{"id":118,"date":"2017-10-04T19:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-international-studies\/facultystaff\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:40:47","slug":"facultystaff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-146\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ahmed Samatar\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-30-at-4.16.45-PM-150x0-c-default.png\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/ahmedsamatar\/\">Ahmed Samatar<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            James Wallace Professor of International Studies &amp; Chair\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Global political economy; political and social theory; African politics; leadership and the state; Somali studies; Islam and globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:samatar@macalester.edu\" >samatar@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6564<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-386\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alix Johnson\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2022\/10\/Headshot-crop-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/alix-johnson\/\">Alix Johnson<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor of International Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Information technology; infrastructure; spatial politics; surveillance; empire; ethnography; Iceland; the Arctic <\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:ajohns39@macalester.edu\" >ajohns39@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6913<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-144\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Chioni Moore\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/DavidChioniMoore-headshot-Aug-2024-IMG_4623-crop2-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/davidmoore\/\">David Chioni Moore<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor, International Studies and English\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Literary interactions in the Black Atlantic world, notably Africa, the Caribbean, and African America; post-colonial and\/as the post-Soviet; comparative literature; cultural theory; globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:mooredc@macalester.edu\" >mooredc@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6242<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-141\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nadya Nedelsky\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/SaraElisabethPhotography_Nadya_SQ_0967-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/nadyanedelsky\/\">Nadya Nedelsky<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of International Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">International human rights; ethnicity, nationalism, and civic belonging; Central and Eastern Europe, Czech and Slovak studies; transitional justice.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:nedelsky@macalester.edu\" >nedelsky@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6479<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-147\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James Von Geldern\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/jamesvongeldern-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/jamesvongeldern\/\">James Von Geldern<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Russian and International Studies, and Chair of Russian Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Russian and Soviet popular culture and cultural history; comparative studies in revolutions and commemoration;  international law and legal frameworks; cultural studies.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:vongeldern@macalester.edu\" >vongeldern@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6568<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-278\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vanessa Voller\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2020\/08\/20250916_mac_0531-1-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/vanessa-voller\/\">Vanessa Voller<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Global health justice and the theory and practice of social medicine with an area focus on Latin America<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:vvoller@macalester.edu\" >vvoller@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t      \t\t  <li>she\/her\/hers<\/li>\n\t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part Time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-145\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jenna Rice Rahaim\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/JDRice-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/jennarice\/\">Jenna Rice Rahaim<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Visiting Assistant Professor \n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Charity, Humanitarianism, and Gifts; Empathy and Obligation; Migration and Refugees; National and Sectarian Sentiment; Genealogy and Kinship; Postcolonial and feminist literatures; the Middle East and Islamic World<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jrice2@macalester.edu\" >jrice2@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6847<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-151\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wendy Weber\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/WendyWeberPoliticalScience-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/wendyweber\/\">Wendy Weber<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Senior Lecturer of Political Science and Chair of Human Rights and Humanitarianism\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:weberw@macalester.edu\" >weberw@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6653<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-152\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t      <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/meganhorton\/\">Megan Horton<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Department Coordinator\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jcervan2@macalester.edu\" >jcervan2@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6050<\/li>\n\t      \t      \t\t  <li>she\/her\/hers<\/li>\n\t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Faculty Teaching in International Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-153\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amy Damon\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/amydamon-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/amydamon\/\">Amy Damon<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Rural and agricultural development, economic development, education in developing countries, and Central America-U.S. migration<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:adamon@macalester.edu\" >adamon@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6862<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-155\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erik Larson\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/eriklarson-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/eriklarson\/\">Erik Larson<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Sociology\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:larsone@macalester.edu\" >larsone@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6309<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-156\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bill Moseley\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/billmoseley-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geography\/facultystaff\/billmoseley\/\">Bill Moseley<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and development policy, and livelihood security<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:moseley@macalester.edu\" >moseley@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6126<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-157\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Margaret (Molly) Olsen\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/Molly-Olsen-Web-Photo-7.14-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/margaretolsen\/\">Margaret (Molly) Olsen<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Hispanic and Latin American Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Trans-Atlantic literatures of the 16th and 17th centuries, and colonial and contemporary Afro-Caribbean texts<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:molsen@macalester.edu\" >molsen@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6885<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-158\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roopali Phadke\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/roopaliphadke-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/environmentalstudies\/facultystaff\/roopaliphadke\/\">Roopali Phadke<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Environmental Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Environmental policy and politics<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:phadke@macalester.edu\" >phadke@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6802<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-161\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karin V\u00e9lez\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/569\/2017\/10\/KarinVelez-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/facultystaff\/karinvelez\/\">Karin V\u00e9lez<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor\n         <\/li>\n\t      \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:kvelez@macalester.edu\" >kvelez@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>Old Main 306, 651-696-6254<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Time Faculty Part Time Faculty Staff Additional Faculty Teaching in International Studies<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/international-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}