Diana Eicher is MCAD’s Printshop and Paper Studio Coordinator and has taught at the University of Hawaii, the Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the Bloomington Art Center, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Textile Center of Minnesota. She was also a convener of the 2015-16 IAS Bee Arts Collaborative.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Eicher, Diana
Created:
2015-09-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
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.
John Jodzio‘s work has been featured in a variety of places including This American Life, McSweeney’s, and One Story. He’s the author of the short story collections Get In If You Want To Live and If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home and the forthcoming Knockout (Soft Skull Press, Spring 2016).
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jodzio, John
Created:
2015-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Carolyn Halliday is a textile and sculpture artist based in Northeast Minneapolis, who manipulates natural materials using fiber techniques to create work centered around the themes of nature, the body, ecology, and evolution.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Halliday, Caroline
Created:
2015-09-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Larry Johnson is a storyteller, educator, and business owner who has managed outdoor education programs, directed CCTV and community cable operations, and produced numerous radio and TV shows, mainly around issues and local storytellers. He started the "teller-friendly" participatory patient TV channel at Mpls. Children’s Hospital in the mid 7...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Johnson, Larry
Created:
2015-09-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
John Akre is an animator, videomaker and teaching artist who lives in Minneapolis. He creates public animation work with his animation station and a variety of other animation techniques, makes video documentaries, and empowers youth to create media. His films have shown at festivals around the planet.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Akre, John
Created:
2015-09-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Director of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California State Sacramento. His current research includes quantitatively and qualitatively examining how high-stakes testing and accountability-based reforms and market reforms impact urban minority ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Heilig, Julian Vasquez
Created:
2015-09-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Holly Day‘s writing has appeared in over 3,500 publications internationally, including Computer Music Journal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, Brutarian Magazine, Interface Technology, and Mixdown Magazine. Sherman Wick has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, focusing on music, film, and Minnesota’s rich cultural and historica...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Day, Holly; Wick, Sherman
Created:
2015-11-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Steve LeBeau is Editor in Chief of Minnesota Business Magazine. He has more than 30 years of experience as a producer, writer and editor in radio, television, print and Internet, spanning the fields of journalism, public relations and entertainment. He served in the Communications Office of Governor Jesse Ventura for four years as a speechwriter...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
LeBeau, Steve
Created:
2015-11-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Italo-Canadian dancer and choreographer Gioconda Barbuto is the 2015 McKnight International Artist. A dancer of explosive wit, subtle intelligence, and a fine sense of theatricality, Gioconda has distinguished herself throughout her career in an impressive number of works. She danced with the Minnesota Dance Theatre before becoming a soloist wit...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Barbuto, Gioconda
Created:
2015-11-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Adam Muller is Associate Professor of English at the University of Manitoba (Canada). He specializes in the representations of war, genocide and mass violence, human rights, memory studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and analytic philosophy. At the IAS, Muller spoke on Embodying Empathy: Canadian Settler-Colonial Genocide and the Making ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Muller, Adam
Created:
2015-11-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
James Justus is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His research interests are Philosophy of Science (especially biology), Carnap, Epistemology (especially formal and naturalized), Environmental Philosophy, and the History of Analytic Philosophy.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Justus, James
Created:
2015-11-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Craig Hassel is Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutrition and Extension Nutritionist at the University of Minnesota. His research explores "issues of food and health with cultural communities holding knowledge that does not correspond with Western science perspectives. This work pivots the culture/science relationship as it repositions s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hassel, Craig
Created:
2015-11-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Thomas Fisher is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. He has written extensively about architectural design, practice, and ethics. In this interview, he talks about his work on 21st-century cities and the "on-demand" economy.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fisher, Thomas
Created:
2015-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Cathy Jordan, PhD, LP, pediatric neuropsychologist by training, is an associate professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. She is also an Extension Specialist in the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality. Cathy has two primary are...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jordan, Cathy
Created:
2015-12-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Henry Buchwald is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. During his more than 50 years at the University of Minnesota, Buchwald has been a surgeon, teacher, mentor, researcher, and inventor. His long-term research interests include cholesterol and atherosclerosis, obesity surgery, implantable devices, hyp...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buchwald, Henry
Created:
2015-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.