School of Education professor Karen Moroz will present virtually at the Lilly Conference.

Associate Professor of English Paul Bogard spoke with WCCO-TV's Midmorning show about his children's book "What If Night?"

Professor Ken Fox presented "The Great Pause -- One Year Later," examining the impact of the pandemic on the work of conflict professionals.

HSE faculty and staff recently presented at the TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, held virtually March 24-27.

Professor Binnur Ozkececi-Taner served as both the chair and discussant of the panel, titled "Domestic Actors, Domestic Factors, and Foreign Policy Decisions," at the International Studies Association (Virtual) Annual Convention.

Hot Pink, a new show from Amazon Studios in association with Annapurna Pictures, was loosely inspired by Elana K. Arnold’s National Book Award finalist "What Girls Are Made Of."

Angela Pelster-Wiebe, a professor who teaches nonfiction writing in the Creative Writing Program, is one of four Minnesotans to receive a 2021 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers Loft Award for Creative Prose.

Nidhi Jariwala and Jessie Luevano were hired as Chairs for UNAIDS at the Model UN Conference which took place online March 28-31, 2021.

In this heartfelt middle school drama, Hannah's schemes for throwing her own bat mitzvah unleash family secrets, create rivalries with best friends, and ultimately teach Hannah what being Jewish is all about.

Marcela Kostihova, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of English, presented her work at the 49th Shakespeare Association of America international conference.

There is no bigger issue in Minnesota – or for that matter, the United States – than police reform. Now, a Hamline associate professor has an opportunity to have a significant say in how Minnesota law enforcement officers are trained.

"Reel Bay: A Cinematic Essay" by MFA alum Jana Larson and published by Coffee House Press is now available to order.

Criminal Justice professor Gina Erickson testified at the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee and at the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee in support of a bill to reform data collection at the POST Board.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson's book "The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic" is now available for pre-order. The book covers Professor Peterson's four years of research with Hamline University students into the life histories of mass shooters and strategies for preventing future violence.

Biology Professor Betsy Martinez-Vaz, Ashley Robinson '21, and colleagues from the University of Minnesota recently published an article in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology titled: "Filling in the Gaps in Metformin Biodegradation: A New Enzyme and a Metabolic Pathway for Guanylurea."

Dr. Wallace (“Wally”) Swan spoke on a panel entitled “COVID-19 and Implications for the LGBTQ+ Community” and will speak at a number of additional conferences in the next few months.

Prof. Keefe and Public Health students Sydney Preston, Parisa Rouzegar, and Raniya Yiman presented their research paper "Campus Basic Needs during Covid-19: Perspectives from Students Participating in Photovoice Focus Groups."

Neuroscience Professor Bridget Jacques-Fricke, Kendra Yoder '22, and collaborators at the University of Minnesota recently published an article, "Profiling NSD3-dependent neural crest gene expression reveals known and novel candidate regulatory factors" in the journal Developmental Biology.

On March 16, 2021, Professor Suda Ishida, communication studies department chair, gave a virtual presentation about the current development of artificial intelligence (AI).

'Ivory Shoals' the newest book by CWP department chair John Brandon is now available for pre-order. This is Brandon's fifth novel, and sixth book, to be published by McSweeney's. It will be released Summer, 2021.

Mathematics and Computational Data Science visiting lecturer Dr. Craig Erickson gave an invited presentation on "Restricted Power Domination" at the 52nd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

Professor Dave Davies and his digital anthropology class recently gave a tour of their Minecraft learning space to WCCO reporter John Lauritsen.

Professor Amanda Furiasse won a grant from Sacred Writes, Public Scholarship on Religion. The grant will finance the start up costs of a new research project, the Religion, Art, and Technology Lab, which examines the relationship between religion and technology from the perspective of aesthetics.

Professor Allison Baker (studio arts and art history) has work included in the Wheaton College art show, Wheaton Biennial_final_final_FINAL.

Dr. Gina Erickson testified on behalf of the Minnesota Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee for a bill that would expand the MN POST Board's database to include certain private police officer data (such as use of force or officer complaints).

John-Mark Schlink, Dept. of Studio Arts and Art History, was selected to exhibit his print titled, Construction 2 in the 41st National Print Exhibition at Artlink in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Hamline University's Campus Food Access VISTA Sophia Brown will be co-facilitating the SNAP for Students Statewide Coalition. This coalition brings colleges and universities across Minnesota together to share information and resources about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson was featured in a recent CNN series on how lockdown drills affect children.

Professor Andrew Wykes has been awarded a 2021 Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Professor Aida Audeh, Chair of the Department of Studio Arts and Art History and Administrative Head of Arts, Media, and Culture, presented her research "Vincent van Gogh's New Renaissance of the Arts: Discovery and Recreation of a Utopian Past."

Dr. Alina Oxendine is currently chairing an international committee evaluating books for two major awards (the David O. Sears Award and the Alexander L. George Award) for the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP).

Dr. Laura Dougherty was invited to speak at this year's virtual meeting of the Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC).

Joe Swenson, Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, recently published an article "Saying What One Means: Nietzsche and the Experience of Literary Philosophy.”

Professor Baker (Studio Arts and Art History) lectured on inclusive excellence in teaching sculpture and aesthetic advocacy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Religion Professor Mark Berkson presented on "Islam in American Media and Popular Culture" at a symposium on "Faith in the Media" on Feb. 21.

Creative Writing Program Adjunct Professor Brian Malloy’s new novel "After Francesco" (available May 25, 2021) is a featured Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book for 2021! Buzz Books 2021 presents an insider’s look at the buzziest books due out this spring season.

On March 3, Natalie Darwitz, coach of the Hamline University women's hockey team, scored another recognition for her many accomplishments on the ice when she was inducted into the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame with the class of 2020.

After weeks of preparation, students in Professor Susi Keefe’s Public Health, Justice and the Law class advocated for tobacco use prevention legislation at the Minnesota capital with elected officials.

Criminal Justice Professors Jillian Peterson and Gina Erickson recently published a study in JAMA Network Open looking at the relationship between armed officers in schools and the number of casualties in school shootings.

School of Education professors, Trish Harvey and Karen Moroz, presented at the 2021 AILACTE Conference on the importance of building social presence in online learning environments.

Dr. Linnette Werner’s new book "Teaching from the Emerging Now" establishes the role of emergent teaching as a critical pedagogy for our time in leadership classrooms and beyond.

Professor Keefe was invited to join a Minnesota Office of Higher Education Public Engagement call on "The Impact of Housing and Food Insecurity on Students" as a featured panelists with Parisa Rouzegar (Public Health and Sociology Major), and An Bernier Garagiola (HU Alum '19).

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education invited Keefe, Cadieux, and England to present at their yearly grantee Intervention for College Attendance program. This grant program is for the specific purpose of preparing underserved middle and high school students for college; many of the grantees are nonprofit organizations, school districts, and colleges that host a summer bridge or upward bound program.

Professor of Religion Mark Berkson gave a virtual lecture entitled "Religion: Source of Violence or Path to Peace?" at Makom Solel Lakeside synagogue.

On Monday, March 8, 2021, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. join the premiere performance by the Dordt University Wind Symphony with adjunct professor Susan Miranda on oboe.

Professor Baker (Studio Art and Art History) has an exhibit of new work in a solo show at Random Access at Syracuse University.

Criminal Justice Professors Jillian Peterson and Gina Erickson published a new article in JAMA looking at the presence of an armed officer and casualty rates in 133 school shootings.

When faced with the new reality of not being allowed back on stage in person last year, the Hamline University theatre program faculty and students brainstormed ways to continue their work remotely. It was difficult, but soon enough they jumped at the chance to make a short digital film.

Congratulations to MALEd graduate, Syra Yang, on her upcoming publication: "and, sometimes growing feels like losing..."

Governor Tim Walz appointed Dr. Shelly Schaefer to the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board.

The new Marketing Analytics Clinic from the School of Business signed AmeriSave’s wholesale mortgage division as its first client.

Religion Prof. Mark Berkson's article, "A Confucian Defense of Shame: Morality, Self-Cultivation, and the Dangers of Shamelessness," was published in the peer-reviewed journal Religions.

Hamline School of Education received $16,325 to increase the accessibility of the university’s Minnesota Educational Equity Edcamp, an unconventional conference that provides opportunities for teachers, administrators, community members and equity-focused leaders to learn from and network with others who are passionate about education equity and justice.

Hamline’s Master of Public Administration helped Sack Thongvanh MPA ’06 figure out his career path—which, in turn, opened doors to driving change in Minnesota communities.

Davu Seru ’07 teaches English courses at Hamline and maintains a successful career as a musician and composer.

Faculty and alumni from Hamline University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program had a productive and successful 2020, including major awards for two faculty members.

Hamline alumna Monica Meyer, Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota (Class of '91) has been appointmented to the Governor's Executive Council for the Young Women’s Initiative and the Aaisha Abdullahi (Class of '20) has been appointed to the Young Women’s Cabinet.

Patsy Egan, director of the program for Adult Basic Education Teaching and Learning Systems (ATLAS) in the Hamline School of Education and colleague Erin Cary, Lyndale Neighborhood Association and Hamline graduate, published a reflection piece in the most recent Coalition on Adult Basic Education journal.

Professor Andrew Wykes, Department of Studio Arts and Art History, is an internationally awarded winning painter who will have an exhibition of recent works "Parkscapes" which opens at the Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis on Sunday, January 30.

Assistant Provost Caroline Hilk presented at the national Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) conference. The session, "Leveraging Assignment (Re)Design to Improve Learning Outcomes," was a collaboration with colleagues from AAC&U, Elon University and Worcester State University.

Assistant Professor and Director of Hamline's Master of Arts in Environmental Education, Dr.Patty Born has been appointed by St Paul Mayor Melvin Carter to serve on the Mayor's Climate Justice Advisory Board.

Kris Deffenbacher, professor of English, published "Why Racially Diverse British Costume Dramas Matter" in PopMatters.

Mark Berkson, professor of religion, had an article on American and Islamic conceptions of religious freedom published in American Muslim Today.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sofía Pacheco-Forés worked with AnthroIllustrated to create educational and inclusive images of diverse anthropologists at work.

A new anthology edited by Hamline students Emma Harrington ’22 and Abby Doty ’21 and recent grad Madelaine Formica ’20 captures the unique challenges of coming of age in a pandemic and beyond.

Kris Norman-Major, Professor and Director of Public Administration and Nonprofit Programs in the School of Business was invited to present to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Professor of Practice Jim Scheibel published a piece in MinnPost featuring advice for the inauguration from Hamline students for President-elect Biden.

When Emma Harrington ’22 didn’t find an internship that fit her interests, she did the next best thing, or perhaps something better: She forged her own path.

Mari Johnson '20 was lead author along with Zack Langton '21, Zach Reed '20, John Alchemy '90, and physics professors Bruce Bolon and Jerry Artz in publishing in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Cases and Reports.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Innovations Suite Researcher Practitioner Fellows Academy awarded a grant to Drs. Schaefer and Greenman to provide a case study on their research from the Community Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) grant.

A total of 107 Hamline students were named to the School of Business Dean's List and 663 undergraduate students were named to the College of Liberal Arts Dean's List for the Fall 2020 semester.

Professor Baker shows new work in solo exhibition at Project Project in Omaha, NE.

Professor Ozkececi-Taner joined a panel of foreign policy experts and journalists to discuss the future of US-Turkish relations in the Biden era.

Sofía Pacheco-Forés, assistant professor of anthropology, published her research on bone chemistry.

Professor and Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics Lifeng Dong will join the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Academy of Science (MAS) in January of 2021.

Hamline School of Education Professor Michelle Benegas and Director of the English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Project Amy Stolpestad have received the Harold B. Allen award from Minnesota Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages (MinneTESOL).

In the spring of 2020, Anthropology Professor Brian Hoffman knew that his fall class “Excavating Hamline History” would go forward despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

Visiting Professor Amanda Furiasse, PhD, presented her research at the American Academy of Religion's Annual Conference on December 10th.

Visiting Professor Amanda Furiasse, PhD recently published her new research on the convergence of computer programming and African ritual in Routledge's new series on Religion & the City.

Visiting Professor Amanda Furiasse, PhD has been named Co-Director of Contagion, Religion, and Cities Project at the Center for the Study of Religion and the City at Morgan State University's Department of Philosophy & Religion.

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson published an article in The Conversation, "US Gun Violence: Too many people have died in 2020- and COVID played a larger part than you think."

Hamline has been recognized by a group of professional peers from institutions across the country for its online + live panel hybrid model as a "Innovative Design on a Dime" best practice. Kate Meyer will present what the GEC did to the national group on December 12.  

Professor Baker has been awarded a Red Bull Art microgrant for studio production.

Paul Bogard, associate professor of English, has published his first children's picture book. It is titled "What If Night?"

Work by assistant professor Curt Lund, faculty member in the department of Digital Media Arts, will be on display as part of an upcoming exhibition at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rebecca A. Neal, an associate professor in the Hamline School of Education and director of the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching (CEUT) and alumnus Dr. Stanley Brown ʼ07 have been awarded the Ron McKinley “All My Relations” Award by the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MNEEP).

Hamline students and professors Keefe and Cadieux anchor a new USDA-funded collaboration to support food access efforts on local campuses.

Emily Kilgore (Galle-From) is a current student in the Administrative Licensure program working toward a Principal license in the School of Education at Hamline; she recently published another children's book titled "The Whatifs." It is about a child dealing with anxiety and is beautifully illustrated.

Professor Baker will produce a body of work surrounding Labor, the Abject, and Environmental Illness.

Assistant Professors Brett Devine, Austin Miller and Samantha Snyder Cakir and Associate Professor Stacie Bosley presented research at the Southern Economic Association conference in November 2020.

Grant funds will underwrite Malloy's tour to promote his new novel, AFTER FRANCESCO (release date May 25, 2021).

Criminal Justice Professor Jillian Peterson gave the Keyntoe Address at the Puget Sound School Safety Virtual Summit in Washington State.

Dr. Erik Asp and colleagues published an article reviewing the vulnerabilities of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to suggestibility and confabulation in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.

Hamline University will continue its proud tradition of national leadership within the National Collegiate Athletics Association in January when President Fayneese Miller assumes leadership of the NCAA Division III President’s Council.

Erik Asp gave an address at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society on November 11, 2020.

Gaith Hijazin was invited to be a part of a Q&A panel titled “Connecting with successful minority alumni to help gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace."

Professor Baker's work will be exhibited in Paper Works IIV at the Foundry Art Center in Saint Charles, MO.

A new EPA grant will allow a team of students to collaborate with Professor Lifeng Dong on a design project to build an instrument to detect lead in drinking water.

A Federal EPA Grant has been awarded to Dr. Lifeng Dong for a research project with students titled, "Increased Sensitivity for Lead Detection in Drinking Water Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy."

Work by assistant professor Curt Lund has been selected for an upcoming virtual exhibition at the Eden Theological Seminary's Webster Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Paul Bogard, Associate Professor of English, has the cover story "No Time to Burn" in the Fall 2020 Audubon Magazine.

Hamline theatre and dance students and faculty have developed a production reflecting many varied reactions to the current moment, these individual pieces examine how we develop- and sometimes lose- the connections between people, "2020 Discoveries" is a multifaceted and multimodal exploration of where we are right now and how we might move forward with our lives.

Linnette Werner and Marcela Kostihova presented on Regenerative Leadership in Higher Education at the International Leadership Association Conference in November 2020.

The Hamline School of Business (HSB) was a finalist for curriculum delivery in the MBA Roundtable Fast Track Curriculum Innovation Award competition for successfully adapting the MBA Capstone for distance learning.

Gaith Hijazin presented to the Sanneh Foundation Dreamline coaches on culturally competent leadership.

Americorps Food Access Vista Sophia Brown and Professor Susi Keefe received a grant award from Hunger Solutions Minnesota for the "Minnesota COVID Food Fund Grant."

Creative Writing Professor Angela Pelster-Wiebe's debut essay collection Limber named one of the best nature books of the 2000s.

Letitia Basford and Joe Lewis, along with former HSE colleague Rachel Endo, published an article in Multicultural Education.

Karen Moroz facilitated Engagement: What's Working in 2020's Unique Learning Environments in a virtual session

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

According to Hamline School of Education Assistant Professor Patty Born and other environmental education experts in Minnesota, it is time to teach outdoors.

Professor Peterson will present research during an upcoming National Institute of Justice webinar.

The article, "Campus Food Insecurity: Bringing Private Institutions into Conversations on Basic Needs" was published in the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.

In addition to creating a virtual one stop shop for students on Study Away here at Hamline, Kate Meyer has also continued to bring Hamline world attention through her leadership on NAFSA's Regulatory Practice Committee, specifically on funding study abroad/away.

Mark Berkson gave a presentation on Buddhist sutras and commentaries to Opportunity St. Paul's Interfaith Action organization on October 13.

Jon Curry MPA ’15 knew he wanted a postgraduate degree, and had a good idea of where he wanted to go with his life and career. But coming to Hamline University to obtain a master’s degree in public administration changed those goals — and changed Curry along the way.

The Soeffker Gallery exhibit is called "Figural Continuum" and it features works from the Hamline collection.

The University Resident Theater Association (URTA) recognized Hamline Professor Bill Wallace with a 2020 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training. The awards recognize outstanding work of undergraduate instructors, coaches, mentors, as well as institutions, for excellence in the training and preparation of undergraduate theatre artists.

Gaith Hijazin and Katherine Mary "Kate" Meyer presented at the "Sustainability in the Face of Global Crisis" conference hosted by Mykolas Romeris University.

Professor Sumera coedited a special issue of Ethnomusicology Forum titled "Affect Theory: Ethnomusicological Interventions."

Professors Bruce Bolon and Jerry Artz and Hamline alum John Alchemy, M.D.,'90, along with undergraduate researchers Mari Johnson, Zach Reed, and Zack Langton, have published in the September 2020 peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Cases and Reports.

Hamline School of Business students took first and second place in the economic communication category during the annual undergraduate competition sponsored by the Minnesota Economic Association (MEA).

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, recently co-authored two scientific articles

Studio art major Elsie Gray exhibited new work in "Dangerous Lullabies" in Woodstock, IL.

Studio art major Andi Haus exhibited work at an international video festival in Moscow, Russia.

Professors Hanson and Schultz Presented to Minnesota State Bar Association on the topic of Justive Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court confirmation process.

The Hamline University Board of Trustees and President Fayneese Miller have announced that David Schultz has been named Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies.

Karen Moroz 's co-authored chapter A Decade of Thriving: Learning From One Faculty Learning Community’s Success has been published in High impact educational practices.

Professor Basford presented school-to-prison-pipeline interruption research for the Minnesota Middle School Educator Association.

Political Science professor Alina Oxendine was selected for a research grant from the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs and the American Political Science Association (APSA), which will support her project “Race and the Income Gap: How Perceptions of Winners and Losers Help to Fuel Economic Inequality in the U.S.”

Lifeng Dong, Professor and the Emma K. and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Endowed Chair in Physics, was invited to give a virtual 3M Tech Forum Talk "Developing Carbon-Based Nanocomposites for Sustainable Energy and Clean Water" on July 30, 2020. The Tech Forum was co-sponsored by two chapters of the 3M Company: Applied Physics and Optics, Climate and Nanotechnology.

Professor Keefe presented collaborative research at SYNChronicity: The National Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health.

Work by assistant professor Curt Lund, faculty member in the department of Digital Media Arts, has been selected for an upcoming portraiture exhibition at the University of Alaska, Anchorage's Hugh McPeck Gallery.

Professor Baker's sculpture will be included in the inaugural exhibition at Franconia Commons, a new addition to Franconia Sculpture Park, on Saturday, September 26, 2020.

Craig Erickson, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, co-authored an article in the journal Graphs and Combinatorics.

Betsy Parrish, Professor in the School of Education, presented Optimizing Learner Success through Differentiation to an audience of over 2700 educators across the globe at the Cambridge Live Experience Conference on September 9, 2020. This event was hosted by Cambridge University Press in the UK.

Professor Jermaine Singleton’s essay titled “Beyond Shadow Boxing: Reflections on the Matrix of Race in the Post-Floyd Era of Racial Protest” recently appeared in Stillpoint Magazine.

Thirteen members of the Hamline University gymnastics team were named Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Academic All-Americans.

Psychology Professor Serena King published an article in the Journal of Public Health (international multi-disciplinary peer-reveiwed journal) with two Hamline undergraduate students, Angela Wollmuth and Sadie May Wasberg.

The City Pages recently wrote about a mutual aid project by Rachel Lawrence, a Hamline senior studying social studies and education, who has organized a mobile grass-roots effort to support her South Minneapolis community.

Kris Norman-Major, Professor and Director of Public Administration and Nonprofit Programs in the School of Business presented for the Florida International University School of Public Affairs 2020 Leadership Series.

Creative Writing adjunct faculty member Shannon Scott discussed horror fiction with Tara Lasowski.

HSE professors Joe Lewis and Letitia Basford examine how a charter high school is successfully serving students who have not succeeded in the traditional school system and are in danger of experiencing the school-to-prison pipeline.

Associate vice president and athletic director Jason Verdugo, one of only a handful of Latino athletic directors in the country, speaks about how his personal and professional journey informs his work on diversity and inclusion in athletics at Hamline.

Hamline University students and faculty have wrapped up their Summer Undergraduate Collaborative Research projects and students are preparing to present their findings at the annual September research symposium.

Professor Allison Baker, department of Studio Art and Art History, exhibits work in a show titled "Realities and Art" at ARC Gallery in Chicago, IL.

Hamline University School of Education recently secured a $250,000 Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE).

K. Moroz and C. Carlson's article was published in the August issue of American Middle Level Educators.

Hamline students featured in the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology newsletter.

Professors Jen England and Susi Keefe present Food Access research with Feed Your Brain co-founders and Hamline Alum An Garagiola-Bernier and Emma Kiley at the Minnesota Department of Health Sexual Violence Prevention Taskforce. "Basic Needs Insecurity Among College Students: Implications of a Program of Action Research for Primary Prevention."