Sustainability Faculty & Staff

Rachel Axness is an Assistant Professor in the Construction ...

Rachel Axness is an Assistant Professor in the Construction Management department at Minnesota State University Moorhead. This is her first year as an educator at MSUM, teaching Estimating, Construction Cost Control, and Sustainability. Prior to that, 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.

I grew up near Vancouver. In 1991, I went to Mexico on stude...

I grew up near Vancouver. In 1991, I went to Mexico on student exchange and fell in love with Latin America and its history. I studied Latin American and Caribbean Studies at McGill University (B.A.) and at the University of California in San Diego (Master’s). I graduated from the University of Illinois in 2009 with my Ph.D. in history; my dissertation looks at the environmental history of the development of the world’s largest fishing port in Chimbote, Peru. I have traveled extensively through Peru and Mexico and look forward to taking students on study abroad trips to Latin America. I’ve worked at MSUM since 2008 and I teach classes in world, Latin American, African, and environmental history.

Education history: M.A. & Ph.D. State University of New York...

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 o...

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,...

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, Media, and Communication Chair, Library Department

Education history: B.A. in Biology, St. Olaf College; Ph.D. ...

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. Carneg...

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