{"id":3061,"date":"2026-08-17T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/?page_id=3061"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:11:17","slug":"jan-serie-center-for-scholarship-and-teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<section   class=\"callout-resource block-container callout-resource--inner\">\n    <div class=\"callout-resource__inner\">\n        <div class=\"callout-resource__lockup-column\">\n            <div class=\"callout-resource__lockup\">\n                <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t        <p class=\"base-lockup__copy\">The Center for Scholarship and Teaching has been established to encourage, promote, and support the pursuit of excellence in scholarship and teaching within Macalester\u2019s distinctive urban liberal arts setting. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"callout-resource__content-column\">\n            <ul class=\"callout-resource__links-container\">\n                                    <li class=\"callout-resource__link\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/academic-programs\/facultyfunding\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    Faculty Funding\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li class=\"callout-resource__link\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/scholarship\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    Scholarship\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li class=\"callout-resource__link\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/teaching\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    Teaching\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li class=\"callout-resource__link\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/faculty-memberships-perks\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    Memberships &#038; Perks\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"card-group block-container card-group--2\" >\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-container\">\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-inner\">\n                <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t        <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Faculty Highlights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-group__cards-container\">\n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                                                        <a\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/schedule\/collected\"\n                        class=\"card-group__card-link\"\n                    >\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-group__card-image\" alt=\"Outdoor headshot of Roopali Phadke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2022\/09\/Roopali.png\">\n                    <\/a>\n                                                    <div class=\"card-group__card-inner\">\n                    <h3 class=\"card-group__card-headline\">Prof. Roopali Phadke<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"card-group__card-copy\">To help lead the world into a new era of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/energizing-tomorrow-with-yesterdays-batteries\/\">battery recycling<\/a>, Dr. Roopali Phadke (Environmental Studies) is working with Macalester faculty, staff, student researchers and community partners, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pca.state.mn.us\/news-and-stories\/collected-energizes-eco-experience-with-its-new-battery-exhibit\">Minnesota Pollution Control Agency<\/a> and Upstream Exhibits. Visit the Minnesota State Fair this year and see their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/schedule\/collected\">CollectED exhibit<\/a> in the Eco Experience building!<\/p>\n                    <div class=\"card-group__card-cta\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnstatefair.org\/schedule\/collected\" target=\"_self\">CollectED at the State Fair<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                                                        <a\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/13\/science\/gus-t-rex-fossil-auction\"\n                        class=\"card-group__card-link\"\n                    >\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-group__card-image\" alt=\"Kristi Curry Rogers poses next to dinosaur bones\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2026\/08\/20240208_KristiRogers_088_Edit-2.jpg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                                                    <div class=\"card-group__card-inner\">\n                    <h3 class=\"card-group__card-headline\">Prof. Kristi Curry Rogers<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"card-group__card-copy\">Dr. Kristi Curry Rogers (Biology and Geology) has written about the recent private sale of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, and <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-science-loses-when-t-rex-becomes-a-trophy-287334\">What sciences loses when T. rex becomes a trophy.<\/a><\/p>\n                    <div class=\"card-group__card-cta\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/13\/science\/gus-t-rex-fossil-auction\" target=\"_self\">Read her CNN interview<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serie Center Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n \n<section id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-macalester-iframe-embed\" >\n    <div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=c_vgh9feeql58ik1rh3vsg9u3a40@group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/Chicago\" title=\"Serie Center Events Calendar\" style=\"border: 0\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"callout-feature-text block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"callout-feature-text__inner\">\n        <div class=\"callout-feature-text__container\">\n            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-card\">\n                    <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n                                                                            <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Maccolades &#8211; share your achievements!<\/h2>\n                                                                            <p class=\"base-lockup__copy\">Maccolades is a monthly round-up of accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. If you or someone you know has recently earned an award, fellowship, or honor and would like it to be considered for inclusion in this month\u2019s issue, please let Communications &#038; Marketing know by filling out the appropriate submission form. \r\n<br><br>\r\nContact Babs Santos (<a href=\"mailto:bsantos@macalester.edu\">bsantos@macalester.edu<\/a>), media relations director, with questions.<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__ctas\">\n                                                            <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/XxnfYSBuqBkWT5sf6\" target=\"_self\">Maccolades Submission Form (gform)<\/a>\n                                                                                        <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/MuDvdVr5QBUJRfC59\" target=\"_self\">Book Publications Form (gform)<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                     <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"card-group block-container card-group--2\" >\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-container\">\n            <div class=\"card-group__header-inner\">\n                <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t        <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Meet Macalester&#8217;s New Faculty<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card-group__cards-container\">\n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                                                        <a\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/nine-new-tenure-track-professors-join-macalesters-faculty\/\"\n                        class=\"card-group__card-link\"\n                    >\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-group__card-image\" alt=\"Red tulips bloom in front of the Macalester library building\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2026\/07\/20250507_mac_0041.jpg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                                                    <div class=\"card-group__card-inner\">\n                    <h3 class=\"card-group__card-headline\">2026 Tenure-Track Faculty<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"card-group__card-copy\">Samantha Blatt, Anthropology<br>\r\nRuth Isenberg, Biology<br>\r\nAbby Loe, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science<br>\r\nRory Solomon, Media and Cultural Studies<br>\r\nInga Chinilina, Music\r\n<br>Amanda Evans, Philosophy\r\n<br>Melina Singh, Psychology<br>Lucia Hulsether, Religious Studies<br>Daniel Coral-Reyes, Spanish and Portuguese<\/p>\n                    <div class=\"card-group__card-cta\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/nine-new-tenure-track-professors-join-macalesters-faculty\/\" target=\"_self\">Biographies<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n                    <article class=\"card-group__card\">\n                                                        <a\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/seven-new-tenure-track-professors-join-macalesters-faculty\/\"\n                        class=\"card-group__card-link\"\n                    >\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-group__card-image\" alt=\"Bright red leaves on a tree in front of the Olin-Rice Science Center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/463\/2026\/07\/20251019_mac_0002.jpg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                                                    <div class=\"card-group__card-inner\">\n                    <h3 class=\"card-group__card-headline\">2025 Tenure-Track Faculty<\/h3>\n                    <p class=\"card-group__card-copy\">Joe Anderson, Economics<br>Anika Bratt, Environmental Studies<br>\r\nYariana Diaz, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science\r\n<br>Haci Osman G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, Classical Mediterranean and Middle East<br>\r\nJessica Kiser, Economics<br> Mindy Price, Environmental Studies<br> Brian Rood, Psychology<\/p>\n                    <div class=\"card-group__card-cta\">\n                        <a class=\"base-cta-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/seven-new-tenure-track-professors-join-macalesters-faculty\/\" target=\"_self\">Biographies<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/article>    \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serie Center 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