Sustainability Faculty & Staff

Rachel Axness is an Associate Professor in the Construction Management department at Minne...

Rachel Axness is an Associate Professor in the Construction Management department at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Prior to teaching, she worked in the heavy/industrial construction industry as a Project Manager and Estimator for John T. Jones Construction, Fargo, ND. Rachel graduated in 2006 with a B.S. degree in Construction Management from MSUM. In 2013 she graduated with a MBA from the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND.

Education history: M.A. & Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. St. Olaf...

Education history: M.A. & Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. St. Olaf College Research Interests: Sustainable energy systems, diffractive optics, holography, robotics, physics education research and training

Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh; Areas of Interes...

Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh; Areas of Interest: Ecological anthropology, medical anthropology, economic development and culture change, migration, tourism, Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Tanzania), South Asia (India)

Associate Professor of Geography; Ph.D., Economic Geography, Indiana State University; Are...

Associate Professor of Geography; Ph.D., Economic Geography, Indiana State University; Areas of Interest: 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

Liaison to the College of Arts and Humanities, to the School of Communication and Journali...

Liaison to the College of Arts and Humanities, to the School of Communication and Journalism, and to the Psychology Department Chair, Library Department Larry holds an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited master’s degree in Library and Information Science. Before joining MSUM as a faculty member, he was the Theatre/Film/Dance librarian at Southern Methodist University in Dallas TX and the Humanities Librarian at North Dakota State University. Rumors persist about him working for a newspaper writing about classical music in southern California and working for an aerospace company in their publications department. He has been active in community theatre since 1973.

Education history: B.A. in Biology, St. Olaf College; Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Ston...

Education history: B.A. in Biology, St. Olaf College; Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University Research Interests: science education, plant ecology, ecological restoration, sustainability Teaching Assignments: Exploring Biology, Secondary Science Methods, Evolutionary Biology, Principles of Ecology, Plant Evolution, Organismal Biology, Pacific Northwest Ecology, Learning Assistant Seminar

Education history: Ph.D. University of Virginia, M.S. Carnegie Mellon University, B.S Univ...

Education history: Ph.D. University of Virginia, M.S. Carnegie Mellon University, B.S University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Research Interests: Construction and testing of scientific apparatus (stellar spectroscopy, radio astronomy, magnetic and electronic circuits), data analysis of space weather phenomena, stellar photometry