Russ Colson

Professor of Geology
Office: King Hall 201
Phone: 477-5832

E mail colson@mnstate.edu
Ph.D., 1986, Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Interests: Earth Science Education, experimental petrology, planetary science, and geochemistry.

Publications: Diffusion and activity of NiO in CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 melts considering effects of aO2- and g Ni2+; Unexpected results of some simple exercises in equilibrium melting based on experimentally determined partition coefficients; Affects of Al on Cr dimerization in silicate melts: Implications for Cr partitioning; and Spirit of the Volcano, Journal of Geoscience Education.

Current research projects: Thermochemistry of molten rock and glass using electrochemical methods, and reconstruction of environmental habitats of the Edmontosaurus of north-western South Dakota.

Rinita Dalan

Professor of Anthropology
Office: King 234
Phone: 477-5900

Email dalanri@mnstate.edu
Ph.D., 1993, Ancient Studies, University of Minnesota.
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Interests: Geophysical applications, soil magnetism, landscape archaeology, geoarchaeology, human-environment interactions.



Selected Publications: “A Review of The Role of Magnetic Susceptibility in Archaeogeophysical Studies in the United States,” “Imaging Paleo-Landscapes with Downhole Susceptibility,” “Imaging Buried Landforms Using Down-Hole Susceptibility Data and 3D GPR Visualization Software,” “A Geophysical Approach to Buried Site Detection,” “Magnetic Susceptibility,” “Envisioning Cahokia: A Landscape Perspective,” “Geophysical Indicators of Culturally Emplaced Soils and Sediments,” “A Magnetic Susceptibility Logger for Archaeological Application,” "Solving Archaeological Problems Using Techniques of Soil Magnetism," "The Construction of Mississippian Cahokia," "Soil Magnetism: An Approach for Examining Archaeological Landscapes.

Current Research Pursuits: Down-hole geophysics, detection of unmarked graves and buried sites, landscape modification at Hopeton and Poverty Point.

Erik D. Gooding

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office:  King 212
Phone: 477-4044

Email gooding@mnstate.edu
Ph.D., 2004, Anthropology, Indiana University
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Interests: Anthropology of the Arts (dance, music, and verbal arts),  Ethnohistory, Visual Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, American Indians of the Great Plains and Prairies (Lakota, Dakota, Assiniboine, and Stoney) and the Great Lakes (Meskwaki)

Publications: “Lakota Music,” “The Powwow,” “Stoney,” “Celebrations and Giveaways,” “Plains Indian Music,” “Songs of the People: Plains Indian Commercial Recordings 1968-1996,” “We Come to You as From the Dead: Ethnomusicology, Colonialism, and the Standing Rock Reservation, 1868-1934.”

Current Research: Cultural Embodiment in Meskwaki Dance; Traditional and Contemporary Northern Plains Style Powwow Singing; Performance Studies; proto-siouan Culture; Dakotan Languages

George R. Holley

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office: King 232
Phone: 477-2680

Email holley@mnstate.edu
Ph.D., 1983, Anthropology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.  
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Interests: Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis, Late Prehistory, Eastern United States and Plains, and Mesoamerica

Publications: "Implications of a Buried Preclassic Site in Belize,” Late Prehistoric Towns in the Southeast,” Late Woodland on the Edge of Looking Glass Prairie,” “Harmony in the Cahokian World,” “Microliths and the Kunnemann Tract: An Assessment of Craft Specialization at the Cahokia
Site.”

Current Research Pursuits: Red Wing Prehistory, Ditched Enclosures of the Northeastern Plains and Bird Symbolism among Native Americans

Karl Leonard

Associate Professor of Geology
Office: King Hall 204
Phone:477-2682

E mail leonardk@mnstate.edu
Ph.D. 1999, Geology, Indiana University. 
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Interests: sequence stratigraphy, paleoecology and taphonomy, science education.

Research/Publications: "Conodont Distribution Patterns as a Tool for Identification and Characterization of Key Stratigraphic Surfaces Within Paleozoic Sequences of the Midcontinent, U.S.A."
"Conodont paleoecology examined within a sequence stratigraphic framework: Middle Devonian of the Illinois Basin" "Sequence stratigraphic framework of Middle Devonian Carbonates in the Illinois Basin: A sequence stratigraphic framework interpreted using an allostratigraphic approach", "The Paraspirifer acuminatus biofacies: Paleoecological analysis of a fossil assemblage relative to flooding surfaces within a Middle Devonian sequence", "Sequence stratigraphy of the Muscatatuck Group (Middle Devonian) in southern Indiana:a new framework for paleoecological analysis", "The genetic stratigraphy of the Iola Limestone (Missourian, Upper Pennsylvanian) of northeastern Kansas", "Sequence stratigraphy of the lower part of the Muscatatuck Group (Middle Devonian) along the outcrop belt in southeastern Indiana", "Petrologic method for distinguishing eolian and marine grainstones, Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Mississippian) of Indiana."

Michael G.  Michlovic

Chair and Professor of Anthropology
Office:  King Hall 104
Phone: 477-2035

Email michlovc@mnstate.edu
Ph.D. 1975, Anthropology, University of Illinois.
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Interests: Archaeology of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, folk archaeology, archaeological methods.

Publications: "Archaeological Investigations at the Rustad Site," "An Early Settlement in the Polynesian Homeland," "Archaeology of the Canning Site," "The Shea Site: A Fortified Prehistoric Village on the Northeastern Plains," The Dead River Site, "Folk archaeology and Anthropological Perspective."

Bruce Roberts

Associate Professor of Anthropology
Office: King Hall 213
Phone: 477-2043

Email robertsb@mnstate.edu
Ph. D., 1993, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
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Interests: Cultural Ecology, Africa, anthropological theory, economic development, culture change.

Publications: "The Incorporation of Maize in Africa"; "Always Cheaply Pleasant: Beer as a Commodity in a Rural Kenyan Society"; "All Work and No Pay: Women, Gender Expectations, and Economic Autonomy in Sub-Saharan Africa"; "The Kalenjin" and "The Keiyo"; "Livestock Production, Age and Gender Among the Keiyo of Kenya."

Paul Sando

Associate Professor of Geography
Office: King Hall 210
Phone: 477-2241

E mail psando@mnstate.edu
Ph.D., 1996, Economic Geography, Indiana State University.
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Interests: Agriculture, Railroad and transportation logistics, Latvia and the Baltic Region, Russia and Eastern Europe, Geographic Information Systems, Rural America, architecture and American homes, and teacher preparation.

Research/Publications: "Latvian Agriculture after Communism: Restructuring and Privatization;" "Remote Sensing and the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (NCGE Chernobyl Project);" "Theodore Roosevelt NP and Environs;" "Environmental Concerns with Modern Farming Worldwide;" "Changing Rail Infrastructure: Branch Line Abandonment revisited."