The Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching has been established to encourage, promote, and support the pursuit of excellence in scholarship and teaching within Macalester’s distinctive urban liberal arts setting. The center supports faculty scholarship, the cornerstone of a vibrant and engaged intellectual community; promotes excellence and innovation in teaching and advising through faculty development activities; and seeks ways to integrate scholarship and teaching to deepen and enrich the education of students while promoting a satisfying professional life for faculty.
Prof. Ruthann Godollei (Art & Art History) has a current exhibit entitled Hindsight: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. The exhibit (involving auto parts, politics and text!) will be featured at the NE Sculpture Gallery|Factory,1720 Madison St., Mpls. MN until October 17th – admission is free! A closing reception on Friday, Oct. 16, 6-8pm will feature live music outdoors with the exhibit open to the public inside the gallery.
Prof. Tom Robertson (Environmental Studies) and Prof. Arjun Guneratne (Anthropology) are co-teaching a course in Fall 2026 entitled “Indigenous Peoples in the Asia-Pacific” where ~70% of the world’s indigenous peoples reside; the course focuses on the rich culture & traditions of resistance and perseverance in the region. The course was created out of a shared history of research in Nepal.
Prof. Leah Witus (Chemistry) was recently awarded a multi-year R15 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This funding will allow her to work with Macalester students to study protein-polymer conjugates for biotherapeutic applications. Professor Witus and students will evaluate alternative polymers by attaching them to model and therapeutic enzymes and studying the impact on enzyme activity and stability. Congratulations!
Samantha Blatt, Anthropology
Ruth Isenberg, Biology
Abby Loe, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Rory Solomon, Media and Cultural Studies
Inga Chinilina, Music
Amanda Evans, Philosophy
Melina Singh, Psychology
Lucia Hulsether, Religious Studies
Daniel Coral-Reyes, Spanish and Portuguese
Joe Anderson, Economics
Anika Bratt, Environmental Studies
Yariana Diaz, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Haci Osman Gündüz, Classical Mediterranean and Middle East
Jessica Kiser, Economics
Mindy Price, Environmental Studies
Brian Rood, Psychology
