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. Duchess Harris (DeWitt Wallace Professor of American Studies) has TWO new books out this year: Meghan Markle: Essays on Monarchy, Race, and Colonialism and Black Feminist Politics: From the Voting Rights Act to the Kamala Harris Vice Presidency (1965–2025). She’s also a regular on the local, national and international media circuits. Just this month, she joined MPR news to unpack the 2026 elections.
Prof. Stotra Chakrabarti (Assistant Professor of Biology) spent his sabbatical year in Kenya implementing his newly awarded NSF grant and establishing the Tsavo Simba Research Project, collaring and observing lions to better understand their behavior and conservation needs, and strengthening local capacity. Beyond his work with lions, he continues to study wolf–coyote interactions in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and Pumas in Patagonia, alongside Macalester undergraduates.
Prof. Megan Vossler (Department Chair of Art and Art History and Associate Professor of Art), presents her work with students in Forms of Care: The Art of Representing the Body, a group show at Rochester Art Center, May 16, 2026-Jan. 31, 2027. Her open-access figure drawing book, created in collaboration with Macalester students, will be showcased.
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
