Matteo Convertino is Assistant Professor in the UMN School of Public Health’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and Principal Investigator of the HumNat Lab for Analysis, Modeling and Management of Complex Biological and Socio-technical Systems.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Convertino, Matteo
Created:
2015-09-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Vaughan, retired elementary school teacher and nun, talks to Peter Shea about her activities of protest and civil disobedience, shortly after her sentencing to 24 months of probation after crossing the property line at the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She recalls her first decision to cross the line and the six months she...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Vaughan, Mary
Created:
2004-01-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Vaughan, retired elementary school teacher and nun, talks to Peter Shea about her activities of protest and civil disobedience, shortly after her sentencing to 24 months of probation after crossing the property line at the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She recalls her first decision to cross the line and the six months she...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Vaughan, Mary
Created:
2004-06-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Treacy, librarian and activist, talks to Peter Shea about her passion for information accessibility. She describes the conception of The Minnesota Center for the Book and how the center filled an important void in the world of libraries and information ciruculation. The Minnesota Center for the Book's first major project involved the preser...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Treacy, Mary
Created:
2014-05-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Now chaplain at Minnetonka Shores Presbyterian Home in Minnetonka, Mary Pauluk was for a long time chaplain at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, Minnesota. In this interview, she talks about why she chose to move back to small-town Minnesota after living in the big city.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Pauluk, Mary
Created:
2002-05-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Modeen talks to Peter Shea about landscapes, teaching, art-making, and place, exploring notions of the unseen and emptiness. She also talks about finding a home as an American who teaches in Scotland and in feeling more at home in herself as she ages.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Modeen, Mary
Created:
2012-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Beth Stein is a former adjunct theology teacher at St. Catherine’s University, and an activist involved with the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform. In this interview, she talks to Peter Shea about experiences in her life which motivate her to work for social justice, inclusion, and gender equity in the catholic church. She talks about ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stein, Mary Beth
Created:
2013-08-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Martin Balluch is an Austrian physicist, philosopher, and prominent animal rights activist. He co-founded the Austrian Vegan Society in 1999, and has been president of the Austrian Association Against Animal Factories (Verein Gegen Tierfabriken) since 2002. Writing about his work in Austria, Balluch says activism has given Austria animal protect...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Balluch, Martin
Created:
2014-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mark L. Winston is recognized as one of the world’s leading expert on bees and pollination, having had an illustrious career researching, teaching, writing and commenting on bees and agriculture, environmental issues and science policy.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Winson, Mark
Created:
2015-08-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Margot Fortunato Galt grew up a Yankee in South Carolina during the 1950s. Her memoir, poetry, and prose often return to this period, or to her Italian/American background. She has published seven books, two of which were nominated for Minnesota Book Awards. Her poetry and creative prose appear in five anthologies and many small-press journals.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Galt, Margot
Created:
2014-04-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
