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Visual Learning: Transforming the Liberal Arts Visual Learning: Transforming the Liberal Arts Conference Attendees Francesca Abbate Associate Professor of English, Beloit College Mark Applebaum ‘89 Associate Professor of Composition and Theory, Stanford University Ellen Alvord Andrew W. Mellon Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Mount Holyoke College Museum Sarah Barber Visiting Assistant Professor of English, St. Lawrence University Alison Barnes Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Faculty Liaison to the Tang, Skidmore College Dan Bartlett Curator of Exhibits and Education, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College Julia Bauder Social Studies and Data Services Librarian and Assistant Professor, Grinnell College John Barr Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ithaca College Jay Beck Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Carleton College Joy Beckman Director of the Wright Museum of Art and Assistant Professor of Art History, Beloit College Stacy Beckwith Associate Professor of Hebrew, and Chair of Middle Eastern Languages, Carleton College Angie Beiriger Digital Assets Librarian, Reed College Chad Berry Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty; Goode Professor of Appalachian Studies, and Professor of History, Berea College Barbara Blackstone ‘63 Department of Communication Studies, Marylhurst University Elizabeth Bowditch ‘81 Technology Integration Division, Foreign Language Center, Defense Language Institute Keith Braafladt Director and Learning Technologies Center Instructor, Science Museum of Minnesota Laurel Bradley Director and Curator in the Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College Steve Bransford Educational Analyst for Video, Emory University Patricia Briggs Director and Curator of Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Derek Bruff Director of the Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University Kaila Bussert Visual Resources Outreach Librarian, Cornell University Tamara Carley PhD Candidate, Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University Cristin Cash Associate Professor of Art History, Boyden Gallery Coordinator, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Matt Cavellier Director of Community Life, and Senior Speech Coordinator, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School Pat Cavanaugh Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carleton College Darrah Chavey Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Beloit College Karen Cherewatuk Professor of English and Director of Great Conversations, St. Olaf College Mark Christel Director of Libraries, The College of Wooster Christi Clancy Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Beloit College Steve Comba Assistant Director/Registrar, Pomona College Museum of Art Mike Conner Senior Curricular Technology Specialist, Grinnell College Sean Connin Director of Collaborative for Learning and Teaching, Trinity University Emily Croll Director, The College of New Jersey Art Gallery Grant Currie Educational Technologies Manager, St. Lawrence University David Davies Associate Professor and Program Director of East Asian Studies, Hamline University Judith DeGroat Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University Sam Demas College Librarian, Emeritus, Carleton College Carol Donelan Associate Professor and Chair of Cinema and Media Studies, Carleton College Cindy Duckert Lecturer and Senior Experience Coordinator of Biology, St. Lawrence University Scott Espeseth Associate Professor of Art, Beloit College Frank Farris Associate Professor of Mathematics, Santa Clara University Michael Flynn Professor and Chair of Linguistics; John E. Sawyer Professor of Liberal Learning, Carleton College Doug Foxgrover Communications and Training Coordinator, Carleton College Chris Francese Professor of Classical Languages, Dickinson College Terri Geis Curator of Academic Programs, Pomona College Museum of Art Jennifer Germann Assistant Professor of Art History, Ithaca College Ray Giguere Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Skidmore College Shawn Gillen Professor of English, Beloit College Kate Gillogly Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Mark Gleason Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Carleton College Hannah Goodwin ‘10 MA/PhD Candidate, Department of Film and Media, University of California, Santa Barbara Sarah Goodwin Professor of English and Kenan Professor of Liberal Studies, Skidmore College Mary Griep Professor of Art, St. Olaf College Jill Grigsby Associate Dean of the College for Curriculum Initiative, 2012-2015; Richard Steele Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, Pomona College Mareca Guthrie ‘03 Fine Arts Collection Manager, University of Alaska Museum of the North Fred Hagstrom Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art, Carleton College Pierre Hecker Assistant Professor of English, Carleton College Joan Hepburn Associate Professor of English, St. Olaf College Megan Hoffman Learning Center Director and Associate Professor of Biology, Berea College Stan Honda Staff Photographer, Agence France-Presse Kathleen Howe Sarah Rempel & Herbert S. Rempel '23 Director, and Professor of Art History, Pomona College Museum of Art Susan Jaret McKinstry Helen F. Lewis Professor of English and Co-Director of the Visualizing the Liberal Arts (Viz) initiative, Carleton College Laska Jimsen Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Carleton College Ellen Joyce Associate Professor of History, Beloit College Kathy Kamp ‘72 Earl D. Strong Professor of Social Studies, and Professor of Anthropology, Grinnell College John Kaufmann Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Beloit College Christian Keathley Associate Professor of Film and Media Culture, Middlebury College Torsten Kjellstrand ‘85 Freelance photographer and Filmmaker Judy Koon Director of Educational Programs, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Christine Lac Senior Lecturer in French, Carleton College Paula Lackie Academic Technologist, Carleton College Diane Leblanc Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Writing Program, St. Olaf College Willy Lee ‘97 Web Administrator and Developer, Carleton College David Lefkowitz ‘85 Associate Professor of Art, Carleton College Ann Levin Chuck Lewis Professor of English and Director of the Writing Program, Beloit College Justin Lincoln Assistant Professor of Studio Art/New Genres, Whitman College Deandra Little Associate Professor of English and Academic Director of the Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia Joe Lucchesi Associate Professor of Art History, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Ryan Lynch Assistant Registrar, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery, Skidmore College Beauvais Lyons Chancellor’s Professor and James R. Cox Professor of Art, University of Tennessee Sunil Malapati Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Clarke University Joseph Mbele Associate Professor of English and Folklore, St. Olaf College Scott McCloud Comics Artist and Interpreter Rebecca McGrew Senior Curator, Pomona College Museum of Art Beth McKinsey Professor of English and American Studies, Carleton College Mary Beth Meehan Photographer Nicolette Meister Curator of Collections, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College Josh Meltzer ‘95 Photojournalist-in-Residence, Western Kentucky University Jason Mittell Associate Professor of American Studies and Film and Media Culture, Middlebury College Navid Mohseni Professor of Sociology, Hamline University Lorraine Morales Cox Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, and Director of American Studies, Union College Kerry Morgan Director of Gallery and Exhibition Programs, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Victoria Morse Associate Professor of History, and Co-Director of the Visualizing the Liberal Arts (Viz) initiative, Carleton College Larry Mullen Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ethan Murphy Media Production Specialist in the Film and Media Culture Department, Middlebury College Jeanne-Marie Musto Visiting Fellow, Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University Jon Naito Assistant Professor of English, St. Olaf College Louis Newman Director, Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching; Director, Judaic Studies; John M. & Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Carleton College Diane Nemec Ignashev Class of 1941 Professor of Russian and the Liberal Arts Lauren O’Connell Professor of Art History, Ithaca College Michiko Okaya Director of Art Galleries and Curator, College Art Collection, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College Mirzam C. Pérez Assistant Professor of Spanish, Grinnell College Marguerite Perret Associate Professor of Art, Washburn University Natasha Pestich Associate Professor and Print Paper Book Area Coordinator, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Margaret Pezalla-Granlund Curator of Library Art and Exhibitions, Carleton College Diana Postlethwaite Professor and Chair of English, St. Olaf College Tony Preston-Schreck Curator and Interpretive Programs Coordinator, University Galleries of Illinois State University Aisling Quigley ‘09 Program Associate for the Visualizing the Liberal Arts (Viz) initiative, Carleton College Samuel Rebelsky Professor of Computer Science, Grinnell College Mary Lynn Redmond Professor and Director of Foreign Language Education, Chair of the Department of Education, Wake Forest University Pam Reister ‘78 Curator of Museum Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan Museum of Art Mike Reynolds Associate Dean, Hamline University Becca Richards Assistant Professor of English, St. Olaf College Ron Rosen Professor of Biology, Berea College Linda Rossi Associate Professor of Art and
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