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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.

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
jennifer.wichmann@gmail.com
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