Administration
Dr. David Lanegran, Co-Director lanegran@macalester.edu Lanegran is the Macalester College Geography Department Chair and Coordinator of the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education (MAGE). He has served as a director and/or faculty in approximately forty-eight summer institutes since 1985.	Dr. JoAnn Trygestad, Co-Director joann.trygestad@district196.org jtrygestad@gw.hamline.edu Trygestad is an expert in middle school pedagogy and has worked extensively in social science and reading. In addition, she has also developed an expertise in authentic pedagogy and assessment.
Faculty & Guest Lecturers
Dr. Dwight Watson dwatson@gw.hamline.edu Watson is an expert on reading instruction and ways to reach out to minority students in urban settings. He has published several articles on reading and curriculum integration	Dr. Janet Rith-Najarian jrith@paulbunyan.net Rith-Najarian is currently a member of the Education Faculty of St Benedict’s College and was previously a member of the Geography Department at Bemidji State University. She is a specialist in pedagogies that promote science learning for females. In addition, Rith-Najarian is also an expert on the geography of fantasy literature.
Laura Smith, Assistant Professor smithl@macalester.edu Smith teaches courses at Macalester College in urban economic geography, North America and quantitative methods. She also teaches an urban GIS seminar that connects the class with a community project. Her recent research projects have focused on urban development and transportation and on issues of American Indian law and land use.
Master Teachers	Staff
Maureen Trepp maureentrepp@yahoo.com	Laura Kigin, Administrative Assistant kigin@macalester.edu
Paula Verstegen verstegenp@stillwater.k12.mn.us	Jen Wichmann, Student Assistant jwichmann@macalester.edu
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