CASA) as part of an expansion of student success efforts at Hamline University. CASA will provide students with the academic advising, academic skills support, tutoring, and resources needed to successfully manage the college experience and maximize student involvement in their own learning and development.

Dr. Colleen Bell, professor of Women's Studies, and Dr. Shelly Schaefer, professor of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, have been awarded a grant of $5,000 from the Minnesota Department of Corrections to support an innovative course offered this semester that allows Hamline students and residents of Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee to study together.

Professor of Religion Mark Berkson gave a talk at Veg Fest on Sunday, September 16, at Harriet Island Park in St. Paul. The topic was "Religious and Non-Religious Approaches to Helping Animals."

Professor and Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong organized and chaired the 2018 Academic Conference on Nanoscale Energy and Devices held in Qingdao, China from August 18–20.

BFA/MFA faculty member Angela Pelster-Wiebe has published a new essay, "White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work," at Literary Hub.

Deanna Thompson, professor of religion, was interviewed by the Midway Monitor about her recently published book, "Glimpsing Resurrection: Cancer, Trauma, and Ministry."

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, written by alumna Cheryl Bardoe (MFAC ‘10), is out now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Professor Andrew Wykes from the Studio Arts and Art History Department will be featured in the film "Painting The Place Between," on Saturday, September 22 from 1-7 p.m.

Professor Andrew Wykes from the Studio Arts and Art History Department is awarded the 2018 American Art Award 1st place in the landscape painting category for his painting, "Killara Bay, Mayo, Ireland." The painting is 24" x 100" with the media acrylic on canvas.

Paige Riehl (MFA ‘14) has published her debut collection of poems, Suspension, with Terrapin Books.

Curt Lund, assistant professor of digital media arts, presented new research at "Design and Displacement," the Design History Society's 2018 annual conference, hosted by Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Yali You, professor of music, taught multiple master classes in chamber music, cello performance, and ensemble training at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, Xian Conservatory of Music, and Shaanxi Symphony Orchestra in Xian during the summer of 2018.

Economics Professor Stacie Bosley was featured on a WCCO morning program and in a recent article by Truth in Advertising for her research on pyramid schemes.  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}

Dr. Anne McCarthy, Dean of Hamline’s School of Business, has received a grant of $200,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation to create an innovative Finance and Analytics Lab on campus.

Assistant Professor of Second Language Teaching and Learning Michelle Benegas and English Learners in the Mainstream Project Director Amy Stolpestad appeared in a podcast called, "Preparing ELL Teachers to be Teacher Leaders."

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was featured on Minnesota Public Radio for work with the Minnetonka Police.

Patsy Egan, ATLAS director in the School of Education, was recently elected the first president of Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA).

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was featured in a recent piece in the Star Tribune titled "Hamline criminology expert says we can all learn skills to diffuse a crisis."

Public Health Science Professor Susi Keefe's Fall 2018 Senior Seminar was featured during a presentation at the Minnesota Department of Health.

During the summer, Dr. Jae Lee and 16 of his MBA students partnered with local organizations on their final capstone project to create the next generation of apartments.

Political Science Professor Joe Peschek presented a paper on "The Trump Presidency, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right: Alliances and Antagonisms" at the recent annual conference of the American Political Science Association.

Colleen Bell co-presented a paper titled "Teaching as Political Practice" at the annual meeting of the International Korczak Association in Seattle and co-facilitated a workshop for area educators on teaching the civil rights movement.

Leave No Trace, the latest novel from Mindy Mejia (MFA ‘09), is out now from Atria/Emily Bestler Books.

Natalie Darwitz, head Hamline women’s hockey coach and three-time Olympic medalist, has been selected for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong has co-authored a scientific article, “Additive Engineering to Improve the Efficiency and Stability of Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cells,” published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Dr. Craig Waldron, professor in the Hamline School of Business, had his article on the vanishing of our social capital in our cities published in the North Dakota League of Cities August magazine.

Religion Professor Deanna Thompson gave a presentation titled "Illness, Disability, and the Virtual Body of Christ" at the Annual Convocation of Teaching Theologians.

Nur Mood, coordinator of social justice initiatives and strategic relations, received the Sister Ann Edward Scanlon Award from The College of Saint Scholastica in June.

Lindsey Crifasi, student in the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, was published in the Washington Times.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson published a new article in the Journal of Crime and Justice titled "Is Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training evidenced-based practice? A systematic review."

Professor of Religion Deanna Thompson's book launch for her newest book, Glimpsing Resurrection: Cancer, Trauma, and Ministry, will be on Wednesday, August 22 in Anderson Center room 112 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Dr. Craig Waldron, lecturer in the Hamline School of Business, was recently quoted in the Star Tribune regarding new city licenses for hotels in the suburbs.

Ken Fox, professor of business and director of conflict studies, presented at the Rotary Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

Current MFA student Kimberly J. Brown’s memoir, The I-35W Bridge Collapse: A Survivor’s Account of America’s Crumbling Infrastructure, is out now from Potomac Books.

Stacie Bosley, associate professor of economics, was interviewed by Baltimore Magazine for an article titled "Pyramid Dream: Multi-level Marketing Companies Evolve with the 21st Century."

Jessica Ostrov, adjunct professor of natural science and environmental education, recently contributed an essay to the Minnesota Women’s Press titled "Why Green Spaces Are White."

Allison Baker, assistant professor in studio art and art history, exhibits new work at a solo exhibition at Popp's Packing in Detroit, Michigan.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was interviewed by Jana Shortal about the mass shooter database that she has been building with 20 Hamline undergraduate students over the past year.

Patricia Sutton (MFAC ‘18)’s debut book of nonfiction, Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, is out now from Chicago Review Press.

Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel presented on June 22 at the Frontiers of Democracy Conference at Tuft's University in downtown Boston.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson and Education Professor Letitia Basford presented on the Center for Justice and Law's (CJL) Summer of Justice events at the University of Washington, Tacoma.

Lifeng Dong, professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, has co-authored a scientific article, "Theoretical Study on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots Doped with Heteroatoms," published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Leondra Hanson, professor of legal studies, will speak at the TedX Minneapolis event at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts on August 17.

Biology Professor Jodi Goldberg was awarded the Cutting-Edge Curriculum Award for her First Year Seminar “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock: When Did Sheldon Cooper Know He Was A Scientist?”

Mark Berkson, professor of religion, gave a talk on May 31 titled "Mindfulness Meditation and its Applications for Well-Being" at Wayzata City Hall as part of the city's wellness program.

Trish Harvey, Jennifer Carlson, and Karen Moroz presented on June 7 at the Higher Education Innovation Summit at the University of Minnesota Rochester. Their presentation was titled "Feeling Real: Creating Social Presence in Online Courses."

Hamline School of Business MBA Program Director Peggy Andrews presented on the topic "Managing to Flourish" at the 2018 Management and Organizational Teaching Society Annual Conference at Coastal Carolina University on Friday, June 8.

Mike Reynolds, professor of English and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts, presented a paper, "Prophesizing the End-Times in South African Speculative Fiction," at the international, interdisciplinary Social Life of Time Conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Professor Susie Steinbach was featured in JSTOR's "Ask a Professor" column.

Deanna Thompson, professor of religion in the College of Liberal Arts, presented her paper, "Luther's Legacy: The Wild Space of Christian Freedom" at a conference called The Alternative Luther in Skalholt, Iceland on May 31-June 3.

Aida Audeh, professor of art history, published "Vincent van Gogh, Dante, and the Studio of the South" in the international peer reviewed journal Studies in Medievalism volume 28.

The Hamline Analytics Team returned from New York with an honorable mention at the Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition. Representing Hamline in our fourth year in the competition were students Abbey Ober '18, Jacob Prouty '19, Shunya Higa '20, and Emily Salmon '18, accompanied by faculty advisor Dr. Kim McKeage.

MFAC faculty member Ron Koertge discusses the creative life of writing and teaching, along with the experience of working in poetry and prose, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Review.

Allison Baker, professor of studio art and art history, presented on inclusivity and the politics of iron casting at the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art.